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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
3
In a moral vignette from Youth's Companion a conscientious young man Eben Soule wrestles with music and calling. His Methodist minister counsels not to fear spiritual fall while urging balance so family and neighbors avoid hearing him practice too much.
Uncle Erastus polishes his musket and tests it by firing at a bottle thirty yards away. He praises Rufus’s steady eyesight, joking that the boy’s quick eyes will keep him safe for several years, as the two share a rural moment filled with humor and affection.
A dubious advertisement promises a $100 reward for a bear alive and touts a supposed universal cure for a chronic disease. The text imitates early 20th century patent medicine pitches, naming F. J. Cheney & Co. and urging readers to mail orders from Toledo Ohio for “Haile Calarrh” remedies.
In a cheeky exchange two boys discuss their grandma in the afterlife. Johnny asks what she is doing in heaven and Bobby replies matter-of-factly that she is standing up looking round.
A Bee Culture correspondent describes seven foot long hive stands that hold four hives each. The arrangement shows hives placed in two paired rows, providing space and organization for a compact apiary setup.
A description of a hive stand construction noting spacing between hive pairs equal to hive width, 2 by 4 inch sills elevating and supporting hives, rear sill highest, roofs built with light boards, and clearance for lifting supers and trimming.
Farmers' Review notes strong vigor in about ten of fifty fowls per flock. Keep vigorous birds for breeding and meat or eggs, while culling weaker ones. Vigorous fowls resist disease better, reducing losses, while less vigorous birds fatten quickly for quicker returns. The vigor question deserves more attention for flock development.
Practical guidance for bee and poultry keepers covers queen quality, feed mixes with stale bread and milk, root ing on hive covers, candy comb honey handling, green food for hens, and labor tips. It stresses sturdy housing, proper floor materials, and meat or bone supplements for larger flocks.
A Farm and Home correspondent extols dry feeding for young chicks using cracked corn, bran, and a trough. The method uses less feed than wet mash, reduces overeating, and prevents sour leftovers. Milk is beneficial if fed in moderation.
Management drives profits in poultry production. even perfect ration and strong pest and disease control fail without effective management. Strong leadership, planning, and records determine outcomes, shaping costs, yields, and margins in farming operations.
Practical instructions for using stale bread in croutons and dishes. Includes crouton method with buttered slices baked until browned. Hyde Park Brown Bread mixes rye meal and corn meal with soda for a steamed loaf. Mock Bisque Soup uses bread crumbs with milk onion herbs and tomatoes, then strained. Ham Timbales combine bread crumbs with chopped ham milk butter and eggs baked in molds with garnishes.
Tarnished silverware brightens in buttermilk two hours then hot-soda wash. Linen collars cut into strips serve as wax taper substitutes. pulverized powders last longer from talcum shaker. Interline irons with asbestos squares. keep on ironing board and under table pad. Surprise Potatoes bake hot, scoop, mash with butter cream and white of egg, refill skins and reheat. Orange jelly from five oranges and one sour orange, cook, strain, sugar, boil, mold.
The passage offers cooking guidance such as using vinegar to enhance fish and boiling water treatment for vegetables. It describes baking fish on salt pork to prevent sticking, boiling guidance for underground versus above ground vegetables, and a veal ragout method involving trimming, browning, basting, and a gravy from meat drippings.
Anoka resident Lavi P Brockway says five months in a hospital left him incurable with heart trouble and fainting spells. After using Deans Kidney Pills his condition improved, and he claims he has felt well since. The ad notes the product is sold by all dealers for 0 cents a box through Fowter Milburn Co Buffalo NY. A separate quip about a child and baseball players follows.
Mrs Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas reports a six month battle with eczema in her son. After trying two doctors with no relief the Cutiura Remedies brought sleep and sores disappeared in a week and a clear face in two months. Now aged two he has not had eczema again. Request published Apr 15 1907.
A Worcester county courthouse figure Ellett H Peabody chased a deal but missed the meeting. A phone call to Mr H yielded a surprising update as a cheerful responder said the matter went nicely and the baby weighs six and a half pounds. A separate quip notes Mrs Jones and a fishmonger vowing to swim no distance.
A caller offers a spring poem but the Cleveland Plain Center editor declines. He mocks the subject and asks if the man is married before returning the essay on Woman and Her Defects. The exchange showcases editorial impatience and shifting focus to cannag iat.
A father vents frustration over his son forgetting the figures from the last election return. The exchange unfolds with Mrs. Harding urging paper notes as the father fumbles a memory lapse and jokes about his own habit of writing down figures. The piece reflects humor in a domestic scene from Youth's Companion.
Fragmentary ad and joke snippets show patent medicines Allen's Foot-Ease Pettit's Eye Salve and light humor about real estate. Mentions of Druggists Buffalo and Le Roy hint at 19th century commerce and social quips about renting, moving, and fashion versus friendship.
A Harper's Weekly fragment recalls a timid woman using a telephone for the first time and misreading a mouthpiece. a drug clerk explains the holes to strain rolls. Meanwhile Willie the office boy nervously asks the boss for time to speak, before being cut off as the ball game looms.
An ambiguous advertisement notes a claim that very few buyers want refunds while insisting Schilling's Best pays if you do. It mentions patent leather shoe covers and a hole in a stocking, implying a consumer promo or faulty product issue.
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