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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
2
A fragment from a newspaper page shows a short scene in which a character named misa discusses wood orders with a seller. The exchange reveals a humorous or domestic tone as they debate hand or soft wood, with implied parental instruction and casual banter.
A mother recounts dramatic improvement in her two and a half month old with watery eczema after trying Cuticura Remedy. She spent over fifty dollars on doctors with no cure, then bought Cuticura products for nine dollars and claims complete recovery. Boston advertiser and reader letters follow with other brief anecdotes.
An early 20th century farming note explains hogs thrive where natural forage, shelter, and water are abundant. It describes adapting housing with a cement floor, feed and slaughter space, a vent stack, brick flue, drop siding, insulated interior, and multiple doors for driveways and yards to suit hog needs.
The article describes a 28 by 62 feet hog house with ten foot eaves and a lower story height, featuring a china feed storage above the cook, a near by mixing barrel, a steam feed line to a wheeled pen feeder, and a rear corner nest. It notes wood foundations, two coat roof paint, a water trough, side feed trough, and a cross timber to create a clean feeding floor. It also mentions a cellar outside entrance and double doors on each gable for feeding and bedding.
The article reviews historical farm labor wages from 1879 to 1908, noting rising money wages though real value varied with nonmonetary benefits. It quotes George K Holmes on wage expressions misrepresenting living costs and the urge of laborers to migrate for higher nominal pay. The piece discusses bonanzas like housing, land plots, animal feed, and carriage use affecting overall compensation and labor mobility.
A fragmentary note from Farm Journal describes a farm dog’s temperament turning snappish and useless indoors, yet valuable when guarding the barn. It argues a dog is better suited inside a dwelling with access to Cassers and wary of would-be raiders, while outside it may slip into perpetual trouble and nuisance.
The notice explains geese live 35 to 40 years with breeders until age ten. It claims a small farm flock, properly managed, yields a profitable feather product and overall advantage from geese kept on the farm.
A freckled cow boy named Pink Murry rides a frightened pony through the Seco Canon as a massive flood roars from a cloudburnt sky. He maneuvers over rocks and water to escape, then helps his horse reach safety as the rushing torrent swamps Bojarque ranch grounds and tests Pink’s fool luck and riding skill.
A Glasgow Herald correspondent shares samples of old Beotch Words from East Aberdeenshire. Terms include mower meaning to say something is meant, connached meaning utterly destroyed, bland as a command to bless a child, and gardien meaning guard or forearm, noting usage like a bonnie gardian for a plump arm.
An old advertisement praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and a promoter of female health. It highlights the product's trusted reputation, offers medical advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, and invites sick women to seek guidance.
A humorous compilation from period papers recounts a cold spell scene where a hungry man knocks on a Washington door asking for food, a secretary cites cabinet limits, and a senator jokes about travel speeds. The piece mixes satirical exchanges with brief notes on editors and a one part melodrama.
A Chattanooga banker recalls coffee’s nerve strain from youth, noting tremors and slowed thinking until switching to Postum. After years using Postum, he reports steady hands and improved health, crediting the beverage and citing readiness to quit coffee entirely.
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