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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1902
Page
2
A reader laments medical misadventure after a doctor mishandled a womb and caused inflammation. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is touted as relief. Also noted is a pro Boer meeting in Boston canceled when Cochran refused to share a platform with Webster Davis.
Emigrant wagon figure Congressman Needham of California born at Carvon City Nevada while his parents traveled the plains on the migrant wagon.
A mixed patchwork of Civil War notes includes Captain Conrow saving Lincoln at Petersburg, praise for United States soldiers, a Penobscot Indian veteran Porus with a birch bark autobiography, and parliamentary size comparisons plus a plug for How to tetter’s Stomach Bitter as a cure all.
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indiana oppose congressional pensions for Mrs McKinley and Mrs Harrison. Posts circulate a chain of resolutions condemning favoritism to officers and their widows, arguing it insults private soldiers who fought for equal pay.
A British officer dispatches tons of flints to South African troops to replace damp matches. The revival of fin t knapping boosts Norfolk industry as soldiers seek fire in an old method. Fehuneld May Accept Honor. Lieut Gen John M Schofield wins permission to accept the Cross of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor from the French President. The pension bill for the last surviving War of 1812 veteran passes House committee. Hilram Cros of Oneida County New York is 104.
The piece references Prof Munsterberg and a medieval fakir who claimed to turn stones into gold with a magic pot. It notes the psych approach to belief, the hippo association trick, and a Boston Herald quote. Also mentions a Des Moines bed dust remedy by Mrs Berths Fremont and a dubious bed helper product.
Enid Dickens, Charles Dickens’s granddaughter, married Ernest Bourchier Hawksley in London. The bride, noted in literary and art circles, couples with a family linked to Cecil Rhodes’s solicitor. Also mentions a patent cure and Rear Admiral Oscar W. Farenholt’s rise from enlisted man to admiral.
Construction of ancient Carthaginian roads differed markedly from Roman highways making it easy for antiquarians to distinguish between the two methods.
Letters from Mrs Schafer of St Louis and Mrs Long of Atwood describe dramatic improvements in their daughters after using Peruna. They report relief from coughs fever and croup with the tonic credited for strengthening health and curing recurring illnesses.
A letter from Dr. R Robbins of Muskogee Indiana Texas describes his grip relief after taking Peruna. He and his daughter improved after two and three bottles respectively. Mrs Heard reports her baby and son recovered from bowel issues and ear problems after Peruna use. The note invites readers to request Dr Hartman’s guidance if results are not prompt.
The article mentions the patent office busy season from December to April, warns against relying on local catarrh remedies, promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, claims efficacy with blood purifiers, and notes Senator Lodge accepted to deliver Yale Law School commencement address next June.
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