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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1906
Page
6
A chaos of arid wit unfolds as a starving coon meets a dangerous tiger. The coon claims poisoning to scare the tiger away while explaining his own imminent death. The tiger, oddly cheerful, reveals he seeks death by his own action and asks the coon to step aside as he prepares to leap.
Reverend G L Good of Westfeld testifies he cured Bright's Disease after six years of illness. He claims a weight gain from 105 to 165 pounds and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life. He urges others with kidney trouble to read the letter and try the remedy.
The San Francisco Chronicle envisions the American working woman as a composite figure. She is soberly garbed with color, power in chin and hands, a self poised smile, clear eyes looking to the future, and a sense of hope amid human struggle.
A fragmentary note praises a Carlyle retelling linked to Pickwick Papers, describing it as among the richest stories of the serial and recounting a clergyman's visit to a ill person. The anecdote ends with the churchman hearing that Pickwick will be cut in ten days, causing surprise.
Shipping and keeping grapes become a European industry with Spain to the United States. Walter Scott, the Death Valley gold miner, rode a Santa Fe special from Los Angeles to Chicago in under 46 hours, earning over $6,000 as fastest long distance run on American rails. The piece praises Santa Fe equipment and staff and promotes Utah Colorado trains. An odd London Express ad mocks sales pitches with a galloping consumption joke.
Obscure early accounts discuss Cool Burgess and the song Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me. The piece credits T Brigham Bishop with authorship, notes Civil War roots, and outlines Dan Bryant’s 1868 70 Broadway performances.
A historical note argues the waltz did not originate in Germany or France but evolved from sacred dances linked to Isadorian and Moorish rites. It traces early mentions before 1780, notes tambourine and flute instruments, and describes transitions from church ritual to secular social dance via carole in medieval Europe. The New York Herald source frames the waltz as an evolution across centuries.
An August account portrays Pittsburg as a proud city yet exposes a river trip scene where a mother’s crying child provokes sneering comments from fellow passengers. A man on the steamboat recounts crowding, rude remarks, and a harsh suggestion to discipline the child. He condemns impolite behavior while praising the town overall.
A country visitor recalls a forgetful pastor who missed meals and sermons, left a ten dollar bill torn on a street corner, and once locked himself out of his self locking door. In a rainstorm, the neighbor climbed the cornice to the parson’s window and unlocked the house for him and his family.
An enthusiast notes grapes as a frugal fruit for small plots, thriving beside cottages and yielding fruit with little effort. He cites grape production in graperies as a major industry in Belgium and the Channel Islands, with U S wholesale and retail prices. European practice favors pot growing and decorative uses in France, while cork dust storage and shipping from Spain support a sizable trade.
A bird fancier details cruel tricks used to alter pigeons for show. Methods include bending beaks with daily pressure, trimming feather color patterns, dyeing feathers with acid proof dyes, and shaping almond tumbler heads in molds. He condemns pigeon taking as cruel and urges humane societies to act.
A fisherman on the schooner Thomas 8. Gorton was attacked by a large Patagonian turkey driven by hunger while in an open dory in the Banks. Stewart Stone was rescued from the ferocious coromart by timely intervention and is now the subject of public admiration.
Boston dispatch reports a cormorant attacked fisherman Stone while he fished in a dory off Atlantic Avenue. Hi ram Skinner, another fisherman a quarter mile away, came to Stone’s aid and knocked the bird into the water with his oar, stunning it. Stone was left battered but alive.
The Duke of Connaught owns a famed conservatory at Bagshot Park described as a world class display. Its interior features ferns palms orchids and exotic plants in lush arrangements watered by cascades fountains and dripping wells. A stalactite cavern with mirrors enlarges the scene and hidden lamps create glow in the dark pools. The conservatory, designed by a noted London architect, cost $15,000.
An old time method for validating money owed used tally sticks. The illustration shows a plain wooden stick marked when a sum was loaned, serving as a simple payment proof.
A tale describes a debtor and creditor dividing a debt with sticks cut to match. When time to pay arrived, the man with the stick matching the creditor’s received the money. Since no two sticks break identically, no dispute arose over ownership of the payment.
Ambrose Clark, stepson of Bishop Potter, stars in New York steeplechases with fearless riding and high attendance at races. A bad fall near the flesh stand at Belmont test his nerves, while a later Morris Park spill breaks his collarbone yet his enthusiasm remains undiminished.
A healthy matron confronts Dr. Henry Russell, recalling his single past visit after her appendectomy. He explains illness alters appearance and a doctor who sees a patient only in bed has never known the real person, only a shadow of herself. The cordial exchange reveals memory limits and empathy in medical care.
A fragmentary 19th century page shows a vignette about a New York woman and a blunt Scotch house servant named William who explains her husband’s marriage. A second piece, titled Mother Love, laments loss and resilience with archaic language and regional dialect. A final line notes a Kavanagh in New Orleans linking the clippings.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Cleverly comments on a hat bought for six dollars with a fifteen dollar price tag, joking the wife will never know the difference. Mr Cleverly quips about buying her own hat, noting a similar six dollar hat on display.
Shoe retailer notes the United States consumes vast hides and skins yearly. It lists 48 million goat skins, 24 million sheep skins, 11 million hides, 9 million calf skins, and 2 million other skins. Imports total over 50 million dollars in hides and skins, with Germany importing a third less and England and France half as much.
Mrs Minnie Drew of Roxbury describes severe hand eczema with cracking and peeling that made housework impossible. Water and heat caused intense pain. two doctors failed to help. After using Cuticura Soap and Cut Cura Ointment, her hands fully healed and she expresses gratitude.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a city rumor that owl meat is sold as quail and urges expert evidence to identify the birds served to diners. The piece wryly observes if owl named differently still tastes good, no real grievance need be had.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy saying catarrh cannot be cured locally and claims the medicine clears blood and body fluids. It alleges a physician endorsed it and describes a two ingredient formula with testimonials and a mail order promise.
The Old Codger reflects on city crowds and the city's people. He notes the mystery of how thousands live, then says the mystery diminishes after encounters, as voiced in a Sarcasticluminating Way attributed to Puck.
During the hearing of a charge of house breaking in Edinburgh, a gang of youths was reported to have promised the leader not to touch intoxicating Mafiers during business hours. The testimony highlighted the group's involvement in a string of incidents as investigators traced their activities.
French experts estimate the right thumb contributes 40 percent to value, with the other fingers adding 20 percent for the index finger, 14 percent for the middle finger, and the thumb joints reducing total utility by 60 percent overall.
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