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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1905
Page
7
A Montreal Herald piece describes hot ice cream as a frozen pudding made from vanilla ice cream, boiled rice and ginger from San Francisco’s Chinatown. The conversation pokes fun at fashionably modern tea rooms with iron lanterns and linen frocks, contrasting old and new tastes.
A Kansas City youth believed a dream of red carnations would bring wealth at the races. Friends spread the idea and wore red carnations at Elm Ridge. A conspirator claimed a dream predicted big wins and lured the young man toward betting ring. He fled as others joined the ruse. The incident appeared in the Kansas City Times.
A nervous man recalls a retirement friend seeking cure from bad habits. In a cafe he abstains from alcohol, yet drinks seven pots of coffee, revealing another habit. The dialogue contrasts withdrawal from drink with the persistence of dependency through caffeine use.
A lawyer from Sharke and Sharke hails a new field for lawsuits. The Vermiform Appendix, once thought vestigial, is claimed essential, prompting plans to sue individuals who had their appendices removed on doctors' representations of superfluity for profits.
The Scotsman Edinburgh building claims the largest newspaper office size with thirteen stories and 261,787 square feet, surpassing the New York Times 31-story, 116,249 square feet facility. This Edinburgh edifice reportedly doubles the NYT’s size.
A Kittery Maine woman recounts a nineteenth century style hustle where a boy gathered dandelions from her lawn, washed them at her pump, then offered the full basket for 20 cents a peck at her door showcasing early local commerce.
A San Francisco dispatch reports fleas aboard the City of Peru causing medical alarm among passengers. Emma Schoederssy and two Hirsch daughters from Castle Brook sought surgeon advice after red spots appeared. three doctors and Chief Surgeon Cummings on Angel Island confirmed a parasitic condition and delayed the voyage for quarantine checks.
The Brazilian Review argues Brazil can use American methods and energy to exploit its forests, ports, railways, mining, and agriculture. It cites a caller from Trinity Springs, Ind., and notes skepticism toward Piso's Cure for Consumption. A marginal anecdote recounts Philip Bourke Marston’s lost story after a missing typewriter ribbon.
A Rochester mother describes a delicate baby's terrible sore and tumor covering raw flesh that caused great agony. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the rash disappeared by the second week with no trace remaining. Cleaning tips for india rubber goods follow, recommending flannel and mild soap.
The British Army Council has decided that the nail in the barrack room mop head need not be handed into store when a used mop is exchanged for a new one.
South Africa imposes an export tax of 487 dollars per ostrich to curb shipments and protect the domestic ostrich farming trade, aiming to preserve the country’s monopoly on a lucrative industry.
A note on tea and cooks leads to a surprising figure showing the London police force’s pay surpasses seven million dollars annually. The excerpt links tea quality to the power and pay of the police.
In Wellington a small town of 7000 residents 5245 people were accommodated last year amid a wave of vagrants. The report highlights strain on local services as tramps overwhelm the English town during the period.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound public notice offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Women suffering from female weakness are invited to write and receive personalized guidance, with letters read by women only and replies aimed at diagnosing and treating uterine and ovarian issues.
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