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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1900
Page
7
Unclear OCR fragment describes yellow wool, a wonder ball, and unwinding action. Lacks coherent events, dates, people, or organizations. Unable to determine a specific news item or outcome from the readable text.
A fragment from Avoca New York records a personal remark about illness and recovery. The note cites a neighbor who urged a remedy, crediting a speedy cure and the return to good health, signed by P. Jolly on February 2, 1899.
Advertising copy touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the best cure for hard coughs and chest illnesses. It urges immediate use, claims to strengthen lungs, and promises relief by taking a bottle today rather than delaying.
The fragment describes unsafe living conditions with faulty towers and clogged drains. It mentions backache changes in urine bowel issues and dropsical symptoms. The text implies health risks from an unsafe dwelling and kidney related concerns.
The article argues farm fed cattle win higher profits when calves grow on the farm under farm conditions. It warns against relying on range bred stock for breeding and notes rising emphasis on self supplied farm herds, with callouts to Tudor Haggard and agricultural shows. It discusses fattening costs, feed efficiency, and dangers of reliance on distant imports for meat and eggs, urging spring breeding stock and home egg production.
Visiting ladies in Washington attempted to enter the United States Senate gallery but could not produce passes. The doorkeeper urged them to obtain a senator acquaintance, praising their courage as a credit to them. This anecdote reflects social gatekeeping at a bygone era.
The snippet markets Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward offer for cured cases and endorsements from Toledo wholesalers Wont & Truax and J Cheney & Co. It includes testimonials about J Shanty Forts and notes on internal use of the cure. Other items mention Lipton’s America’s Cup cost estimate and a religious reflection by Rev Dr G S Burroveke.
Harold Prowtfoot questions marriage in a witty exchange with Grace Witmer remarking that many girls wish for husbands while noting that most men need praying for. The banter captures period humor and social quirks.
The Secret Service exposes another ring of counterfeiters with bogus bills, noting valued targets like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. A humorous Puck excerpt contrasts ancestors and boasts. An ad offers 33 1/3 percent savings on shoes via the United States Cooperative Boot and Shoe Purchasing Association and promises an illustrated joiner’s book. A misquoted Emerson line and a Pisorn Cure for Consumption ad appear, ending with a quip about preferred creators who don’t call too often.
Miss Mary Laughlin of Cincinnati died after exposure to blue ink from a typewriter ribbon and a blue pencil. A fever blister on her lip allegedly transmitted a rare poison from her stained fingers to her blood, causing her death within days.
For Every Household, the sewing machine bargain adver tised by the John M Smyth Co in another part of this paper should interest every housekeeper. The firm is thoroughly reliable, established in Chicago over 30 years, and anyone dealing with them may be assured of square treatment. Get their mammoth catalogue of everything to eat, wear or use.
In Puck the character Jiegehar reports a self styled life prophecy while a skeptical friend mocks it noting that life insurance firms ignore such claims. The dialog satirizes fortune telling and professional credulity in a witty exchange.
Letters from grateful users praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing womb and menstrual issues. Mrs E E Kuh of Grataxo Ohio reports eight years of suffering with womb descent and fatigue ended, able to work all day. Mrs M L Senans of Gus Mansa Missouri says eight bottles plus washes improved health, sleep, appetite, and vitality.
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