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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
2
A banker recalls a boy’s invitation and a five dollar loan that led to confusion over a receipt. The boy’s mother and father dispute the paper record as they chase the black and white proof of the loan, ending with the child’s claim of proper accounting.
A university student at the University of Pennsylvania is described as rapid with his fraternity brothers and in sustained interviews with his father about debts and other mental troubles. The father seeks $48 to hire a diver to recover a watch from the Bo MD river after it fell into deep water, but the son’s response is that it is cheaper to soak it. The piece then shifts to a satirical yarn about women and deceit, with a wife lamenting her husband’s indiscretions and the husband retorting about faults. The dialogue moves to a tale of betrayal and apology, with the wife accusing the husband of moral shortfalls and the husband blaming her for his fall in love.
A collage of quotes and banter from comic and human interest snippets. Dialogue threads touch on affection, class, luck, and social pretensions with references to characters Maria Bessia and a would be son in law. The piece mixes jokes from Puck and humorous bits about life worth and marriage.
The plain coiffure is a simple gold styled hair arrangement with a Greek influence. It uses a bead bend and wide combs to shape the band and coronet, with hair teased into a coil at the base and sections parted, twisted, and secured. It offers a neat, time saving variation that rests the hair and adds acceptable variety without advantages over longer curls.
Advice on facial hygiene using soft linen towels and hands for washing, avoiding rough cloths, daily neck cleansing with cheap cheese cloth, weekly boiled laundering, air drying, proper face brush care, and a camel hair brush lasting years. Regular skin food massage recommended after scrubbing to prevent wrinkles.
Fashion note describes a tussah silk blouse trimmed in an original style, featuring fageted bands of the material. Jabots have a tucked strap of silk on the outside, finished with lace. The description emphasizes delicate fabric and decorative edging.
Correct Velie Taupe is the leading shade for plain veils. Plain menb veils use this tone while a wiry thread forms a large hexagonal style. An Aner weave mesh veil features flat velvet pastes squared and scattered evenly across the surface.
Green is becoming the most popular winter shade with emerald and peacock tones seen in elaborate gowns. Embroidery on the material uses silk and colored stones and must be carefully executed to avoid extremes, demanding high skill to achieve the latest designs.
A woman designs a chiffonier to organize elaborate toiletry items for her home. It features three drawers of varying sizes covered with Japanese matting matching the boudoir decor. One drawer includes a glove compartment for three lengths of gloves each holding six pairs. A separate section stores soft neckwear, with compartments for handkerchiefs hosiery and hats.
The guide urges women to massage the neck, throat, and bust area as well as the ears and shoulders. It emphasizes that facial massage alone misses early aging signs and that proper, extended massage can prevent wrinkles and the withered look by stimulating the muscles along the neck and shoulders.
The piece notes a new crystal trend featuring pale emerald green tones with a yellow undertone. It highlights semiprecious stones on brooches buckles and fur coat buttons, and mentions an engine as part of the innovation.
A fragment notes green for dining room rugs with a suggestion that rooms are aimed toward dampered tones. It states red rugs sell fastest and are chosen for contrast, reflecting a trend toward subdued interiors and color pairing in the period.
An American firm outfits Rio de Janeiro with modern telephone service while trials connect the French cruiser Conde to land stations at 190 miles. Canada operates over 20 wireless stations along its coasts with links to Prince Rupert and Vancouver. A riot in Barcelona left gas and electric plants dark, lit only by harbor searchlights.
An article notes the White House in Washington uses the most elaborate electric lighting system in the United States. It details a 200 horsepower engine with Curtis turbines, 220 and 110 volt DC supplies, an automatic elevator, vacuum cleaners, and a private telephone network. The power plant resides in the State, War and Navy Building basement across the street. Also mentions recent wireless telegraphy tests between New York and Chicago and the limits of wireless for land transmission.
A device uses a mercury filled tube with positive and negative terminals to detect overheated engine bearings. When a bearing becomes too hot the mercury rises and closes the circuit, ringing a bell. An indicator bears signs which bearing is hot, aiding quick location on ships or motor boats.
A fragmented news snippet shows old testimonials for hypnotism and a catarrh cure. It mentions Cuticura ointment, personal anecdotes from 1907, and a plausible advertisement tone with names and places like 5714 Wabash Ave and Potter Drug. The text mixes medical claims with a lodge of curiosities and brief dialogue.
An illustrated device boosts telephone bell sound in noisy shops and stations. The elongated dish, with conical reflectors A B C, sits behind the bell to reflect sound forward and upward. It is easy to attach with two screws and can be adjusted to direct sound to one side if needed.
The Little River in Worcester County Massachusetts runs about 75 miles to the Providence River near Providence Rhode Island. Despite its small size it yields about 228 000 horsepower across its 458 square mile drainage and supports a capitalization near 27 million dollars. If converted to coal energy this river’s output would consume roughly seven and a half tons of coal per horsepower per decade, implying substantial industrial impact.
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