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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1900
Page
6
Woman craft instructions outline how to curl and cut feathers for fashion. Steps include using a curling knife, steaming, and shaping from the stem to create a finished feather ornament. Emphasizes practice, patience, and careful handling for proper results.
A Cleveland Plain article advises on preventing and correcting slouched, uneven shoulders. It promotes posture, avoiding tight corsets, and suggests a Spanish origin paste of egg whites and alum for skin toning. It urges vigilance against long harmful habits and emphasizes straight spine, hip bending, and overall health and beauty.
A fragment describes a decorative panel technique to fill space between door casings. It outlines laying a length of china sit balanced in harmonious mats with tucks standing upright and notes the necessity to begin at the start of the method.
Guidance on mounting pictures with silk and tucks, using brass tacks, and shaping panels for decorative effect. Suggestions compare materials for large collections and note alternative ribbons or tapas lattice. Also includes dental advice on magnesia enamel protection and postmeal mouth washing with bicarbonate of soda.
A light blue serge frock for little folks features darker blue trim with bands. A vest of white pique accompanies the ensemble.
A fragment from a cooking school outline details peach pudding with sugar milk flour eggs and butter, plus vanilla. It also lists methods for preserving cauliflower, a ribbon cake recipe, a fruit jelly layer bake, and fried oysters with a light batter and cracker crumb coating.
Read as a health tip advising use of milk of magnesia after brushing to check tooth decay. Mentions teeth crumble and cavities and presents a simple nightly regimen as a preventive measure.
A classroom exchange reveals a student named Katie being guided to read aloud in unison, while her teacher prefers the poetry of Tennyson for the lesson. The brief vignette highlights a focus on proper pace and group reading in a schooling setting.
The article recounts Houdini at a St Louis venue claiming a unique act as he escapes from handcuffs chains and neck restraints. Police officials witnessed double locked cuffs and shackles removed within minutes, showcasing his famed untangling skills and insistence of no aides.
Basement rooms once used by the bookbinding department at the British Museum now house an extra depository for newspapers. The collection, including London, provincial, colonial, and foreign papers, totals over two miles of shelves. Last year 222000 single copies arrived plus 66000 foreign papers. 14000 volumes were processed.
Stubb confesses a late night misunderstanding as Penn questions his blunder. He explains Tom called about a downstairs noise and he claimed he was referring to the “old cat” with black fur and nine lives. The joke centers on a mistaken reference and marital misdirection.
The St Louis Star notes a surge in European travel with Germans and Russians among key visitors. Lucerne hosts 2 80 Germans June 16 to 30 this year versus 2 293 last year, while English visitors rise to 1 810. Switzerland gains as foreign tourism climbs over 1 200 percent, highlighting Germans and Russians as major sources of revenue.
A Philadelphia Call obituary notes the Richardson family’s long gubernatorial line in South Carolina. John Peter Richardson, last governor of the old regime, ties to Elizabeth Peyre Manning and multiple governors across generations. The piece highlights shared names and same-term successions involving lieutenant governors named Williams.
San Francisco letter describes El Generalissimo Wheeler the pig as a famed exhibit at the Sacramento state fair. Known for bravery and daring, the pig famously avoided danger and remained unharmed after jumping from a Spanish warship and swimming to the Oregon. The animal was later kept aboard the Oregon during its voyage around the Horn.
At Honolulu a pig threatened the ship's discipline and was placed under Captain Houdlette of the Australia who pledged to freight it to San Francisco. In late February Generalissimo Wheeler arrived and was presented to Mayor Phelan, receiving special park quarters.
A reference praises Harmony and Writing Her Porte John Oliver Hobbes known as Mrs Craigie as the cleverest musician among all living noveliats.
A long advertisement extols a laxative syrup as a superior remedy with ethical claims and no after-effects. It references medical journals, mentions Washington experiments, and discusses a new letter-based mail system device for posting notices.
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