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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1911
Page
8
A drugstore ad promises health benefits from System Cleanser addressing rheumatism stomach diseases and liver tone. It touts blood purification, improved complexion, and a new lease on life for women and men, with price $2.50 for a box or 50 cents per single box and mail order by J Brown Chemical Co.
The Board of Trustees of Challis Idaho announces sale of municipal water works bonds totaling 5500 with 6 percent interest, semiannual payments, dated July 1 1911. Denominations include nine at 500 and thirteen at 100 with redemption options after ten years. Bids due August 1 1911 at the village clerk's office.
An advertisement promotes Baldine a hair growth remedy for baldness claiming a medical basis and promising thick growth after treatment. It offers two boxes for 1.90 with a guarantee and refund option if not satisfactory, urging payment by money order and warning against other drugs. The text cites a medical missionary and scalp healing as a precedent.
A playful verse riffs on the doubling of letters in words, lamenting how the letter W and its doubled forms complicate pronunciation. It mocks the struggles of being a vowel or consonant and the jumble of Irish and Welsh style spellings with a comic rhythm.
A satirical critique of shirt production highlighting glued seams and cemented buttonholes. It mocks overengineered fabrics, inflexible bosoms, and damaged laundry returns, arguing for a simple invention: a buttonless shirt that cannot be starched in the neckband.
A fragmentary exchange reveals a teacup moment when Mr Besibbers proposed soon after tea was offered. The dialogue hints at a tailored question and reaction, leaving many details unclear in this short newspaper snippet.
The family adviser suggests a memorial tablet for Ebenezer Finnthart to honor the late uncle. The spokesman likes the idea but notes it would be odd atop a bank vault and that the dust will not remain there long.
A wife protests her husband accusing her of flirting at dinner. He retorts that her stars are not fixed and not in proper orbits, calling her behavior unsteady. The exchange reveals a tense, abusive dynamic and sharp humor in a domestic quarrel.
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