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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1904
Page
2
A Queen magazine note argues that modern certificated nurses don’t outdo old nurses affection for children. It recalls a beloved nursery with penny lanterns and colored candles. A short tale recalls John Coleman meeting actor Charles Mathews and a brief, revealing moment before an interview.
A garbled historical note links Gentian to ancient kings and piracy, noting a plant called Gentiani for a king of Mlyricum. It mentions G. futea as a medicinal alpine plant, and blends travelogue hints with excerpts about an exposition, routes, and a British Army claim spanning continents.
During church enlargement works at Rogsett Monmouthshire England workers unearthed about a hundred skeletons believed to be plague victims or Border raid casualties. The remains were reinterred after discovery.
The text praises Panama Indians for inventing tea related sayings, noting quick-fingered work on hats and grass blade seasoning for weave. It claims baskets from the Isthmus region hold water without leaking, calling that invention beyond local ability.
A man who runs public coin operated machines at Coney Island resorts earns over 400 dollars weekly from profits, excluding other gambling devices. He has more than 25 thousand dollars invested in the operation. Estimates suggest that more than half a million pennies are dropped into slot machines daily, with a potential holiday total near a million. The American cow is a vast institution producing about 8 billion gallons of milk, 6.6 billion pounds of butter, 800 million pounds of cheese and other by products, with a dairy crop valued above 500 million dollars.
From a playful youth scene to domestic tricks and household amusements a period piece describes dogs as family members with wardrobes and designer outfits. It also shares parlor magic and a barrel swing game, detailing tricks, props, and child friendly entertainment.
A Baltimore Herald description outlines how blind children engage in outdoor games and track events using auditory cues. Ring bells on balls guide play in football and races, with emphasis on silence to hear guiding bells. Also noted is a Philadelphia animal shelter scene where a parrot, dog, and cat share quarters and meals.
A historical party activities piece describes games led by a host who tests guests with geography based letter challenges and town names, followed by two lively contests. One asks guests to guess how many nails fit into water before overflow, using a long-necked vase as a prop.
Describes simple DIY traps from Gibson work for mice and flies. A mouse trap uses a knife blade under a bowl with cheese bait to tip and trap the mouse. A thimble variant uses cheese pressed in and a projecting edge to drop the bowl. A fly trap uses a glass with soapsuds and a molasses coated disc to lure and kill flies.
The Animals' Defender recounts a clergyman's pet dog vanishing then found near death in a medical lab. A loyal cat tends the ailing animal, stretches to comfort it, and supports the dog at milk time, escorting him back to bed without drinking milk herself.
A stray paragraph describes improvised fishing devices using small bait on hooks. It explains the fisherman must jerk the bait through the mouth fiber when a fish bites and notes some devices work better than plain hooks.
A step by step craft describes cutting out sections from a figure and rug, folding along dotted lines, and assembling the pieces. It covers cutting the stand, inner sections A and B, the rug, girl, and cat, then bending and fastening pieces to create a display scene. The instructions emphasize turning sections toward each other and securing with pins or paste.
An odd claim from a period piece describes an East Indian barber who can share a customer’s sleep without waking him, suggesting a cultural stereotype about Indian barbering practices and exotic skill. The line reflects antiquated sensational tone rather than a verifiable event.
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