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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
3
A short note on banshees as a respected ghost type, citing Lippincott and Mrs. Levey of Castle Terrace London. The account recalls a dying mother's wail heard from a window and linked family deaths from 1868 to 1890. The piece notes banshees are more common in Ireland than London, tied to haunted castles and faded gentry.
A report from Farnham grammar school notes a holiday prize event for the tanned face, led by Rev Priestley headmaster. Foster captained the school prize, with an accusation that he may reveal prep secrets to peers. The item reflects local school life and a prize system in the era.
A practical farming column discusses timely corn harrowing techniques to reduce weeds and improve yields. It includes warnings about working wet soil, benefits of early field access, and following with the corn cultivator. Also covered are a wheelbarrow design, keeping good horses, time accounting, and comparing farm versus city incomes.
An extensive corn grower asks whether to plant two year old seed corn that germinates 94 percent. Indiana Farmer says yes it is safer than using 1906 seed with 95 percent germination. Clad seed will be more vigorous but needs more moisture to start germination.
The writer shares beet growing tips including light rolling before thinning, cultivating once before thinning, again after, and every ten days until beets are large enough to risk damage. Then they ditch and lay by the crop, noting ample water and steady renewal of chicks.
A light wartime anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts a letter to Jefferson Davis asking for a furlough so Jeems C. of Co. onth, 5th South Carolina, could wed before returning to fight. The president reportedly wrote back on the letter back: Let Jeems go.
A collage of items appears: a kidney pill testimonial from Mrs. John Manzell in New Castle Pennsylvania praising Dean’s Kidney Pills for rapid relief, plus a quirky note about a Columbia University chapel arch widened for a fat visitor, and brief items on civil engineering, a marriage anecdote about Mrs Jagaway, a jab at a poet, and Australia’s move to fund its own navy.
Oklahoma editor says a diet of Grape-Nuts food restored strength, gained 25 pounds, sharpened brain power, and aided long career. He endorses the product as scientifically made nourishing and delicious, noting it proved worth more than a doctor bill. Read The Road to Wellville.
A collage of short notes and quips: a valet Irishman Pat jokes about living on cheap whiskey, a testimonial ad for Cuticura remedies citing eczema cure, a Puebla battle painting gifted to President Diaz, a call to restore the red in the Shanghai jail, and a Times-Democrat tourist guide quip about William the Conqueror’s tower.
A New York scientist father struggles with family as his young daughter Flora hates lullabies and demanding music, while a visiting girl requests quiet. The tale is followed by a breezy skit of Anglo American humor about odd restaurant mishaps and a note on coal innovation.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for nerves and blood, linking pale skin and nervous troubles to poor red blood cells. It cites Mrs. M. A. of Medford Massachusetts claiming prior paralysis and dizziness improved after using the pills.
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