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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1900
Page
3
An Philadelphia Times column argues that neglecting personal appearance after marriage harms both marital happiness and a husband’s interest. It critiques slovenly dress and habit, noting the slow slide from curl papers to disheveled routine, and warns excessive costume expenses do little to avert this decline.
A first chapter recounts a sheltered Eton lad’s longing for action. After foreshadowed career options, he joins a Dutch schooner project, falls asleep with peaches and meerschaum, and awakens aboard a drifting vessel amid a rising gale with no sign of land. The peril deepens as dawn approaches and the coast remains unseen.
The readable passage describes a desire to see oneself as others do by polishing a mirror and arranging white surfaces. The fragment mentions gathering ice and framing folds of pure white, aiming for artistic satisfaction and an improved general appearance.
The article discusses the shift toward expensive corsets and tailored undergarments as women adapt to new gowns, noting two garter straps and the move away from chemises. It also covers light satin petticoats, knickers, and satin underskirts, plus guidance on color schemes to affect room size and mood, favoring blues to enlarge spaces and reds to warm rooms while cautioning against overuse.
A housewife shares a simple beauty method to keep hands soft and white. She notes tomato juice removes stains from paring fruit and advises using gloves when washing dishes. She emphasizes care and routine in household work.
A piece argues that a sick headache stems from overeating rich foods and lack of exercise. It urges substitution of a simple plain meal with fruit dessert and earning meals by the sweat of the brow. It condemns laziness and gluttony and promotes moderation.
A fragment from a Pittsburg Chronicle item cites a debate on yacht races, with references to Chicago and Windy City as phrases used by unnamed speakers Mr Northside and Mr Shadyside. The quip highlights regional nicknames and a humorous exchange.
A fragmentary volley of dialogue shows an Irish volunteer asking if others are ready to tackle the foe, while a corporal stands tied or challenged at Calulet. The readable text suggests a wartime muster and resolve amid disrupted phrasing.
The narrator awakes in darkness to find a shoal schooner flung on its beam ends by a heavy breeze. Water surrounds the vessel as the lights of Ellesmere glow three miles away. Fear grips him as he contemplates swimming or escaping with limited movement aboard the unstable craft.
The London Daily News mourns fallen war reporters in Egypt and the Sudan. Edward O Donovan and Frank Visitelly of the Daily News died with Hicks Pasha s army. Power of the Daily News and Times was killed with Col. Donald Stewart near Khartoum. Gordon of the Manchester Guardian and Cameron of the Standard fell at Gubat. St Leger Hubert of the Morning Post died at Suakim. Walker of the Graphic was killed near the dervish trenches at Suakim. Garrett of the New York Herald died of entarte fever on the Gordon relief expedition. The Hon H Howard, Times and Daily News correspondent, dies on the Omdurman front.
A mouse gnawed a rubber feed tube on a gas stove in the bedroom of Kate and Lizzie Kelly dressmakers in Scranton Pennsylvania, nearly causing asphyxiation. Gas filled the room before one sister woke and called for help while the other lay unconscious.
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