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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
7
A collage of fragmentary scenes and snippets from plays and stories. A beautiful heroine proclaims salvation amid a city fire while a confidant questions the perilous fate. Quick exchanges touch on engagements, conspiracies, and domestic scenes amid rustic humor and urban curiosities.
A collection of short, punny quips and humorous exchanges spanning political jabber and social trivia. The pieces mock thrift, voting, farming life, travel, and fashion, featuring quick witticisms from shopkeepers, farmers, lawyers, and workers. Several exchanges hinge on wordplay about combs, planes, and hats, with light social commentary woven through the verses.
A jumble of old time ads tout home cures and foods. It markets a whiskey and glycerine cold remedy with pine concentrate, praises Quaker Oats, lists labor unions in tuberculosis fights, mocks military ranks, and urges Postum as a safer coffee alternative with testimonials.
A testimonial from Mrs Elisabeth Wolf of 335 W Morgen St Tipton Minnesota claims persistent bladder inflammation and nervous symptoms were cured after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. She states the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A boy named Allen adores soldiers and the boys in blue, showing reverence for veterans. After visiting his mother’s elderly friend, a Civil War widow, he respects her highly. A discussion on literature reveals Allen’s strong belief that a soldier's wife should know.
A mother recalls a severe eczema outbreak on her son with painful crusting and weeping. Doctors failed to help until Cuticura remedies were tried, showing improvement within weeks. The note includes dated references and various unrelated lines from the publication.
A damaged OCR notice offers a reward and hints at a trade or alert. It references a person or firm J. Cheney & Co and a dated event, with scattered words about a public appeal or call to action. The text is fragmentary and difficult to parse.
The item floats a satirical take on prison reform and attire with garbled remarks about abolishing stripes, uniforms, and even suggesting dress suits for Welhbehared prisoners. It drifts into unrelated quotes about watches, chains, and a mix of misspelled musings from various sources.
A fragment of humorous prose exposes social ethics and manners through clipped dialogue and quirky tales. An unnamed Conductor protests child fare while Samantha and Abou Ben Adhem appear in a maze of short sketches about courtesy and clever excuses.
A damaged fragment discusses health and right living, promoting a perfect laxative. It advertises the California Fig Syrup and Syrup of Figs with Eich as the proper remedy, urging purchase from the California Fig Syrup County and local druggists.
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