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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1911

Page

7

Wise Family Quips on Justice After Assault

A street dialogue centers on a man asking after the assailant who struck his wife. A bystander wonders what he would do upon finding him, and Mr Wise quips that he would introduce the man to his mother-in-law, reflecting a darkly comic take on vigilante justices.

Mr. Wise Shaw Bernard Shaw P. Contus Goetz Dunn M. P. Cunlue

Bird Jekyll and Hyde in the Catbird’s dual song

The Philadelphia Press notes the catbird as a gray brown, lively creature whose voice shifts from sharp complaints to a divine melody. It is praised for its soul of song and contrasting moods rather than its looks.

Philadelphia Press

A Budding Star and Odd Schoolyard Quips

The clipping features quips about a budding star student Mary Anderson Wombat and playful classroom remarks. It mixes humorous banter on eating, rest, and dramatic talent with light ridicule of recitation and posing.

Mary Anderson Wombat

Coffee Congestion Prompts Health Revival With Postum

An elderly Wisconsin woman recalls coffee-related illnesses including headaches heart pain and dyspepsia. She quits coffee after reading about Postum and reports improved digestion, absence of headaches for years, and renewed health, crediting Postum for her recovery. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and asks readers to read There’s a Reason through the book The Road to Wellville.

Wisconsinays Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Jokes and repartee marks of Marie Dressler and Shaw

The column presents humorous exchanges featuring Marie Dressler and Bernard Shaw. Dressler quips about a birthday party not a torchlight procession, and Shaw responds with a wry joke about audience numbers. The piece also recalls a southern dialect quip about ducks and a theatrical anecdote on stage actors and supers.

Marie Dressler Miss Dressler

Fashionable Trolls And Humorous Takes On City Life

A collage of wry quips and satirical vignettes venues across city life. It lampoons fashion trends, cab costs, and social manners with lighthearted banter. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek legal remark about self harm and a joking riff on staying a while in a city.

Dear Lost Days in Dialogue of Lost Days

A poetic exchange questions memory and longing between a speaker and a listener. The woman laments the absence of voice, while the man acknowledges the ache and vows to forever miss those bygone days.

Sweet of Him and Quips on Age in Odd Ballads

A dialogue laden summary with playful banter on age and appearance. The piece mixes curious witticisms about age guesses and remarks on attire. It references natural enemies and a satire of fashion and social pretensions.

Playwrights Boost and Bonds of Courtesy in Odd Exchange

Plodding complains of mistaken kindness as Mean dering Mike cites missing money from a previous monologue. A policeman is referenced early morning attempts to cheer him with a song. A veteran manager criticizes a new play titled Compress for lacking action and overlong dialogue.

Mike

Fragmented humor and dialogues from a clipped page

A collage of jokes and quips asides about a stenographer, love, stage directions, and a sheep business. Characters Norvel, the desk sergeant, and a Stage Manager appear in brief gags. The text mixes comic lines and misheard names, ending with a pun on an iconoclast.

Norvel Grampian

Child in Basque Dress Baffles French Court

A 14 year old boy appeared in a provincial French appeal court wearing a Basque redingote long boots trousers and a collar that convinced the court a man. The president questioned the audacious youth who then read a citation form inviting him to appear in his father s suit as the court laughed.

France Voy Basque Country

The Alarming Prevalence of Eczema

An article discusses eczema as a widespread skin disease, its causes, and its cruel symptoms. It endorses hot baths with Cuticura soap and ointment as effective treatments and offers free samples of both products with a pamphlet. It also includes a humor piece about a convalescent's progress and a wife reacting to a husband’s diet.

Senwa Ts California

Returned wanderer seeks loan payoff on farm

The recalling wanderer boasts of fortune to clear the mortgage, while the father mocks the idea as hard times. A separate exchange shows suspicion over a quarrel with a count and a remark about a treasure. A line notes Garfield Tes as an herb remedy.

Baby Teethes on the Table

A furniture dealer recalls a puzzling damage on a mahogany table caused by a baby chewing at the edge. He notes the owner’s view that there is nothing too good for the child.

Daughters Cured by Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound

Letters from grateful mothers describe cures for daughters troubled by menstrual irregularities backache and weakness. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company Lynn Massachusetts is cited as the source of treatment and advice for young girls and women seeking relief.

Lydia E. Pinkham Baltimore Mad Lynn Masa

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