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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
7
Mrs Emma Fiefesner of Seattle writes that after two years of irregular painful periods her health improved markedly after using Peruna for about three months. She says she felt run-down and now her troubles are removed and she would never be without the remedy.
A defense of alcohol as essential in many medicines argues that it preserves, dissolves, and stabilizes pharmacologically active compounds. It notes most liquid medicines and many proprietary preparations contain alcohol, and distinguishes alcohol from whisky while criticizing blanket denunciations influenced by ignorance or vested interests. The piece concludes with a quote on lies being excusable in rare cases.
A concise note questions tea affection by a very bad person and connects it to Means Square Meal. It also observes the historical shift where the term banquet once referred to dessert, highlighting shifting culinary language.
In a century old account the old highway from Nashville to New Orleans is traced from its military and trade origins along the Mississippi. It details Fort Adams diplomacy with tribes, pirates avoidance, and key movements by Old Hickory and Methodist preachers, noting the railroad era and settlement while praising the historic trace as the great center of southwest activity.
Dr Pond of Liverpool England presents a new theory on appendicitis linking digestive disturbances to antimony poisoning. He cites rubber bottle seals containing antimony as a daily exposure source that can leach into mineral waters and degrade rings by brittleness, potentially weakening stomach and intestinal muscles through repeated exposure.
A humorous anecdote from a Chicago News clipping recalls being lured into a lawn fete by a ticket for lemonade ice cream and fortune telling. Exorbitant charges and a maze of mystery lead to debt and a quarrel with the wife after returning home broke.
A visiting man recalls the New England metropolis beaches where lifeguards or officials turn away strangers after a storm. He describes rough surf and a beach official saying outsiders getting drowned hurts the beach, reflecting local caution toward visitors.
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has been appointed executive secretary of the Panama commission. He brings expert knowledge and long newspaper experience, fitting him to handle publicity and media relations for the commission's public duties.
Thirteen year old English girl Violet Firth has written a volume of verse that has sold more than nine thousand copies, drawing attention to her precocious literary talent and the popularity of her poetry.
An old advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for persistent indigestion and dyspepsia with a testimonial from B E Strong of Capleville Shelby County Tennessee. The piece credits the remedy with addressing root causes and claims it builds new blood while offering guidance on eating. It also briefly shifts to Brahe and his eclipse of August 11 1560 inspiring a career in astronomy and shaping Kepler through Tycho Brahe's influence.
The note mentions a confident moneyback line and three Salt Lake Route shows to Salt Lake and Los Angeles with three specials for W C T U members attending the convention in Los Angeles. It also cites a cork house in Leipsic built by a hairdresser with a two story cork shop and baths.
The fragment mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a figure named A Barratin with vague references to wishes for riches happiness and a best actor unable to play every role The text reads like an old advertorial or literary aside without a clear news event or factual detail.
In France the use of ab sinthe has been forbidden for the army and navy, as reported in a brief war bulletin. The restriction aims to curb narcotic use among servicemen amid ongoing tensions.
Richard Carte picks Orlando Wilson for a wild man role in The Maid and the Mummy season opener. Wilson’s voice near a baby’s treble prompts Carle to test him with a cowboy yell, then he admits he cannot move because he lives in a flat. Carle hires a different actor.
Edmund Halley built an early diving bell nearly two centuries ago modeled on a jar inverted underwater. The wooden chamber with lead ballast kept it upright while glass in the roof supplied light. Air was brought down in air-filled barrels that, when tipped, released air to the bell. At thirty three feet depth air compresses to half, increasing water fill and pressure with depth.
A fragmented, lyric passage describes bird song and nature scenes in a dreamlike setting. It evokes dawn melodies, tropical sounding phrases, and a king thrush image, with stray garbled text suggesting a larger poetic meditation on sound and summer.
A New England visitor laments New York speech patterns noting the casual use of nicknames and diminutives for adults and spouses. He observes children and even his daughter adopting nicknames like Priscilla, Pritsy, or City, calling the era an age of slang.
Representative Ademson recalls a county court case where a man charged with stealing pantaloons called belled pan taloons was acquitted after witnesses testified. The defendant stayed in his seat, refusing to leave until the witnesses went first, claiming the stolen britches were still in question.
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