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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
7
Sergeant Maher of the Royal Irish Constabulary reports a farmer named Thomas Hand suffering rheumatism for four years was helped after using St Jacobs Oil. He walked without a stick after the first bottle and worked pain free after the second.
The union’s youngest governor is William McCroskey of Washington, aged 28, who succeeds ex Governor Rogers. A Tennessee native and son of Methodist clergyman Rev Solon McCroskey, he graduated from Grant University at Athens.
New York society women turn clothing into charity proceeds selling worn gowns hats and dinner or evening toilettes. They donate earnings to worthy causes while offering garments that show minor wear rather than new items.
After two years of testing an automobile for army use in Austria a saving of 2.16 dollars was realized compared with horse drawn conveyance. The report notes efficiency and potential for replacing horses in military transport.
An advertisement urges mothers to treat impurity of the blood with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims to cure eruptions, scrofula, boils, eczema, and other conditions by enriching and purifying the blood. Includes testimonials and offers a free medical book and readers volume.
Long narrative recalls Capt. Barton firing the last shot at Brazos Santiago, a reformulated Civil War ending. It also profiles Capt. Sofiel Selmore, a Passamaquoddy chief born 1803 in Perry Maine, colored by Maine photographer Charles E. Brown.
Gray haired veterans of the 58th Massachusetts Regiment Association held a Washing ton’s Birthday reunion and dinner in Boston. Joseph B. Read of South Hanson read a paper on the regiments Civil War service from Readville 1864 to July 16 1865. The S%th joined Burnside at Bull Run and crossed the Rappahannock last. The Ordnance Department is testing reduced range cartridges to simulate long range target practice with short ranges. They seek to lower powder charges to maintain accuracy at close range and plan to replace black powder with smokeless powder for gallery practice as stock runs out.
A proposal to reduce compulsory service for officers from forty to thirty seven years aims to accelerate retirement. The plan increases the retiring allowance to match a portion of full pay, and a bill has been submitted to the secretary of military authorities.
A collection of readers notes and snippets on old English usage and mispronunciations from ancestors, including lines about lay for slept and using the potticary for doctor. Also features a Baltimore concert anecdote and a brief drug ad for Hamlin's Blood and Liver Pills.
A long-time mail carrier, Arnold Scott of Bernardsboro Maas has been blind for fifty years yet still serves the town promptly in collecting and delivering mail. The article mentions his exceptional efficiency and dedication to his duty. Also noted are advertisements for Putnam priceless dyes and a discussion of historical paintings and early steamers on the Rhine.
The excerpt features D F Wilber of Oneonta praising Peruna as all claimed for it after a friend suggested it. Letters from C F Given and Edward Laws describe cold and catarrh relief, with claims of strong cures and renewed vigor. A Buffalo resident and others reiterate Peruna’s benefits, urging others to try it and contact Dr. Hartman for guidance.
The excerpt notes Irish language use among Bahamas descendants and London dockside talkers. It then shifts to a Germantown matron seeking Saratoga rolls, only to be told the store has only straight kindling bundles tipped with resin. The clerk sardonically asks if those will do.
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