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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1904
Page
7
Minneapolis resident Nettie Blackmore recounts relief from painful monthly periods after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims dramatic improvement and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice, noting a $5000 forfeit for genuineness proof.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap ointment and pills as a complete set to cleanse skin of crusts and scales, soothe itching, heal inflammation, and expel humor germs. It claims one dollar buys a cure for skin disorders from infancy to old age when other remedies fail.
A compact survey of curious legal phrases and historical quirks. It recalls Palmerston on Schleswig Holstein, Frederick the Great references, and a 19th century Chelmsford jail bill. Humorous notes mix with odd provisions, including a king’s half of punishment and a vanished purpose in a transport sentence.
Engine drivers running Crewe to London and return must observe no fewer than 579 signals. The figure highlights the complexity of railway operation and the vigilance required by drivers on this main line.
A newly featured piggery plan from Harford Ontario outlines a scalable, low cost design by Mr J E Brethour. The illustrated structure measures 326 by 100 feet outside, with cement walls and adaptable length, offering practical features and modifiable details for builders.
The passage describes a building with a thick wall rising three feet, framing of 1x4 wind wing boards, exterior lumber, building paper, and flap boards. Inside, matched lumber forms a dead air space around walls and roof. North wall reaches 11 feet, roof pitch equal on both sides, creating a three foot height difference center. Light windows along the north pens are hinged at the bottom.
The letter discusses a vented opening allowing adjustable angles, suggesting a ratchet device like greenhouse ventilators for ventilation. It notes milk souring on route and in customers due to improper can tops and outdoor exposure, despite daily washing and scaldering. The author attributes souring largely to feeding cows fresh brewery malt, assuming clean milking vessels and proper cooling to 50 degrees or lower.
Trials at the Dairy School of Ontario Agricultural College in December and January show pasteurizing sweet cream yields better results. Cream with .2 to .5 percent acid pasteurizes without difficulty and ripe pasteurized cream can be churned promptly with good butter texture and flavor. Sweet cream pasteurization is favored for cream gathering creameries, with ripened or soured cream as an alternative.
A simple method preserves eggs by completely submerging them in a solution of potash silicate mixed 1 to 8 with water. Eggs stay in the solution until use, the shell pores sealed. they are washed and pricked before cooking. Of 3,000 treated in April, only seven were stale by Christmas, across two-thirds of the batch. the rest remained fresh.
A reader asks how to extend an 82 by 52 foot barn with 16 foot posts. Advice suggests a steep high roof atop existing posts to gain capacity. Lengthening with bends at ends is easy, and barns over 70 feet benefit from two driveways and one or two mows between them.
Miss Flora Hauser of Indianapolis writes that chronic catarrh worsened with colds until four weeks of using Peruna. She reports head and nose congestion relief and a clear head afterward, claiming cure with Peruna and noting some minor recurrence.
An extensive testimonial note praises Peruna as the cure for catarrh affecting hundreds of women. The letter from Amanda Johnson of Fairchild Wisconsin describes head pain and eye strain cured after using Peruna for several weeks, claiming improved health and facial symmetry. The text touts Peruna’s life changing effects and links the remedy to youth and beauty, ending with a broad endorsement from Dr. Hartman’s clinic.
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