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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1905
Page
3
A collage of light exchanges and wry quips from breakfast table chatter and late night speeches. Readers overhear jokes about four wives in one west location and a husking bees pun, while other notes recount a quarrel patched then renewed, a congressman’s son mocked for an imagined recess, and a party anecdote of ice cream and mischief.
A collection of comic sketches from early newspapers. A blue eyed girl imagines romance with a wounded lover in hospital while a dairy maid quips at a limburger cheese. Other vignettes include polite banter about kissing, a baby’s beauty, and a Maine prohibition quip.
The item recalls a joke about Jones whose automobile allegedly ran away with his wife and mother-in-law, leaving them speechless. It asks whether Jones could be induced to sell the automobile, reflecting a playful newspaper quip of the era.
The exchange centers on “Write over the heads of the people” a critique by Scribbles about Jenkins Notice. Scribbles suggests the critic sees himself as part of the people, while others question accessibility and intent.
A collection of snatches from sources includes a man seeking a system to slow spending as long as earning. dialogue on money, book makers, and automobiles shows, with remarks about New Year resolutions and a blizzard, from Atlanta Constitution.
A Washington Star quote captures a voter, Mr. Erastus Pinkley, admitting that while he would not sell his vote, common gratitude could persuade him to vote for a candidate offering him two dollars. The exchange highlights concerns about vote buying and propriety in political life.
A foreign nobleman grumbles about language and meanings. The servant answers with clipped humor about Sambo, a wife, and four razors. The piece riffs on misunderstandings and fashion, ending with a quip about society’s summer fad versus last year’s Newport divorce joke.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a humorous courtroom moment in which a lawyer questions using a flash portrait as evidence while the detective quips that the open mouth reveals a dental filling, making identification possible. The exchange highlights quirky wartime or crime era bravado.
A Yonkers Statesman brief contrasts quotable lines about Boston as a hub with World around us and stage imagery. It notes exchanges on impatience and a baby’s creeping lesson told through playful dialogue and city life tone.
A brief item notes discussion on Meredith's proposal for a ten-year marriage arrangement and asks what readers think. It questions whether a man earns any commutation for good conduct in such a plan.
A historic guide argues a cement roof is impractical due to weight. recommends shingles or metal. It details constructing a concrete chimney with a stand, molds for shaft and top, an iron band reinforcement, and a concrete mix ratio of five parts gravel to one Portland cement.
A historic note describes constructing a 20 by 28 foot stable with 12 foot walls and a hip roof. Upper rafters are seven feet, lower eight feet, with a center bent option omitting the perline girt and using braces. Hay forks may be used, but tying raft ers without perline posts weakens the roof.
The text outlines ratios for a concrete cistern with a 14 to 15 foot depth. For a round cistern depth of 15 feet walls six inches thick, arch eight inches thick using five to one gravel cement. Wall plaster inside with two to one sand cement finished with water brush for watertightness. Arch covered by eighteen inches soil to prevent frost. square cistern needs one foot thick walls for a 16 foot size.
In choosing a stump puller drum for wire rope, a grooved drum is preferred. The rope winds in smooth layers on a screw-shaped groove, preventing climbing and crossing, unlike a smooth-surfaced drum. The note notes a man dragging a dog, illustrating an unhappy scene.
A collection of maritime lore describes whales defending their calves with fierce maternal devotion as harpoon boats pursue them. In Moravia New York a local account tells how Dodd's Kidney Pills helped a diabetic wife recover weight and strength after years of illness and rheumatism.
A Washington Post account by H J Rice of New Orleans recalls a Nueces river ranch hunt in Texas. The party rested under a mesquite, missed time, and slept while a gobbler roosted. At sunset a drove of wild turkeys approached and four large birds fell to their rifles, affirming the hunter’s method.
A testimonial states that switching from heavy meats to Grape-Nuts improved digestion, kidney ailments, nerves, and mental sharpness. The speaker credits the Postum Co. promotion and encourages reading The Road to Weilville in each package, asserting lasting benefits and easier work days.
An English laborer was arrested as a thief after a false accusation of stealing. A search at the police station uncovered coins totaling $870 in gold silver and bronze weighing forty pounds hidden in clothing. A separate note recounts a mother praising Cuticura products for curing infant scalp crust and hair loss.
A note on a woolless sheep notes its Barbados origin with origins linked to Africa. The article hints the sheep’s journey and uncertain path, citing a long-known but unclear history of import.
A dozen elderly women staged a sneezing contest in a Lancashire town. Competitors used snuff to provoke sneezes, with one participant continuing until she collapsed from exhaustion and winning a sovereign and silk handkerchief. Sir Francis Jeune sparked a storm in a divorce case by quipping that women cannot love two men at once, unlike men with two women, drawing sharp female rebuttals and lingering debate.
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions a name and a family link, with unclear context and potential misreadings. The readable portion hints at a dispute or conflict involving a person and a group, but details, dates, and full identities are not established.
The London girl is reported to delay marriage, enjoying ample amusements and even her own clubs, gaining more freedom than married peers. Her provincial counterparts marry sooner, while Londoners expect greater advantages and a later, natural progression to matrimony.
Journal entry from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 reports a quotation about Piso Cure for Consumption from a resident Joms Boren. The snippet notes a London curate replying to a parishioner’s health inquiry with a colorful description of fluctuating feelings and stiffness.
A fragmentary note from a local page records that a grocer restored funds owed to an individual named Somiittag Beas. The garbled text offers little context beyond the repayment act and the involved parties.
A peculiar royal custom in Assam assigns the king's 200 wives into nine grades. When a wife dies, her body is lowered from the palace roof for burial, in a practice arising from a ban on carrying a corpse through the doors of the palace.
The reader is encouraged to purchase all four varieties of Schilling's Best products, appealing to careful shoppers with a broad selection. The message emphasizes trying each type to experience the full range of quality offered by the brand.
A garbled note describes a journey by bike then a wedding scene. Objects and names are unclear, but a couple appears to be involved in a marriage event with a hopeful return journey hinted. The fragment suggests a personal story amid scattered phrases about travel and union.
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