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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1903
Page
6
A collage of jokes and witticisms about work, money, travel, romance, politics, and current events. It riffs on prices, marriages, theater gags, international tensions, and public figures with light satire and regional flavor.
A Portland man is said to be cured of swearing by watching peaceful pigeons. The note warns against gardening lest citizen chickens undo the pigeons work. Pallbearers at W. L. Elkins funeral reportedly represented 10 billion dollars in value.
A Chicago man mixed 1 000 gallons of cider with carbolic acid gas from bottles and counterfeit labels and sold the product as champagne to Chicago residents at 44 dollars per quart. It is unclear if the man originated from Connecticut.
A travelogue recounts venturing from Nagasaki toward Shanghai and Hongkong. It paints coastal scenes, river currents, and the cosmopolitan bustle of Shanghai’s Bund, Woosung, and Canton, with encounters from Sikh policemen to foreign gunboat presence.
A fragmented page mixes recipes and fashion tips. It details a peanut sandwich method with Mayonnaise and peanuts and suggests Brazil nuts as an alternative. It describes pale rose colored fabrics, hats with rose plumes, and 1830s style gowns, veils, and accessories. It also offers home care tips for carpets and introduces apron designs and fashionable trims.
The weight of a growing child reflects general health. A five year old should weigh about as many pounds as inches tall, typically around 40 pounds. Higher weight relative to height signals good health, while low weight indicates concern. Any interruption in weight gain during growth is a warning sign.
Practical guidance for kitchen and house care covering pastry cooling in warm rooms, chafing dish cooking for boiled fried or steamed foods, preventing lumps when thickening with flour and water, fire banking with salted water coal dust, stain removal methods for fruit and Maud stains, ammonia for black skirts, careful use of soap and kerosene for cleaning and preserving porcelain bathtubs and removing soot streaks with a kerosene damp cloth.
Vintage descriptions celebrate infant garments in white wool and delicate trims. Three year old frocks feature white wash silks with belts and sashes. Accordion plaited coats, lace collars, and mull dresses with rosettes complete the graceful infant wardrobe.
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