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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1904
Page
2
A Russian coiffur offers two basins of hot and cold water with soda for brush cleaning, then lemon juice or vinegar solution for rinsing. Articles cover dainty aprons for children, optimal hanging of pictures, potato shells recipe, fabrics like crepe meteor, and practical room and recipe notes including cough mixtures and burn treatment.
Pale transparent jelly made from quince by short boil. Use one pint water per pound fruit, cook until tender, strain without pressing, and add three fourths pound sugar per pound juice. Let drain overnight. Some use half apples reducing juice time.
Prey fit was Coatankirts slit at the side and strapped across. Small Maltese crosses of silk tagor into a veiling gown with shaded sashes and ribbons. Purple velvet pansies appliqued down lace facing off cloak. Japanese negligees of crimson silk embroidered with blue blossoms. Broad tucks in chiffon gowns with deeper shades. Billows of chiffon and ruching on evening wraps. Ermine muffs and a white Persian coat with mole trim. Satin ribbon arm detail forms a new shirt model named Shirt. Front pockets, box plaits, gathers and scalloped yoke across back. Crushed feather novelties and ermine trims noted. Henri Deux hat, diamond mesh veils praised for becomingness.
One year ago by the wide Tusk the moon shone bright and meadows bloomed with golden glow while birds sang in the branches. The speaker recalls a tender moment with a loved one as time passes and memory calls to return to that night beneath the willow.
Discussion of memory’s nature, fixation, reproduction, and recognition in the brain’s three thousand million nerve cells, then a note on American engineers solving a jungle span in Mysore with tall poles to deter ants and elephants. It closes with quirky British street names such as Cheapside Aldwych Bootham Butchergate Dogpole and Pudding Chare.
A garbled advertisement claims 300 reward for a cure to catarrh. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only remedy, cites unverified testimonials, and lists dubious endorsements from Boston and Toledo publishers. The text pushes internal remedies and direct action on mucous membranes.
The New York Press notes a Talmudic parable about Noah and wine. It claims Satan visits Noah after his vineyard and drinking begins, and a sequence of animal representations shows man’s change with wine from lion to swine to ape, while asserting no real change over 4,000 years.
Precocious Mozart displayed prodigious talent by age six, reportedly touring with his concerts. A French girl in a veteran regiment becomes “the daughter of the regiment,” after her widowed father, called to service, arrives with the child needing care.
A collection of antiquated anecdotes cites Gladstone’s letter to Lord Granville about a 1884 queen’s birthday dinner and the Prince of Wales’s absence due to dissenting peers. It also includes a magazine note on children’s prayers, contrasting etiquette and blunt honesty in a fountain incident.
Kokomo Indiana November 23 Mrs Anna M Willis aged 74 a respected local resident publishes a letter recounting a 20 year kidney ailment that affected her heart and back She credits Dodd Kidney Pills for a full recovery restoring her vigor and ability to work at home and on the farm.
Archaeologists reveal ten successive temples from 6000 to 500 B C at Abydos Egypt dug from twenty feet deep. A burnt offering hearth with votive clay substitutes aligns with Herodotus tale that Cheops closed temples and forbade sacrifices. Also, a courtroom quip highlights a misdating witness exchange and satirical headlines about unrest among chair factory workers.
A customer testimonial from Concord New Hampshire praises Dean's Kidney Pills as an effective remedy for kidney disorders and back pain. The ad cites irregular secretions and sediment, claiming complete relief after the regimen. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells the 60 cent boxes through dealers.
An old Kansas City Journal note laments labor fatigue and wonders if shorter hours improve happiness or invite vice and crime. It recalls the Dilettanti society of London, a 180 year club for arts lovers formed by travelers who enjoyed Italy. Walpole criticized its pretended Italy link, calling the real qualification drunkenness.
Housekeepers dread dish washing in winter as hands become chapped and rough. The main cause is impure soap aging, while Ivory Soap use with careful rinsing and drying reduces chapping. H. I. Parker.
Eight to twelve cats are part of each great ocean liner's equipment and are housed at various ship hooks. Each cat has a station and daily rations are managed by designated stewards. Rivalry among stewards arises over the cats' prowess as rat catchers.
Indians fear the dead and their spirits crave companionship. They say the departed, lonely in the afterlife, return to ill the living. To pacify them, families hold feasts for the deceased during the first year after death.
Gladstone’s Souvenir details a royal Windsor party in Queen Victoria’s era where gambling occurred after a royal dinner. The narrator notes modest sums as the prince paid two pence and saved a sixpence, describing the gambler’s tale as a curious, not serious, stateman’s memento.
Uncle John quips to Mary about a new baby sister. Mary notes the child often cries and tends to see the dark side, while Uncle John remarks on the length of time since they last met. The dialogue features family banter and a hint of pessimism in Mary’s perspective.
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