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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1907
Page
3
Eva and Mrs. Clutton plot to lure Teddy by a painted ruse as Eva plays a meek portrait figure. Teddy, baffled and smitten, declares love beneath the painting while Eva toys with his hopes, then exposes the prank and scorns his ploy to marry. The playful farce ends with Eva chastising him for the wait and the ruse.
A young resident with claimed dignity used a bottle labeled hair wash on his scalp. He then stalked to a top local hairdresser repeatedly, displaying wild behavior as authorities investigate the strange sequence and its effects.
Five young men enter a store and the clerk bets a hat on who can truthfully claim they have not kissed any other woman since marriage. One man answers he married yesterday and wins the hat. The scene shifts to Paris where hay fever season prompts a circuit of humorous anecdotes about the capricious infection.
A vivid description notes brilliant gold streaks visible amid the jetty black remainder of a coiffure, attributed to occult processes known to the subject's trade.
A Boston Transcript reader recounts a physician’s joke about G P I spelling out general paralysis of the insane. The doctor explains the disease begins with delusions of grandeur, thinking oneself great and capable of vast enterprises, yet achieving nothing.
The foreman of a county weekly confronts Mr. Good, the candidate for county treasurer, alleging the paper damaged his reputation by calling him a trusted employee, in a row reported by Catholic Standard and Times.
A woman who avoids flowers due to sneezing in response to roses suffers a fit after pausing before a still life of a basket of roses. The incident suggests imagination plays a role in her reaction, not just the scent or presence of real flowers.
Among about 5000 bee species some females are Amazons. The cuckoo bee lays eggs in other nests and their young coexist until maturity. The tailoring bee cuts leaves with scissorlike jaws and fits leaf pieces into its cave shaped nest.
Miss Nurox orders Mr. Hunter to stop proposing, sniffing that he should know better than to court a lady in her station of life. He retorts that he knows better, but not riches.
A reader describes making a simple jack from readily found materials. Details include two strips two and a half feet long and one inch thick for the base, uprights of twenty one and three feet, notched ends for bolt through lever, and a four foot long 2x2 inch lever. The method uses a brace to hold the lever and raise the wheel.
A practical guide from Orange Judd Farmer on creating a farm workshop. It covers choosing a space, layout with 12 by 14 feet, dirt or cement floor, double doors, windows, a workbench with vise and drawers, and shelving. Starter tools are listed with costs, plus optional upgrades as funds allow.
English farmers face legal dip requirements for sheep and good roads boost travel time and product transport. Barley is noted as ideal for infants and inland use. Drainage, swamp land, and water management are linked to profits. Weeds aid farmers by protecting bare ground, while asparagus breeders pursue drought and flood resistant varieties. Red clover tolerates wet feet better than alfalfa. depth to water affects growth for both.
On a street car a young man, about twenty one, boasted of cheating his employer by napping an hour and a half daily for over a year. He and other clerks used a back room door and a passageway to sleep unseen, taking turns. The tale warned that such deceit leads to career ruin and loss of trust.
A simple science trick uses a wide mouthed bottle sealed with a cork and a funnel pipe. Two powders react to generate carbonic acid gas while elder pith balls inside the funnel alternately rise and fall, making colored balls dance and an imitation butterfly flutter above a flower.
Hindu customs assign a baby's name by the mother and name day varies, but the father may propose another. The two names are written on slips, each lamped, and the name with the brightest lamp is the one given to the child.
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