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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1911
Page
2
The piece recounts a widow Mrs Nixon who, after receiving a large legacy, insists on social exclusivity and genealogical status. Her daughter Irene falls in love with Bennett, a lawyer’s son, elopes, and faces social ruin. A clever countercase exposes the genealogist scam, vindicating the couple and unmasking pretensions.
A Massachusetts clergyman visits a soap works and questions how soap is adulterated. The foreman then explains mythical substitutes for marble, prompting the minister to hear a harsh sermon on adulteration the following Sunday. The miscommunication ends with the minister feeling embarrassed in front of his congregation.
A humorous exchange centers on summer boarders unhappy with lack of shredded wheat field to display. The dialogue highlights rural quirks and light domestic friction as boarders grumble over expectations.
A fragment shows a wife teasing a returning bubby about an extra trunk and new clothes while noting she was not there to pack, and that her dad is coming back. The readable line hints at a family return and unresolved packing duties.
A small camera hidden in field glasses lets the operator look as if he is scoping the landscape while secretly taking photographs. The text notes self-conscious subjects spoil shots, and urges caution as disguised cameras could capture natural poses, warning youths to beware innocent looking glasses.
A Missouri inventor created a neck mounted shaving mirror framed to rest on the shirt, with a jointed rod to position the glass for viewing the back of the neck. It uses a second mirror for reflection and can be hung on a door or wall for regular use.
A French inventor has modified a microphone to detect water sources up to 50 feet beneath surface. By thrusting a tube into the ground and attaching the microphone to its end, the sound of flowing water is clearly heard, guiding users to the water and enabling precise location. The device has been tested with demonstrated success, promising value for miners and prospectors and aiding rescue if miners are entombed.
The Hagenbeck ostrich farm at Brellingen near Hacaburg was founded three years ago and is expanding rapidly in size and importance. Mr Hagenbeck believed ostriches from hot regions can thrive in colder climates, becoming healthier and developing thicker feather coats.
A vacuum setup suspends a pipe across a room with funnels to catch flies. Flies near a window are sucked into the pipe, while others go to a bread and molasses trap. When turned off, traps lift out for scalding water. Government notices warn of disease from flies.
An Ohio inventor patents an unusual flying machine resembling a wicker bowl with a motor car attached containing two opposing propellers. The craft rises by propeller thrust, then sails using air beneath and is steered by varying propeller action. The unusual design could evolve into a controllable airship if perfected.
British engineering authority O Gorman explains that idle machinery like automobiles can rust from internal respiration. Enclosed air spaces draw in air as temperatures fall and expel it when heated, bringing moisture into cavities and gear areas. Oil does not fully protect as it absorbs about 9 percent water.
A series of curiosities and rough measurements across science and industry. Notes include diamond facet counts, enknorma production for alk, bead stringing machine in France, air sound speed, caterpillar diet, solar and lunar forces, butterfly coloration, human weight guidance, monoplane service in war, a bail eye slicing implement, and an automobile foot warmer using exhaust heat and water circulation.
Steubenville marked Old Home Week with a dedication honoring Edwin McMasters Stanton the wartime secretary of war under Lincoln Born in 1814 he rose from poverty to law and politics serving Buchanan and Lincoln He later served briefly as associate justice nominee and died in 1889 buried at Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D C
An eastern public utility clerical error mailed a prospectus to a renowned statesman. The reply, dated 1911, says in Heaven, Gentlemen, your publications are not permitted to circulate, making subscription useless. the statesman signature appears at the end.
Mrs Belle Jones of Burden Kansas recalled a story of twenty hats from twenty years ago when a wife asked for a hat and the husband paid a dollar twenty five. She moved her millinery stock years ago and later found a box of twenty hats including dress hats and bonnets. The hats, once coveted in New York shops, were displayed in a local window.
A fragmentary report notes Mrs Edward Vankeonal of Akron blending her hair with a lock of bale to De Hare vey Wiley and mentions government chemist Sim 88Y8 and clay in a baffling sequence.
A Allegheny Pennsylvania man credits Grape-Nuts with curing chronic indigestion and insomnia. After months of pain and weakness he began the cereal with cream, slept better, gained weight, and resumed work. He praises the product and invites others to verify its merits.
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