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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1906
Page
3
A fiery tempered celebrated specialist demands patients strip before entry. One meek man protests then returns for a discussion about collecting a benevolent society subscription. Also notes on stray stories and a round trip $50 California fare via the Salt Lake Route with travel details.
A London druggist lists humorous mispronunciations from poorer customers. The examples include catching an eel for cochineal, prosperous paste for Phosphorous paste, grease it for creosote, fishy water for Vichy water, guitar for catarrh, and everlasting for effervescing, reflecting playful misunderstanding.
Mrs W J Walker reports Allen's Foot-Ease cured her burning itching feet after trying other remedies. She says she would not be without it and has bought more. Sold by all druggists for 250.
A Montana man proposed to and married a woman from whom he had been divorced 23 years earlier, unaware of the prior marriage until after the ceremony. The Los Angeles Times recounts the uncommon matrimonial blunder and the resulting cautionary tale.
A northern city family hosts eastern visitors who recall the cafe owner father who makes vast oyster stew quantities. A relative jokes the stew could float a battleship, while another quips the ship would drift a week without striking an oyster.
Do you use Schilling's Best The message questions loyal tea buyers and reflects a witty quotation about a man with a career, who must devote himself to his enemies rather than wife or friends, attributed to John Oliver Hobbes.
The text blends a playful grocer slogan about tea with a quip on repetition. It references a crocee Felier fee Ratilling phrase and a line attributed to Emerson about nature, laws, and variation. The fragmentary source offers no clear event or person to report.
A brief note emphasizes tea as a shared benefit between grocer and shopper and hints at mutual financial considerations if not pursued. The fragmentary text underscores a simple, everyday exchange rooted in routine shopping.
The article urges light dumb-bells and Indian clubs for regular, moderate muscle exercise. It warns against heavy weights, emphasizes consistent daily effort, and cautions against overdoing it in a single session followed by a long neglect period.
The Beaulieu Abbey ruins in the New Forest near Southampton Water attract visitors with ivy covered walls and medicinal herbs once grown by Cistercian monks. The article recounts the abbey’s origin in 1204 under King John, a vast barn, granges, and later uses like Palace House and parish church, noting discoveries such as a coffin and stone inscriptions linking Isabella of Cornwall. It also reflects on monastic life, prosperity, dissolution, and regional antiquities from the Stone Age to Roman sites.
A mixed page blends ghostly verse lines about a house at night with practical kid projects. It includes a tiny table construction guide, a humorous shoe story, and a short piece on flags at half mast. Also offered are sailboat crafts from walnut shells, parlor football for girls, and a splinter-removal steam remedy from National Magazine.
A Maine factory worker is gifted bantam eggs by coworkers. The hatchlings prove misfits—naked, fuzzy and odd—sparking laughter as rival bantam fanciers plot to keep the birds. Included is a Virginia boyhood tale about honesty and a watermelon theft punishment.
Quick easy projects turn casual fabric scraps into stylish cuffs and collars. Learn to cut dotted Swiss, lay hems, and craft small mirrored frames from glass, cardboard, and wallpaper to create charming, affordable gifts.
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