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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1904
Page
6
A jumble of OCR text cites radium energy claims, device ratings, and curiosities about stars, cures, and temperatures. It includes mention of Dr Howard insect losses, Pino’s Cure for Consumption, and Ward Richardson on ideal work temperature 64 F, with scattered names and dates and no cohesive story.
A garbled 1900s advertisement page promotes Green Onion seed outfits including "Earliest Green Hating Onion" and vast seed offers for cabbages carrots celery lettuces onions radishes and flowers, with post and price details. It also touches on Vienna’s Exposition plans and a humorous San Francisco narcotic anecdote, plus cosmetic cashew nut myth and papal robe trade notes.
A fragmented historical column recounts women aiding 18th century coast defense near Fishguard with cloaked disguises, plus Dutch millers warning of invaders. It also features contemporary endorsements of Dodd's Kidney Pills by Dr. Leland Williamson, and notes on acetyline heating, piano nerves, and the value of attention to small things in women.
A Battle Creek reader extols Grape Nuts as a reliable, non stimulant energy source for demanding days. She notes four teaspoonfuls with cream before work produce sustained strength and minimal fatigue, praising the food as nourishing and predigested. The piece highlights the product as a rebuilder for brain and nerve centers and advertises the brand booklet.
A fashion column describes new underskirt and traveling jewel bags with strong clasps and secure waist straps. It also covers lace sleeves, bodice girdles with boned foundations, and four girdle patterns with material quantities and waist sizes.
Simple peeliyeus in pale pink crepe albatross with white collar edged in braid. collar can be gathered or accordion plaited. Describes yoke, full sleeves, wide collar, and cuff shaping. Material quantities given for sizes 32 to 40 bust. pattern 4601.
The article describes flat necks and lace bands, floral brooches, deep collars, wide flowing sleeves, round capes over pointed hoods, ornate cuffs, hats peeking left, hand embroidered gowns in velveteen, and fur and satin accents. It notes cream and champagne cloths, beading, and evolving sleeve shapes with elbow-length puff fading, including gray velvet with tucked undersleeves.
Velvet is widely used for visiting and reception gowns and appears in a variety of forms. It offers stamped and printed designs as well as inlaid satin spots and stripes and even color changing shades from brown to deep orange or from petunia to pale hellotrope. Lace-Irish or renaissance trims dominate the simpler velvet gowns.
Practical notes advise cooling candles on ice to slow burn and using lemon and whitening to treat marks on painted wood. Leftover pickle smell can be neutralized by outdoor storage with sand or garden mold. Coffee grounds serve as a disinfectant and deodorizer when burned. clean mirrors with soap and damp newspaper. light alcohol sparingly. burn rags promptly to avoid spontaneous combustion from oily fabrics.
A fragmentary notice offers old fashion tips about cleaning trimmings with ammotia in water, rinsing in cold water, and using lard instead of butter for cake texture. It also suggests repurposing stale bread with jam for fried bites and briefly mentions reshaping uncurled feathers after damp weather.
Shirred gowns in soft fabrics dominate current women’s fashion with a drooped shoulder line and a broad silhouette created by shirring and a graduated flounce. The almond green voile with dotted net yoke and cream Venetian lace offers a refined look, with various color combinations possible. Materials listed include specified yardage for waist and skirt patterns and May Manton patterns No. 4593 for waist and No. 4375 for skirt, mailed on receipt of ten cents each.
A white silk gown for evening wear uses heavy gold cords and tucked maline yoke with a bertha of chiffon. The upper skirt is tucked to below the knee, a shirted flounce sits beneath cords, elbow sleeves have chiffon drapery, and orchids may adorn the gown for an inexpensive embroidery option.
Readers can obtain any May Manton pattern by sending for the pattern with 18 conte, to Yok, Harrison & Co at 65 Plymouth Pine. The cage Pusieru will be swailed promptly.
A collage of 19th century ad copy including a testimonial for Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief from back ache, a brief poker anecdote about a pistol cocked to win a pot, and mentions of a cream separator priced low. Also references John A. Bulwer Seed Co catalogue and postage stamps.
A physician with a small practice devised a plan to appear busier by urging charity patients to visit his dispensary for free services. The scheme produced little paying business, and only one patient showed a real financial impact. The landlady raised rent, misled by the illusion of prosperity. The article also notes historic railway plans, including the Trans Siberian line and its milestones, though not all dates are clear.
The sun dial, a favored relic of old garden taste, has been revived and is claimed to be essential for any well equipped garden. Authorities affirm its renewed popularity as a defining finishing touch in traditional gardening.
A tour of Victorian era street signs reveals The Dog's Head in the Tron Pot The Black Dog and The Dog and Duck The White Greyhound among others on London streets The piece also notes early commerce and a trivia mix about seed trades gravitation talks and Putnam Fadeless Dyes as a dated aside.
The chivalry of Europe is largely a product of Saracen chivalry that entered Europe in two streams via the routes through Chantantino and Spain, shaping medieval knightly ideals.
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