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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1904
Page
4
A household authority outlines bedmaking steps for sick patients using brass or iron beds, two to 2 1/2 feet high and three feet wide. It covers mattresses of hair, cotton sheets, multiple pillows, a rubber sheet, and precise folding, rolling, and airing of sheets to keep the patient comfortable and the bed sanitary.
The page describes fashionable trimming using Broderie Anglaine and white applique on flannel petticoats, with lace motifs, fringe, and canary lace effects. It also gives guidance on identifying poisonous plants by alarming color, odor, milky juice, and acrid taste. A recipe for oyster salad dressing and serving method is included.
An article examines brain fag or nerves fatigue as a fashionable concern. It argues overwork rarely harms thinking, treats mental strain as physical exhaustion, and cautions against blaming the mind for talent or seeking inflation through constant worry.
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent describes the Palace of Reason in Padua as vast yet deteriorating requiring millions to restore. The hall houses a colossal wooden horse by Donatello and a marble slab by Galileo. bones attributed to Galileo lie in the anatomy room as Italy’s university spirit endures amid English interest.
The piece notes Greece’s top needs grains coal iron and lumber where the U S could supply. It compares U S Steel earnings to federal revenue and cites French car output, Swedish peat coal mix, and a study from Scotland on rudder shapes showing rectangular blades offer efficiency advantages.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Mea May Preston Stosson of Wyoming as the world’s sole woman prison chaplain. A regular minister, she advised sensory talks for inmates at 1899 Wyoming penitentiary, gaining governor approval after convicts petitioned for her appointment. Her work focuses on 220 young men amid troubles from drink and cattle theft.
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