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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1906
Page
6
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas reports kidney pills cured her back pain dizziness and headaches. She began taking Duans Kidney Pills and soon passed gravel stones with lasting relief. The Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York advertises the remedy at 60 cents a box.
The author argues that resource limits in capital are less limiting than deficient thinking. Exile in business stems from lack of advertising means, yet any business can be profitably exploited with the means at hand if one overcomes mental barriers and uses available resources wisely.
A Cornwall coroner's jury found the miner was found drowned in the White Quarry pool, noting water present at the time. The fragmentary text also contains garbled insertions and unrelated lines about medicines and local notices, reflecting OCR damage.
At a Harvard talk Prof Shaler recalled a thirty year old memory lapse in Washington when a bearded man entered a hotel parlor. He could not place the visitor until a card revealed General Ulysses S. Grant, explaining why the face felt so familiar.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt extols vitality by maintaining pure blood with nutritious food and fresh air. It claims disease cannot exist in abundance of pure blood and urges daily cold water baths, proper diet, and exercise to sustain health and an even body temperature.
A literary man credits Grape Nuts with steady digestion and clearer thinking. He notes ordinary breakfast foods hinder mental work, while Grape Nuts supplies essential nutrients for brain and nerve systems, leading to increased output. Mentions Postum Co., Battle Creek, and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
An Irishman, Patrick McGuire, rushed toward a Providence to Newport boat and leaped from the wharf as it pulled away. He landed on his head and was briefly unconscious before asking, Jabez what a lape.
A Chicago restaurant interior was the scene as a gypsy woman entered with a colorfully dressed group and produced a milk bottle from a large satchel. She offered a fortune, then opened the satchel to reveal a crying baby. The infant fed itself from the bottle, drawing surprised stares from diners and staff before the mother left with the satchel and its contents.
A new fovel restaurant in New York run by a dietetics student pledges simple fare and daily changing dishes for two weeks. The motto favors fresher water and simple food to combat temperance in eating, aiming to prolong customers’ lives to a hundred years or more.
A long unsolved London murder was cracked after Mrs. Greenwood claimed a dream from the murdered man. He guided her to Thames Street to locate an assailant, then appeared again in dreams revealing the killer’s identity. The suspect confessed and named two accomplices, leading to three criminals being executed.
Last August Hugh Brown found a turtle entering his Calais Missouri farmhouse yard on a hot afternoon. The reptile lingered about the home after arriving from the highway, an odd sight in the rural setting.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a nutritive tonic aiding digestion and strength. It lists tea roots and botanical ingredients, promises relief in early consumption and chronic coughs, and offers a medical adviser by mail. It notes no alcohol in the product and invites correspondence to Buffalo, with pricing for the medical adviser book.
The statement notes that for heavy motor vehicles the wear and tear of tires runs about four cents per mile, highlighting tire depreciation as a significant operating expense.
The season’s largest crab was caught in the North Sea. It measures 2 feet 7 inches across, highlighting a notable capture amid local fishing news.
An early article notes the Paris Grande Opera boasts the largest stage in the world, measuring about 100 feet wide and nearly 200 feet deep with an 80 foot height, highlighting its grand dimensions amid financial remarks about money and refunds.
Lace making is said to be dying out not only in England but also in Italy and France where Alencon and Chantilly are no longer made. The Spanish industry is dead and Belgium now turns out face of any required style or name.
A Hungarian inventor proposes washing clothes with electrified water, no soap. The device claims to remove stains quickly, handling about 300 garments in under 15 minutes.
A damaged notice notes that attempts to acclimatize the famous blue poppy of Thiber Ads in England proved unsuccessful. The item cites climate as the cause and mentions a grocer refund policy if 7M were involved and a misquoted slogan about money and comfort.
Miss Josephine Northmore of Lakeside Minnesota exhibits a genuine tenor voice with a range from E flat to high Bell, while attempts to render soprano or contralto in the same span have failed. A promotional note offers a money back guarantee on purchases from a grocer.
The fragment praises tea knowledge and personal effort, urging responsibility for claims. It extols the habit of doing one’s best as a universal helper across endeavors, though text is garbled and references a dubious knowledge tool and a firm in San Francisco.
The American Tract Society prints tracts and books in African languages such as Mpongwe Bulu Umbondu Be end Fang. Missionaries provide typed copies then New York typesets the works ensuring phonetic accuracy. The effort aids literacy and moral elevation among speakers by supplying dictionaries primers and woodcut illustrations.
The Fifth Massachusetts under Gen William Bancroft once confronted private Faught who had drunk rum gunch and slept on guard at 11 p m He was brought to Bancroft who warned in a stern voice that sleeping on post in war could earn a shot He was reprimanded and returned to the guard house with officers struggling to hide their smiles at the colonel s reaction.
A Cleveland schoolmate visiting the White House with Mrs Cleveland argued for radical views at breakfast. Grover Cleveland smiled and replied that he would do his own thinking on presidential duties, joking that women could excel at millinery but he would manage his end of the house.
A Greek elder explains chatain as the hair color she had when young, noting it as the color of her white hair and smiling at the precise way she defined the term. The tale appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat with the phrase chatain described by age and memory.
In a brisk street exchange two passersby spar over looks versus character. One declares affection while the other dismisses charm as shallow, and a third interjects with a remark about depth and restraint. The dialogue captures brisk wit and social quickness.
The Westminster Gazette notes the Portland Vase, a famed Italian artifact once stored in Rome and later in the British Museum. Despite damage in 1846–48, repairs left the vase valued at about £15,000, with a history linking the Monte del Grano tomb, Emperor Severin, Urban VIII, and the Duke of Portland who bought it in 1786.
Tennessee Praii Dayton reports Mr. N. R. Roberts of Dayton praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing his long standing kidney trouble. He describes severe back pain and difficulty rising, noting his back feels renewed and he can stoop freely without symptoms returning. He asserts no medicine matches Dodd's pills.
A description of the Seri Indians constructing odd wicker beds shaped as baskets with a hole at the top. Occupants crawl inside at night to sleep, reflecting a travelogue style depiction of their sleeping contrivance.
A Malacca festival occurs every ten to twelve years with a grand procession and burnt viands. Thousands of dollars are subscribed mostly in Singapore to observe the event. In Hankow, thieving coolies on a British oil barge caused a fire after oil spilled, burning a river area and 500 houses. many lives lost, the thieves escaped.
A bold claim suggests the Czar of all the Russians could surpass rivals by adopting Pillsbury's Vitos as a regular breakfast. The piece objects that vast wealth and empire do not ensure invincibility without this daily cereal.
John Bright challenges a young man on the fetters of matrimony asking if one can be both bachelor and married. He notes that many complain about marriage’s extravagance while struggling to sustain a double role.
The largest leaves in the world come from the Inaj palm along the Amazon. They can reach 30 to 50 feet in length and 10 to 12 feet in breadth, demonstrating extraordinary size among palm foliage.
A terse exchange asks why billiards is deemed the premier indoor game and argues that the devil must be challenged to take it from him. The remark frames billiards as the best indoor pastime and a contested privilege.
The note cites a New Zealand tract on political cries clouding the nation’s view and mentions Pivo's Cure for Consumption as a claimed infallible remedy. The snippet reflects a quip about capital location and a public message from Ocean Grove dated February 17, 1900.
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