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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
3
The text presents a fragmented discussion about a campaign book associated with national campaign leaders, mentioning anonymity and a person named Lin Chuan Lin linked to Canton. The passage lacks coherent details or dates and reads as an OCR-like garble.
A London letter by A. G. Halen denounces British army officials in London and South Africa for red tape and neglect that leave Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle's 100 mile front undersupplied. Soldiers endure meager rations raw flour biscuits meat and scarce fuel as transport and stores fail under bureaucratic inefficiency.
The article lists Chinese remedies and plant products used for a range of ailments and conditions. It notes cantharides for hydrophobia, cardamon fruit to boost knowledge through the stomach, orange skin as sedative, aloe flowers for lungs, honeysuckle for rheumatism, and many other plants and animal products used as tonics, sedatives, or treatments for coughs, fevers, dyspepsia, and skin diseases.
A description of various medicinal practices in China including smallpox remedies, catarrh aids, and tonics. References to caterpillars, dried cow gall, tobacco refuse, buffalo hide glue, tortoise cheil, Ager’s bones, salted scorpions, ant scales, hive lecithin, dried toads, and Ager’s skull as charms or remedies with noted prices and believed effects.
A fashionable crowd gathers under bright lights while a nervous woman endures fatigue and illness to finish a dress. The letter extols Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming it restored health after inflammation and nerve failure, with testimonials of renewed strength and ability to work.
A Chicago boy aboard the transport Grant reports that near Reed rocks the lookout saw land and a light. The watch officer halted the ship and a fog bank looked like land with a beacon. The morning star appeared like a beacon, causing the engine to reverse and stop. After half an hour the Grant corrected course.
In Windham Maine the town’s top haymaker is named Miss Bertha Field a 13 year old weighing 115 pounds. An employer states she has performed the full work of a man during the 1 3 season.
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