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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1905
Page
3
A sufferer reports misery from kidney complaints with backache headaches dizziness and nosebleeds eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. She notes initial benefit and continued treatment, while a separate anecdote features a pessimistic businessman during his first voyage to Europe and a lonely voyage at sea.
A fragmented note references tea with names on packages and a money-back promise, urging readers to write for a Knowledge Book. It describes people gathered in chilly open air to watch a ball game, paying a dollar or two for admission, and mentions The Crown in a casual closing line.
A fragmentary note discusses Keats' opinion of Hamlet and suggests Shakespeare’s middle years were happiness-lacking, likening Hamlet to Shakespeare in ordinary life. The text references an 8 autograph letter sold in Lop.
A garbled item discusses tea quality and a grocer's money-back offer. It then recounts Mr Campbell the Irish solicitor Meral speaking on delusions about a North of Ireland Protestant who believed a Roman Catholic belonged to him. The tale notes the man left a Catholic leg outside the blanket as punishment.
Rambled text mixed with facts on camel speed and a medical claim for piles. Mentions scientific notes that camels can reach several miles per hour and endure long stints without food, alongside figures about postal workers in France the United States Britain Austria Russia and Japan.
A cryptic note questions the source of tea and mentions money implications if there is no payment. The fragment hints at a roverna or similar term, suggesting a financial demand or obligation tied to the beverage.
A jumble of Washington vignettes describes Senator Hate outraged by a Maiz editor seeking testimonials for Hale’s Senate career, White House messenger Simmons joking about a possum feast, Christmas scenes among Georgia lawmakers, and anecdotes of Congress members celebrating holidays with dances, dinners, and candid quips about public life.
Samuel J. Elder recounts a sea tale of two ships meeting near Gloucester. A Gloucester schooner challenges a full rigged ship, then the big ship identifies as Reindeer Calcutta 10 Boston. A second exchange reveals Dart from Gloucester and a 114 day voyage, ending as dawn rises. Also told is Bishop Peck’s weighty fall after a furniture collapse in a presiding elder’s home.
A critic quotes two rustic strangers at a concert who debate the conductor. They ask what horn he blows and note he does not play, with laughter at his baton and the Wagnerian crash as the orchestra starts. The rest of their talk is lost to the listener.
Hugh Pentecost recalls a Florida bayou sighting during a flu period when a hotel journey passed a bayou with several alligators. A passenger asks if they are amphibious. the driver, a darkey, replies with humorous assurance that they are “fab lous as hell,” covering the shore with one mouthful.
A biographical sketch notes ex-Chicagoan Tom O’Brien died in New Caledonia, a tropical island penal colony long known for exile. The article recalls New Caledonia’s strategic value, rich mineral wealth, and historical annexations by Britain and France, with dramatic sailing cautions at the reefs and landing on free soil.
A poetical meditation on charity and conscience as a window opens to give to a destitute singer. The narrator debates aiding the poor artist seen at night and reflects on whether benevolence has merit beyond cost or acknowledgment, weighing personal duty and mercy.
The Inter Ocean notes Safety and Danger claim by Scientific American that home accidents kill more people than long rail journeys. It cites New York elevator deaths this year and contrasts with railway safety. The piece also recalls a missionary’s hospital stay after a savannah voyage and praises first class trains and mid Atlantic steamships for safety.
Twenty five years ago Central Africa lacked schools and Christians. Now Livingstonia mission hosts over 20,000 pupils with 300 native teachers preaching weekly. Baptisms rise, slave raiding declines under British protection, and evangelists endure rough journeys for village services.
Consular Clerk Murphy of Frankfort forwards city measures to the state department for preventing consumption. Advice urges consumptives and coughers to use sputum cups filled with water or salt water to trap pathogens, with glass or porcelain cuspidors sized two by eight to ten inches. Daily boiling water cleanses, rooms should be washable, carpets set at twenty, floors washed daily, rooms aired an hour daily, uncooked milk warned as a transmission risk.
A historical critique notes common error in American schooling about African slavery. It cites 1501 as the first reference to Africans in America via Spain, predating Albany and Jamestown. King Ferdinand authorized continued imports with records from Hispaniola, including a 1510 shipment and a 1514 request response.
A bricklayer named G Cleghorn of 113 Butler St reports complete relief from diabetes bladder disease after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says the pills cured him and he spreads the news, recommending them to friends who also found them effective. The ad asserts the pills cure kidney issues from backache to Bright's disease and rheumatism.
The book of Job is regarded as the oldest literary work, written before the Pentateuch and before formal law was issued, scholars say. The claim emphasizes Job’s antiquity and its prelegal context in ancient literature.
Miss Nellie Vander Wiele of Lakeside, N Y, praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for rapid cure of a severe skin outbreak. She details months of suffering with face and neck sores, noting two cakes of soap and three ointment bases brought instant relief and complete recovery.
A pair boasted of selling a rat-killing powder at French fairs. They claimed to show its power by offering the powder on bread, feeding a rat, and then electrocuting it via a glass case switch. The dubious stunt allegedly demonstrated the powder’s lethality to rodents.
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