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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1906
Page
2
The piece celebrates women excelling across fields from tax collection and farming to sculpture and home making. It argues success stems from dedication, study, and measured progress, not unsexing women, and envisions women disobeying heart to obey head in choosing work.
London based nutritionist Professor Alexander Haig warns New Yorkers dieting to cut weight may underfeed themselves. He urges a daily albumen intake of about nine grams per pound of body weight to avoid debility and potential heart risk when exertion like running for a train is required.
A beauty doctor pitches a Paris mold device to trim hips with heat and electric pressure promising rapid inches off measurements. Miss Lucy B. Ernst of Philadelphia earned a Carnegie medal for her brave act in Pike County, reopening a rattlesnake bite wound with a penknife and drawing out venom with her lips, earning a second medal after the parents previously awarded one.
Portrait of Prof Matteucci director of the Royal Observatory who stayed amid Vesuvius lava and ash to warn and reassure Naples during the most violent eruption since A.D. 79. His calm, calculations, and watchful vigil helped avert panic and saved lives.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader shows a brief dialogue where a younger speaker asks an older man for home money and the elder declines saying he has plenty today. The exchange ends with a request for five dollars.
A disconcerting dialogue at a meal unfolds as a missionary questions encroaching appetites. The cannibal islander justifies his feast and asserts his own enjoyment, reasserting control over the encounter.
A brief exchange in the Cleveland Leader shows a guest asking for a knife to cut pie, the host declining and offering no utensil, followed by a request for an ax. The quirky dialogue highlights tensions over basic dining implements.
The piece highlights lace jacket revivals with varied laces and foundations blending embroidery and lace, and notes new trends in sleeves and cuffs. It describes long cutaway coats, peacock feather hats, and the move toward elbow or deep cuffs, emphasizing hand embroidery and lace use.
The article offers practical housekeeping and fashion guidance, detailing ammonia and water for cleaning pans, chloride of lime for enamelware, and a stove polish mix. It discusses silk dress care, bead and lace trimming, and ornate hat embellishments including tulle, bandeau, and flowers. It also covers hair adornments, foulard trimming, mull and lace lingerie waists, and a comfortable girl’s wrapper with a dotted challfa design.
Fragmented fashion note describes mauve and gray blue cloth garments with trimmed Valenciennes lace. Skirts with white bands, draped tops, braid details, embroidered collars, and wide turnover cuffs appear, with emphasis on coordinated embroidery and sleeve finishes.
Instructions for making a dozen English pancakes with three spoonfuls of flour two eggs a tablespoon of brandy and nearly two gills of milk. Mix until smooth rest five hours then fry on a hot plate with butter until browned. Roll and sprinkle with soft sugar before serving.
Fashions call for oversized ruches with tall central backs and narrower sides, using net and chiffon ruches with ribbon streamers and velvet rosettes. Net boas trimmed with velvet or satin, and hats must cover the back of the neck. Mitle bolero jackets feature prominent ruching as a key finish.
In a clipped exchange, Gent demands proof of a cottage deed before consenting to marriage between his daughter and a suitor. The suitor confirms love and a cottage life as the ideal, while the father agrees only if the deed is shown.
In a Royal Magazine excerpt, Mrs Younghusband notes improved milk quality and a new seller who guarantees purity. Mr Younghusband insists TJ would deny issues, praising the milk as superior to recent imports. The couple plans to buy enough for several weeks.
A fragment from a Houston Post style note compares a cold water question to an ice barge at the dock. The exchange signals a witty editorial moment about weather or maritime scene in a late 19th or early 20th century paper.
The Cleveland Leader quotes an exchange about politeness with a penny for an errand and a child’s plea to be polite to elders. The Washington Star adds a quip praising a fiery orator, comparing a speech to exclamation points scattered with words.
A fragment shows a mock conversation with anarchic dialect about clothes, rust, money, health, and a doctor. Characters include Swindlebaum and Puck, with Dr. Bolus delivering a curiously valued yet dubious remedy. The piece mimics a stage or satire sketch.
The Statesman lauds a vote as priceless and unbought while the Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum as calling it clear profit. A witty exchange follows about a wife’s aim and a dodged reply, ending with an Answers snippet.
Edna notes a preference for high collars while Katherine admires stock attire. Grace Waye asks if stocks would attract, and Edna responds yes if listed among the preferred options. Conversation reflects social tastes in fashion and finance.
A brief journal entry records a discounted birthday gift from Ethel Hubert and a note from Ernest suggesting thoughts only occur about once a month, reflecting personal correspondence and sentiment.
In a Cleveland Leader snippet a man says his daughter is not poor, while he adds that he is “plenty poor enough for two,” reflecting a humorous exchange about finances during courtship.
The Cleveland Leader notes a humorous exchange about hair lineage with Dorothy implying her hair may come from her mother or father, reflecting light domestic chatter in the paper’s light column.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a waitress and a new servant discussing careful behavior at table. The Royal. Two Papas joke about paternity and travel. a child notes a parent is at large in New York. Published in Weekly.
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