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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1906

Page

7

Wine and manners mix in a curious parlor scene

Two friends dine and drink, one fluent and sociable, the other taciturn. A tiger skin dominates the room as a hypnotic gaze settles on the quieter companion. A formal sendoff and a fond farewell to a hostess close the unusual evening.

Dodd's Kidney Pills Trusted by Hulett Resident

Special from Hulett Wyoming December 4 asserts the pills’ efficacy with Mrs May Taber praising seven boxes for kidney trouble relief. She credits dose one for rapid relief and complete cure, claiming renewed kidney function and no pain after completion. The ad claims worldwide recognition and wide cures.

Hulett Wyo May Taber Dodd Prop Dodd Bright

Sense and Thought In Antagonistic Identity Puns

The piece surveys perfect punning and antago nistic identity where思 thoughts align with edges meeting like shears. It cites examples from Disraeli to a carpentry quip, notes the sharpened by Heine decline, and clips on personal intelligence guiding health and self-control.

Disraeli Heine Atlantic Monthly Earl M. Pratt

Coffee Heart Dangers Prompt Woman to Switch to Postum

A Oregon woman describes severe heart racing linked to habitual coffee use, reporting a pulse of 187 bpm after drinking coffee. After six months on Postum Food Coffee her indigestion, liver, and heart symptoms improve, with clearer skin and steadier health, per Postum Co. advertising notes.

Oregon Postum ‘Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Sunrise Magic and a Doctor’s Quirky Fishes Tale

A week of feeble progress with water tame fish near a doctor’s hands turns into daily scenes of 100 to 150 queer pets swimming around him. The piece includes a dinner-party trick and a vignette urging daily small kindnesses as true happiness in home, school, and street life.

Fiah

Crafting a Cloth Bound Book Cover at Home

A DIY guide explains how to preserve a cherished book with a cloth binding using pasteboard, cheesecloth or muslin, glue, and careful cutting. Steps include sizing the book, making covers larger than the book, attaching cloth, adding a back pasteboard, and finally refinishing the title page if needed to resemble a store bought binding.

Acting Proverbs Game Described for Players

The text explains a party game where players act out proverbs individually. Participants may split into actors and spectators. Each actor selects a proverb and performs it in a dumb show style, with no interconnection to others. The example shows a player attempting to drink from a slipping cup to illustrate “There’s many cups twixt the cup and the lip.”

This Man Tames Fish By Quiet Patience In Water

Dr. Rudolph Fastenrath of Appenell Switzerland trains a swarm of fish to approach him underwater. He sits motionless and softly reaches out to touch and stroke them as they circle near him. The tame fish respond to his presence and daily routine.

Rudolph Fastenrath Appenell Switzerland Fastenrath

Arithmetic in Days of Old and Roman Counting

The article recalls ancient counting in Roman days with finger movements on hands for numbers and two abacus types. It notes sand boards and grooved ball frames for computations and fractions, plus teachers who were strict. It ends by praising twentieth century American learning.

Horace

Something Every Day. A Daily Fact Practice

A reflective piece urges daily knowledge and self-denial as a path to mastery. It notes one fact per day compounds to 3650 facts in ten years, shaping discipline and ease of future tasks through consistent repetition. The prose emphasizes steady personal growth through small daily acts.

Boy bitten by rattler saved by quick action

Lucy and Ernest Schoenbut along with Ralph at Porter's Lake Pa rush to aid brother after a rattlesnake strikes his right arm. The girl tears the shirt, cuts the wound with a pen knife, and sucks out the venom while two doctors are summoned. the boy recovers.

Lucy Ernest Ralph Schoenbut Porter's Lake

Eskimo Folklore and the Human Voice in Tales

Eskimo folklore centers on hero tales reflecting social life and beliefs. Supernatural elements appear as in daily life through witches, shamans, giants, and dwarfs. A mutilation myth links finger joints to sea mammals, while another explains sun and moon origins as human siblings carried to the sky.

Slater

Sisters RVN Successful Papers of Huntsville DemDem Woodward

Misega Virginia Clay and Susanna Clay, editors of the Huntsville Democrat, led the paper for twenty years after their father fell paralyzed in 1883. They ran the legacy weekly with honesty and grit, composing songs, guiding editorial policy, and reporting state affairs, preserving a resolute county voice.

Misega Virginia Susanna Clay Democrat Montgomery Washington Cleveland Joseph F. Johnsom

Vital Importance of Sleep and Daily Rest Habits

A discussion on individualized sleep needs, with guidance on naps, early rising, seasonal changes, and optimal sleeping conditions. It notes that cold rooms with adequate fresh air aid recovery, and that tuberculosis care favors constant ventilation and controlled temperatures for comfort and health.

Clock Ticks and Romantic War Yarns in a Faulty Clock

An old newspaper man recalls a dead clock that suddenly ticks like a telegraph. The clock appears to spell Singapore and stir talk of a naval engagement, as observers joke about war rumors and telegraphic misreads shaping tales from the Far East.

Singpore Hojestvenski Togo Chhia Sea Far East

Tainted Money for Charity in South Carolina Tale

An old tale from Prince William's parish in Beaufort and Hampton counties centers on the Prescott Fund. A lone elderly woman, on her deathbed, named a trustee for the white poor and the money found under her mattress after her death, about 40000 in coins, is linked to horse thieves and the origin of the term lynch law. The story suggests the funds were entrusted to shield them from authorities and to benefit the needy.

Prince William's Parish Hampton Beaufort Counties South Carolina Beaufort District Gillisonville Prince Wi- Nam Virginia Florida Lynch Prescott

The Long White Way

Fragmented OCR lines describe a journey along the long white way with imagery of sun, foam, and distant fortresses. Revelatory lines reference bars and a dune like coast, a procession toward an unreachable end, repeated motifs of whiteness and passage. The text reads as a lyrical prose piece or poem with recurring refrains and dreamlike travel imagery.

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