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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
2
An Ohio inventor introduces a small electric washing machine designed for tight homes. It uses an absolute tension governor, has no springs or gears, reducing child injury risk, and can lift or lower the plunger manually if needed. It is compact, powerful, and attractively built.
A New Jersey inventor creates an illuminated sign built from many incandescent lamps forming a face. Lamps move independently to express joy sorrow or anger by adjusting eyebrows mouths and lower facial lamps. If commercialized the device could boost advertising for Jag's Whisky or Gump's Gum.
An automatic device uses a perforated music roll to guide 60 finger magnets acting as the left hand and four revolving disks as a substitute bow. Electromagnets produce expression by disk speed and pressure, with a bouncing bow, plucking effects, and a tremolo mechanism. An electrical piano player movement is tied to the roll for accompaniment.
On the Great Lakes high power searchlights fitted to vessels prove especially useful during the forty spring nights when water is severed by partially broken ice. The lights reveal openings and save many hours by guiding ships through the ice.
The owner of department stores in New York and Philadelphia has installed wireless telegraph apparatus to both so that patrons on the way can shop before they arrive.
The article quotes Nikola Testa predicting wireless power and communication will revolutionize global reach. He claims transmission across oceans without energy loss, pocket devices hearing or dictating remotely, and sending speech images and prints worldwide from a single station.
A illustrated lightning arrester designed for auxiliary use in telephone exchanges. The device allows one wire to move into or out of engagement with multiple conducting members to ground them with a single hand lever action.
The most accurate timekeeper in the world is said to be an electric clock in the basement of the Berlin conservatory. It runs in an air tight glass cylinder with a daily deviation of only fifteen one thousandths of a second. Astronomers seek even better accuracy by placing clocks in airtight canisters or underground vaults to prevent temperature and pressure changes from altering time.
The fragment mentions Niagara Falls powering Detroit soon, telephonic links between Moscow and Nijni Novgorod across 275 leagues, and notes on electromagnets tested by a French chemist. It adds fashion details about a tan colored banded cloth and silk materials with button counts and widths.
Two illustrated coats suited to serge or tweed are shown. A semi Alting girl’s coat for ages fourteen to sixteen is single breasted with wide revers and Russian braid trim. A lady’s coat with panel back and reverses trimmed in braid features a soft felt hat.
A guide to sophisticated yet practical flower arranging for both grand houses and simpler homes. It suggests using ivy caladiums and pink dabilas, forming candle pyramids, hiding water in bowls, and aligning blooms with a pyramid and center candle display for evening impact.
The article describes a convenient dress style for housewives a back fitted coat with wide front panels that fold over a belt slit in the seams. The design features a square neck long sleeves and a full front opening. It allows quick dressing for breakfast and dinner and doubles as a double layer to conceal soil, extending wear.
Inexpensive brass cuff links stain skin. pearls offer a good substitute at five cents a pair. Choose shank or four hinges, secure with a silk loop for neat sleeve links. Used buttons lose luster after washing. rubbing helps but may not restore brightness.
A garment description notes a camisole crafted from a piece of wide flounce embroidery with ribbon threaded to form the shoulder strap. The item emphasizes decorative embroidery and delicate detailing typical of the period.
In this pleasant afternoon function a simple tool replaces heavy machinery. It allows current to be drawn from a light socket through a cord, simplifying setup and operation. The note emphasizes ease and practicality in serving tea with minimal equipment.
The text describes wearing a cluster of flowers or a boutonniere on a tattooed coat lapel with a braid loop and ends at the outer edge. It explains how a thin tie of flowers can be attached without piercing the fabric, a plan adopted by men for their boutonnieres and useful in practice.
A clever woman rubs a paratin on the heels and toes before wearing stockings to extend their life. Another method involves running a hosiery darner around the heels and toes with fine darning cotton, which reportedly makes stockings last practically forever.
The note mentions new traveling conte with pockets nearly as big as a handbag. It highlights the unusual design feature and suggests practicality for carrying small items while on the move.
A still life painting by Jan van Huysen in The Hague museum was damaged when an attempted shoo away an insect caused a hit to the canvas. Officials say the incident, not vandalism or theft, sparked the injury to the centerpiece fruit and fly study.
The piece lists reader opinions from the Daily Mirror on why women favor baldheaded men. It cites traits such as thoughtfulness kindness trustworthiness whimsy and maturity. It notes bald patches appear clean and neat and jokingly suggests doctors welcome baldness as a sign of learned credibility.
A conversation mocks rail travel progress by contrasting modern practices with 50 to 60 years ago. One woman notes improvements while another recalls wrecks, cheekily blaming common accident sites near farmhouses for coffee and warmth after disasters.
A Michigan woman recounts recovering from digestive and nervous troubles after a year of illness. After starting Grape-Nuts, she says her appetite returned, digestion improved, nerves steadied, and she became eager to work again. The testimonial ends with the familiar “There’s a Reason” tag.
Dialogue reveals Mr. Knocker skeptical of a medicine's curative powers, while The Agent-Dut It claims success. Knocker admits the treatment cured him, even erasing his previous lack of faith.
Ellsworth Dunham of Hiram Missouri recalls his mother with eczema on her scalp who lost hair despite two doctors. A niece suggested Cuticura Soap and Ointment. within six months her head healed and hair grew back. He also used Cuticura for his own feet, which healed after several winters leaving them smooth. Date September 30, 1909.
A humorous anecdote recalls a man moving down the street with an arm in a sling and eyes in mourning. When asked about the cause he says he met a man who couldn’t take a joke.
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