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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1903
Page
7
Letters from readers like Miss Della Janveau and Adla Brittain in Ottawa and Sekitan describe chronic poor digestion, languor, and headaches improved after using Peruna. They credit the remedy with restoring appetite, buoyancy, and daily comfort, and invite others to seek Dr. Hartman’s guidance if no prompt results occur.
A collage of humorous medieval and modern oath lore, oddities, and moralizing vignettes. The piece riffs on sworn promises from Harold and William to playful quips about weddings and babies, stray editorials, a jail plan, a midwife case, and a fanciful Sulu sultan at the St Louis Exposition.
An old advertisement fragment touts Dean's Kidney Pills as relief for kidney stones and urinary issues, promising relief from heart palpitations insomnia headaches and nervousness. It references earlier testimonials dated March 31 1901 and March 3 14 and a March 29 1901 note of a free trial.
An obituary notes Kate Vaughan of Johannesburg is alleged by the English to have originated the skirt dance, with her early fame in David Copperfield references and a London theater manager paying $49 weekly for her skirts. A separate snippet from Lewiston Journal recounts a youth returning to his church after deeming other sects unsuitable.
A self made builder, rich from contracting, buys a rural suburb site to craft a gentleman’s home. While work proceeds, a neighbor remarks on the heavy spending, prompting a terse exchange as the question becomes a pointed social probe.
The article discusses training the eye to discern many shades of color with examples from French tapestry workers who can perceive about 1500 shades through practice. It notes the Bridgewater Canal opening in 1773 and by 1800 about 2,000 miles of canals in operation in England, with a current total of 3,520 miles.
The piece lists offenses such as desertion cross ly and intemperance followed by infidelity. Many divorces were blamed on collusion though exact counts are unavailable. It mentions individuals and places in fragmented form, noting correspondence and names like Pax Olmsted and LeRoy among scattered references.
A reported recipe from Painters' Magazine describes making kassomine by soaking 30 pounds of English gill or best bolted girders white in water, mixing with soaked lime, heating both to a paste, then combining. A small amount of carbolic acid is added to prevent swelling, and the mixture is said to keep well for weeks.
Travelers recount the tropical centipede’s alarming size and vitality. Lafcadio Hearn notes its endurance, while tales say the creature can survive weeks in a bottle. Local superstition links centipede encounters to good luck and money in dreams.
A customer complains clerks lack intelligence and initiative. he claims clerks would be valuable if paid more. The merchant defends wages, saying higher brains cost more and that the shop pays large salaries to supervisors while paying little to workers.
Natural Oil in Dublin reports a newly found well in the city center with a steady, quality yield. The discovery promises profitable operations given the rate and quality described by sources.
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