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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1912
Page
7
Mr A M Tkord of West Burlington Iowa writes of long stomach catarrh and years of doctor visits with no relief. After Chicago doctors offered no cure he tried Peruna and Munnalin, taking five and two doses respectively, claiming substantial improvement and renewed appetite.
A fragmentary column discusses moving pictures and perceived unprofitability, with abrupt dialogue about a joke on a woman. The piece shifts to agricultural notes about the Bennet farm, a pond created by a 15-foot dam, and plans to plant melons in straw stacks while a prairie house on the farm is observed.
Visitors to George S. Bennet’s Coffey County farm near Hall’s Summit, Kansas, are shown a structure resembling an ocean going steamer with decks and tanks for water, a bee den between decks, and a large beehive area. The Bennet farm houses the county’s largest residence and a water plant, with ongoing barn construction and numerous experimental features.
Market quotes hold at 100 and pound for Chinese devil chasers sold by Ware. A J Lite notes the firm markets eight to nine pounds per cattle slaughter. Purchases are by Japanese buyers who ship to Japan for Chinese trade. A carved gall stone image is described as a talisman believed to possess power.
A dated guide urges regular mending sessions for all garments to prevent small tears from becoming unsalvageable runs. It advises setting aside items like buttons or hooks, keeping sewing tools in order, and having a preparation day to coordinate repairs efficiently.
A catalog of women’s outerwear describes several coats in gray and brown wool diagonal, navy all wool, plaid cuffs, sailor collars, and revised front wraps with press studs. Styles include jaunty elf coat, practical junior diagonal coat, misses coat with large sailor collar, blanket coating jacket with convertible collar, and reversible cloth options in gray purple or blue tan with velvet accents.
A fragment describes a Normandy needle used in hand work punch work to push threads aside on table linen and gowns. It notes the live needle forming holes in two stories, mentions Greek use on hand woven linen, and references punen embroidery on chiffon and voile, with terms garbled but implying decorative techniques.
The emery bag, once seen in the strawberry form, now appears in thornberry grape and chestnut shapes at modern counters. These tiny needlework aids help ease sewing through stubborn silks and thick linens. Many bags come with a full set of accompanying items, offering a complete sewing kit.
Fashion notes propose double layer negligées of messaline or thin silk with white outer and colored under layers. Separate at hems, subtle shading, trimmed with five ruftles of stretch footing. Pointed necks, loose ruftted sleeves, square neck bow edged with footing. Leaf green over white cited as exquisite.
A reader suggests buying stockings large and loose at heel and toe, then darning before wear to prevent holes from runners. Rinse in cold water after each wear to extend life two or three times.
An old backwoodsman famed to Abraham Lincoln shows heavy brows and brass-rimmed glasses. He bursts into his cabin, fires at a great oak, misses, reloads twice, then his wife squints in and reveals a mere bug on his eyebrow.
The Liberal M. P. from London urged earnest religion at a New York dinner. He warned that many observances lack sincerity. He illustrated with a Tottenham Court Road girl who asks to sleep in the dark and to wait for prayers to be said more carefully.
A jumble of humorous quotes and old ads notes jokes about marriage as a habit, cures for ailments with Hamline Wizard Oil, and a flood of Christmas and greeting card promotions. The fragment cites light quips, a Valentine style promo, and product blurbs like Mrs Winston's soothing syrup.
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