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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1904
Page
3
Fashion notes describe velvet fabrics, galons, and braids for fall and winter gowns with lavish trimming on hats. Norfolk coats in wood brown cheviot with corticelli silk and pearl buttons showcase yokes and box pleated sleeves. kimono shapes feature cashmere and corticelli trims. new skirt designs move away from balloon styles toward seam down the front.
A light weight novelty wool frock in deep red with fancy banding and gold threads. It features a blouse waist, full joined skirt, pointed belt, and wide collar. back closure. For a ten year old, material requirements are 5 1/2 yards of 27 inch or 3 3/4 yards of 44 inch wide fabric plus 1/2 yard for collar and cuffs.
A brisk recap of seasonally styled dresses features orange velvet tong silk coats with practical pockets, red currant embroidery on white muslin gowns, mauve and white cheeks, Panama cloth outings, Pompadour-ruffled frocks, featherboning trims, orange silk belts on lavender muslin, oriental laces on lawn and thin silks, and graceful taffeta shades. Long loose coats dominate the scene while dotted Swiss frocks add an ethereal note.
A preserved kitchen instruction details scalding oysters in their juice, pressing them, and simmering the liquor. It describes straining, blending with butter and flour, adding warm milk, and gradually uniting mixtures to form a smooth cream for serving. The method emphasizes gentle stirring to prevent curdling and achieving a creamy sauce.
A varied issue blends culinary notes with fashion forecasts. Recipes describe a rich bisque with herbs and spices, while wardrobe trends spotlight autumn colors, new glove styles, and a circular skirt with box plaited flounce. The text cites colors like moidoro and coe de roche and details yardage for pattern construction.
A collage of humorous refrains and cartoonish sketches. References to economic woes a gas bill and bank ruin mix with playful anachronisms and moral quips. Figures from history and literature comment on voting, fame, and public life amid light verse and satirical observations.
An elderly man on a roof garden boasts that book forging is his business. He claims to earn about 7500 dollars yearly by adding forged Grolier bindings to old books, turning a five dollar volume into a two hundred dollar treasure. He details how he trained, fooled dealers, and sold to millionaires with no complaints in seven years.
Theaters install electric makeup boxes to replace gas in dressing rooms. The Lyceum uses a nickel plated box with curling iron racks and grease paint warmers. A Harlem inventor, previously a telephone repairman, developed the device replacing gas with electric heat for safety.
A home maker can furnish a frugal winter amusement for visitors with four memo tablets on silver cases attached to bed posts by rib bone. Each guest on arrival writes a man’s name on a tablet, guiding a playful superstition about wedlock, with a washable celluloid surface to erase traces.
A Tennessee family fears losing their famed cook Aunt Sallie who bakes sult rising and hoe cakes. She plans to marry a reportedly well-traveled darkey with prior marriages. Her mistress warns of unknown risks, urging caution. Aunt Sallie answers with hopeful humor and says they must try.
Bridgeport correspondent reports at Eureka Paper Mills a blaze killed over 100000 honey bees. Ambulance corps of bees formed to remove dead, many stung by firefighters, as workers carried off bodies amid charred hives. The scene recalls battlefield cleanup.
Rev Jacob D Van Deren of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin testifies that kidney disorder attacks confined him to bed for days. He reports general health improvement and relief from pain after using Dean’s Kidney Pills sold by Foster Milkburn Co Buffalo NY at 59 cents. Also includes unrelated juvenile dialogue and an eye remedy plug.
A river angler on the River Wey in England landed a two pound six ounce trout measuring sixteen inches. The fish mouth held a tail of a rat with visible hind legs at the far end. Upon opening the trout, a large water rat ten inches long was found inside.
A city schoolroom scene shows children's mix of piety and worldliness as they write on pads about future professions. A girl wishes to be a circus lady rider if the Lord's will, another suggests missionary or millinery clerk in a candy store.
Readers discuss ship christening rites once tied to blood offerings and note the shift to wine. A 1900 reader from Van Buren, Ind. extols Pino's Cure for throat and lung ailments. The Japanese Alpine Club, touted as the oldest, is described as a religious society with prayers before ascents.
Daniel Webster replied to a newspaper that taunted his private affairs and debts. He admitted occasional delays in paying debts, blaming creditors for not pressing those who owe him. He enclosed his father’s note from thirty years earlier as an example of money lent to educate his sons.
A southwestern London suburb clergyman ended his sermon with the claim there is a hell but, noting the time, added that they would not go into it just now. The remark drew amused responses as the congregation reflected on the pause.
Plato introduced the clepsydra into Greece and it was adopted by the Romans. A Persian king allegedly gifted Charlemagne a bronze inlaid water clock. Water clocks remained in use until the seventeenth century, with water acting as the motor and the pendulum as regulator whenever the pendulum emerged.
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