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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1904
Page
2
A Scottish American piece reflects a quaint character and church traditions at a harvest thanksgiving service. Mr Johnstone, a church attendant, was absent, explaining with a blunt remark about approaching his maker. A Kansas City tale about engagement denial and later confirmation follows in the clipping.
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom suffered long with a heart pain and distress from heart disease. After trying many remedies she found relief using Dodds Kidney Pills and reports no further heart pain. She praises the pills as the greatest heart medicine she has ever used after a three year ordeal.
Passengers on a slow Ohio train were stalled by a herd of cows on the track. After about ten minutes the train moved a mile or two, then halted again when it encountered more cows. A brakke man explained with sarcasm that the cows caused the delay. An old man pressed for details as the train finally resumed.
Announcement describes a large nickeliferous copper deposit in Cape Breton Island with a body between 270 and 290 feet wide. It reportedly carries gold and silver and high copper and gold values, suggesting the property may become one of the world’s largest copper mines.
A High School principal recounts years of indigestion and rheumatic pain caused by a sedentary job and rapid eating. After two months on an exclusive diet of Grape-Nuts milk and fruit, he reports dramatic improvements and credits the product and his wife for his renewed health, urging continued manufacture.
In a club tale, Rivers dies of heart failure as Mollie Preston’s secret liaison ends. Mollie marries Billy Brown finally, while Rivers’ funeral erupts with a crowd of mourning girls and a dramatic serenade of Arise From Dreams of Thee sung by Brown.
In a club scene, characters debate the true genius of Rivers. San deren reveals Rivers left half a million to a group named the Ganeees, shocking Bartow and MacPhail who learn their family believed Rivers was an only child. Mollie Preston marries Billy Browd, who claims Rivers’ mix up was deliberate, as MacPhail toasts Rivers.
Mrs. Gould and Miss Helen Gould visit a mission at No 55 Bowery during St Patrick's Day causing a crowd and brief disruption at a nearby gambling house used as a poolroom by day. A lightweight prizefighter served as doorkeeper. visitors urged a quartet to sing and the crowd returned, buying chips and bucking the tiger after service.
Dr Harvey W Wylie of the U S Department of Agriculture explains in a Philadelphia lecture the makeup of the cherry used in cocktails and other foods. He details artificial colorings from coal tar and dyes, glucose filling, and adulteration in foods impacting commerce and industry.
A humorous fragment describes Puddiin' Business Kemble chatting with a Georgia mountaineer who modeled for sketches. The man offers a dime as payment and mocks the artist’s expense, calling it puddlin' business for a man to stand around doing nothing.
The article notes extensive Japanese use of paper in daily items from hats and handkerchiefs to garments and even blinds. It describes a simple remedy for transparency by inserting a finger and adding a small direct on openings. It also mentions bamboo stalks sometimes containing crystallized material resembling opals and pearls found inside Philippine coconuts.
The Meeting of the National Irrigation Congress will be held in El Paso Texas this fall and promises interest for Inter Mountain residents with addresses by American and foreign irrigation authorities. A genuine Mexican bull fight is planned by local citizens. For date and fares contact F Warren room 411 Dooly block Salt Lake City Utah.
A fragmentary OCR compilation mentions aphorisms on kindness and gratitude, then lists varied ad like items and notices. It references Hall's Catarrh Cure, washing machines, American penmen, cost of living in Tamatave versus New York, and Paris style railway cars. It also cites Dover harbor works and Antarctic ocean depth.
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