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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
2
A chaotic OCR fragment mentions Aeroplanes should keep to the right and public health in summer. It urges charity to aid the poor against disease and death and references Orville Wright rising to the occasion. It notes shorter days and makes satirical remarks about vacation funds and a lemon famine threat.
A playful collection questions speed and smoke, notes 100000 hay fever sufferers in America, jokes about Peary and the North Pole, suggests mosquito bite remedies for vacations, mocks old saws, and ponders if the typewriter is mightier than the rifle.
A daylight expansion promises two extra hours for fans to watch games. The Dreadnoughts, aided by a capable flying machine, question whether a simpler name might suit them better as efforts grow.
The piece notes baseball as a vast business with no sign of crookedness though it is a heavy task to sustain. It then surveys articles in Europe and America on fear of Germany, stating most nations fear Germany.
New York maintains a practice of allowing impoverished people to sleep in city parks during hot nights. An extra police guard is assigned to oversee the sites and maintain order amid the cluttered hotel chambers.
A quirky note argues against running to the faithful flask after a rattlesnake sighting. It claims past recoveries came from imagination, asserting no merit in the venom remedy.
Germany expands practical experiments in potato drying as 830 pounds of fresh potatoes yield 220 pounds of dry product. Several plants operate across the empire and a brisk market grows due to rising grain prices.
A Reading resident, living as a recluse, died leaving an estate estimated between 50 and 75 million dollars. The government will collect about 10 million in death duties and succession taxes. The article notes that wealth can accumulate without public display, and that the most successful people are not always the most obvious.
A German company advances a non-rigid dirigible with capacity for 54 passengers, undeterred by California airship mishap. Specialists warn weights must be precisely balanced, or loading risks envelope damage as the ship travels through the air.
A fragmentary report notes plans for a Zeppelin airship base at Metz in Alsace Lorraine amid postwar tension with Germany. The incomplete text hints at fortress duties and Franco-Prussian era context, mentioning governance actions and potential allied responses.
An article details a craze for ghost books where celebrities and notable women and men sign pages that resemble their spectral personas. It lists examples from Taft to Farrar and Shaw, notes how to create the ghost, and compares the fad to travel and autograph collecting across Europe.
A Newark New Jersey woman suffered widespread bleeding sores from eczema with hair loss and pain. After using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Regolvent her skin healed, hair grew back, and she regained sleep. Mrs. Wm. Hunt cites relief and urges others to try Cuticura. September 28, 1908.
A general and colonel discuss a mission to attack enemy fortifications. The general warns the assault demands dangerous disregard for human life while the colonel notes the forlorn hope will be formed from amateur drivers.
A collage of aphorisms and old ads. musings on illness vanity and time. Phrases compare nature to fate and tout remedies like Perry Davis and Winslow's Soothing syrup, with cautionary lines about gossip and restraint.
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