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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
3
The spring waist features plaited ruffles or extended jabots as a key style element. Detachable ruffles in lace or embroidered linen are used with jackets and shirts, available in many fabrics from fine lace to heavier silks, and range from simple to elaborately edged designs.
A collection of practical hints on preserving shoes and fabrics, making baking powder, preparing apples with jelly, and laundry care. Instructions cover preventing rubbing on feet, padding old jackets, cleaning stockin gs, and drying shoes, with steps for linseed polish and soap-based cleaning.
An Oklahoma station report argues spraying is the cheapest practical protection for orchards and gardens against fungus diseases and insects. It explains fungicides and insecticides, notes copper and sulfur compounds as effective, and outlines spore germination and how timely spraying plus removal of infected material reduces next year’s losses.
A late Lord Ritchie is remembered for a witty exchange with a pompous peer at an official dinner on the eve of Parliament. The peer mocked a middle class cabinet member, then asked about sugar. Ritchie answered that a pound of sugar weighs the same as a pound of soakum, drawing a sharp insult in response.
In 1904 Ohio suffered greater blight damage to French June peas sown with oats as a forage crop. The fungus attacks stems near ground level and forms oval dead leaf spots. It invades pods and seeds, producing brown surface spots and causing seeds to adhere to pods, with green cultivars more affected than yellow ones.
Guidance on spruce plantation care stresses no cultivation after planting and tolerance to shade. Fire is the main threat to control, with no severe trimming due to shallow roots. Report any insect or fungal damage with specimen and injury notes to the agriculture department.
A wandering salesman in a small Texas town seeks hot water in a hotel with a shady reputation. A porter's reply reveals no hot water but offers to heat it instead. Also noted is a school prize in Farnham awarding the browniest face to Foster, who refuses to reveal his method.
A Selma Alabama woman reports years of severe itching and black spots on her face and body. After two doctors failed to help, she used Caticura Remedies for six months, claiming all spots disappeared three years ago and no symptoms returned. Oct 28 1906.
A garbled medical advertisement offers a $3100 reward and $100 to readers who soothe a supposed disease by a tonic claiming to cleanse and fortify the body. It references supposed dental and bodily treatments and urges purchase of a cure with testimonials and a Toledo address.
A clipped exchange shows Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete debating honesty and wealth. Mike claims honesty, Pete counters with slow talk about limited funds to hire top talent. The vignette satirizes moral pretense and vanity.
An emailer touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for sweaty hot and aching feet. A trial package is offered by a mail order ad listing Druggists and address details. Wisely and slow they stumble that run fast. Shakespeare quote is included as a closing line.
An ad discusses the burdens of homemaking women and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It cites testimonials from Mrs Sadie Abbott and Mrs Dorabe McKitrick among others, claims broad cures for female weakness, and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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