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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1911
Page
7
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes from early 20th century papers. Tales range from a New York dinner remark by Andrew Carnegie to a Boston suburb car wait, a nursemaid tale, a nostril disease quip, and a Scottish distillery closure. The items showcase social manners, wordplay, and playful mischief across diverse locales and characters.
Wm Hohmann of 2764 Lincoln Ave Chicago writes he suffered since childhood from persistent throat and chest coughs. After three bottles of Peruna his appetite improved, coughing lessened and chest pain eased, leading to better rest and renewed health despite prior medical doubts.
A long extract recounts mean behavior toward the Dead Irish, recalling T P O Connor urging kindness in Irish aid. It cites the Thirsty O Grady tale of imposture and a corpse begging for a coffin while an old woman drops coins, then mocks friendly match rhetoric from British papers.
Fragmentary remarks recount a careful man and a quarrelsome office scene. A partly smoked cigar was left in an office and a clerk was allegedly ground after it. The text references concerts and cats in a humorous aside.
London prizefighter Jem Mace who died aged 79 was once worth over a million dollars and became a pivotal figure in boxing. He innovated fast feints side stepping and ducking, influencing Queensberry rules and shaping the sport's evolution from London prize ring to scientific boxing. He fought many notable rivals and remained a dominant force for a decade.
New York Alame notes blamed on physicians as morphine habit grows, at a meeting of druggists protesting a city ordinance prohibiting sale of any morphine containing preparations without a doctor’s prescription. Caswell Mayo cites a mail canvass showing 99 percent of drug victims formed the habit from physician prescriptions.
Walker And what he does know about It isn’t worth knowing either.
El Paso Texas is shown the marked boundary between the United States and Mexico. Marble monuments stand along the line with steel picketed fences, the tops bent inward toward the stones. No 258 is the western landmark of the line as illustrated. No 1 lies two miles west of El Paso. From El
An explanation clarifies that Rio Grande is a misnomer since rio means river and grande means great. The Mexican name Rio Grande del Norte means great river of the north, while El Paso translates as The Pass to the North, highlighting linguistic roots along the river boundary.
Mrs. I. J. Horton of Katonah New York describes repeated finger nail inflammation and suppuration over years. After trying doctors and other remedies she used Cuticura Ointment nightly with success, noting no further nail trouble by September 21 1910. The account emphasizes a single bar of ointment sufficing for cure.
A fragmented mock dialogue contrasts self interest with public benefit as a man questions why easier postage should help others who send him bills. An ad copy segment for Castoria urges mothers to check bottles and notes a thirty year history and the signature.
Two hens owned by Samuel Vincent in the village fought over a nest and both died in the struggle. The avian duel began when both chickens simultaneously displayed egg-laying instinct and contested the same nesting site, resulting in fatal injuries.
An advertising snippet touts French Bean Coffee as the healthiest drink, claiming 50 pounds per 10 by 10 garden patch and 90 days to ripen in Wisconsin, with Europe also cited. It offers culture details by mail for 15 cents, plus a seeds offer from John A Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin.
A health ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a natural aid for constipation. It claims forty years of practice and urges readers to request a free sample by writing to Caldwell Building in Mont. It emphasizes training stomach and bowel muscles and avoiding strong cathartics for lasting relief.
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