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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1910
Page
7
Sabattus Maine readers share letters praising Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief during childbirth and change of life. Testimonials claim restored health and strength, urging others to try the herbal remedy.
August Belmont praised New England towns at a Saratoga dinner and recalled a Rockford bathhouse tale. A visitor waited for a shower, pulled the rope, and a sailor proprietor advised shifting direction to receive the full deluge as seawater poured from the ceiling.
An American student at a German university recounts a professor reading aloud papers by the class on a celebrated German novelist. After one, the professor praised the writer’s understanding and asked for the method used. The student replied he wrote to the author directly, asking for the needed information, and that was what he received.
The dinner aboard the yacht Ramona featured Jacob H. Schiff sharply condemning a concern and praising straight business methods. A moral tone emerged in a collector story where a boy named Tommy answered he would be a receiver, noting their family has had champagne for dinner and two automobiles since his father became a receiver.
A study of dry farming reveals that plowing ten to twelve inches yields nearly double the crop compared to six to seven inches. Deep tillage costs little extra per acre but boosts moisture retention, drought resilience, and overall profit, with fall and spring plowing advised to avoid surface packing.
The article discusses summer fallow as a moisture conserving, humus building practice. It notes variability by land condition and crop goals, warns against absolute bare fallow, advises timely plowing and surface harrow work to maintain moisture and weed control, and describes using cover crops or burial crops like rye to restore humus. It highlights regional caveats for winter wheat in the Dakotas, Bend County, and Walla Walla, detailing timing and techniques for effective fallow under varying moisture.
The text discusses alfalfa cutting impact on plant vitality, benefits of bees for alfalfa raisers, butter handling, roof repairs in dry weather, crimson clover in poultry pastures, soil bacteria benefits from manure, apples on light soil, concrete floors in bog houses, lamb pricing, mulched young apple trees, cob pipe corn as Missouri native, and local pipe factories near Washington Missouri.
A magazine style note stresses a mother's influence over her children. It argues that an intelligent, consistent, and refined mother shapes speech, manners, and behavior in sons and daughters. A kind word and smile can soften rough men and busy boys, guiding tomorrow’s world.
TO THE EDITOR We seek readers who want a fruit dairy or poultry farm on the Kuhn Irrigated tract in the Sacramento Valley California Best water right Low maintenance costs Ten months feeding season Ten tons alfalfa per acre Splendid dairy site Earn $10 a month per acre Oranges lemons grape fruit English walnuts and many other fruits nuts vegetables and flowers grow Charming place to live Want such home Land for sale Work for everyone Write for enticement HL Ex Holster Co Le Salle St Chicago IL Forth Ave Pittsburg PA
B F Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco executive board, scolded a young employee who announced plans to marry. The youth earned a small salary and was told he could not afford marriage as his wife would suffer. The man replied that he had as much right to starve a woman as anyone.
An old advertisement extols a catarrh cure proclaimed to work by purifying blood and acting on mucous membranes. It claims permanent relief and urges readers to send for testimonials, offering the product from JG Cheney & Co of Toledo and mentioning druggists as sellers.
A local report notes the bridge outside Plankville has collapsed soon after a fresh coat of paint by town crews. The Louisville Courier-Journal records residents questioning how the council failed to prevent the failure.
Murine Eye Remedy offered as liquid for red weak weary watery eyes and granulated lids with soothing claims. Available as Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes and priced at 25c and 1.00, with eye books and advice sent free by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. A playful Punch caption about a nurse and a child referenced in the same issue.
A Kansas woman seeks divorce claiming her husband throws bricks at her. The ad promotes Spohn's Distemper Cure for horses and dogs, touting over 600,000 bottles sold last year and offering agents and mail orders from Goshen Indiana.
An advertisement for Pettit’s Eye Salve claiming instant relief from irritation caused by dust heat sun or wind price 35 cents offered through Howard Bros druggists in Buffalo New York. Also includes a separate line about a supposed value of one genius being affordable for the average family.
A dialogue frames editorial rejection and resale values for a writer, with mock irony about favors asked and denied. Margaret Deland’s remark condemns unhappiness over trivial matters while a playwright makes a self mockery about crafting a comedy around a silly talent.
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