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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1911
Page
7
Letters from readers describe long battles with catarrh and colds. A 46 year old man says Peruna cured his internal catarrh and neuralgia and kept him from illness. A Maine woman reports prolonged coughing and bed confinement until Peruna gave relief and allowed her to resume work.
In a chaotic scene at Ardsley Ardmore, governor of North Carolina, debunks a Duke of Ballywinkle claiming noble status. The duke is dismissed, warned of lynching risks, and ordered to depart. Reporter Jerry Dangerfield is pursued as Ardmore and Cooke chase clues through the estate.
A dozen armed men on horseback pursue a hidden plan to abduct Appleweight at Mount Nebo church. Griswold and Habersham lead a covert operation to seize him after the sermon, as lights glow on Ardmore lands and watchers hear only distant footsteps and faint church bells.
A Boston schoolteacher recalls a five year old son who formed Greek words with building blocks. A visitor praises the boy as intelligent and phenomenally gifted. The father jokes that at 12 months the child declared that culture to the square inch in Boston rivals ancient Athens.
A unnamed man about the reporter's size died by suicide at the St Fashion Hotel. He wore a dress suit and used a .32 caliber revolver. The body was sent to the morgue as editors scramble for a society wedding report.
A farmer recalls a curious encounter when a stranger visited yesterday. The visitor spoke a humorous tale and offered nothing for sale, leaving the farmer amused and puzzled by the unexpected polite interaction.
A terse exchange reveals a negotiation where one party offers a wife as collateral for security. The other party weighs the risk and responds cautiously, highlighting the legality and morality of such an arrangement.
In Oberstein, Germany, a hollowed church carved from solid rock sits behind a stone facade. Tradition ties its creation to a doomed feud between two robber baron brothers, promising a spring of water when the culprit, the count, threw his rival to the ground. The site remains the town’s sole Protestant worship place.
A woman from Liberty Maine describes two years of intolerable scalp itching, bleeding, and hair loss. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for six weeks then again eighteen months ago with partial relapse but reports no scalp trouble since, credits treatment with saving her hair and avoiding baldness.
In a clipped exchange, Mr. Lakemiah notes Chicago pride varies by topic such as baseball or grain trade. A child asks the meaning of skeptical, and a joke follows about a woman revealing her age, reflecting light domestic humor.
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