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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1907
Page
2
Comic vignettes unfold from 1888 fireman memories to 1920s humor about watches, bed bugs, taxes, and married life. Jokes touch on misfired ethics, Sunday school miscounts, and the social quirks of trust and friendship, framed in creaky reminiscence and playful pronouncements.
The Waterbury American mocks sentiment and praises a sharp proofreader who caught phrasing in a Yale alumni speech. Amos Wilder’s Yale Alumni Dinner speech in New York drew praise for its rhetoric, while an editor’s chosen insurance quote impressed yet highlighted mood over method.
William Bradey, Civil War veteran from Germantown and Irish descendant, reportedly worsened then recovered after his wife concealed a prescription in jam. The doctor later learned Bradey took the spoonful and improved by night. The tale was told at Ella Post G A R campfire.
After 33 years of service in the New Hebrides, Rev. Dr. Annand returns to Canada for a vacation. The report contrasts Canadian conditions with those in the New Hebrides, noting social and economic differences observed by the missionary during his travels.
The note discusses a misnaming of Perransabuloe in Cornwall as a fragment of ancient Cornish language. It explains the supposed rediscovery in 1835 of St. Praninsabulo, Saint Piran in the Pe As restoration aims, and notes annual visitation to the surviving ruins. It also includes a newspaper quip about municipal misappropriation, plus a regional anecdote on Hebrides women and cannibalism rumors in interior islands.
A proud millionaire complains to his chauffeur Francois about taking out the new 60 horsepower limousine without permission. Francois replies that the four big ears can handle the work for two, signaling a tension over control and loyalty in a lavish household.
Mrs 8 C Wellock of Everett recounts a ten year nervous disorder described as locomotor ataxia with tremors pain and numbness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with full recovery after taking multiple boxes, and notes no symptoms for over a year. Pills sold by druggists 50 cents a box six for 2 50. free booklet on nervous disorders.
Vice President Fairbanks chided a newspaper man for not sharing small talk, joking about his own "nose for news" and the pursuit of big stories. The exchange arose after a decades-old incident, with both men engaging in lighthearted banter and mutual understanding.
ARockingham County case details a cousin with a birth skin disease resolved after two months of Cuticura use. The father spent fortunes on prior treatments with no success. Observations span weeks, with the child’s skin clearing completely and later reports confirming lifelong wellness.
Police Commissioner Bingham relies on direct talks with reporters at headquarters to obtain exact facts on major New York matters. A reporter notes he gets it straight, a quality not easily distorted by the force, aiding his official career. Congressman John E. Andrus, Yonkers representative, has long played Santa Claus to postal and telegraph workers, giving two and five dollar bills. Col. Andrus is noted as worth twenty million through pepsin production.
Restorative jelly and lemon cream desserts are described with recipes for jelly mixes, lemon cream, and a lemon puff dessert. Instructions include gelatin soaking, boiling liquids, wines, spices, and colorings, plus serving ideas and molds. Aimed at kitchens and patient meals, with detailed steps and measurements.
A historical recipe describes making choux pastry by heating butter and water, adding flour, then incorporating egg yolks and whites. Bake spoonfuls until firm, cool, fill with vanilla cream, and top with a chocolate icing made from chocolate, milk, sugar, and butter.
Cut stems from a quart or more of fresh mushrooms. Peel and remove the fills. Melt two to three ounces of butter in a porcelain pan, add mushrooms, sprinkle with a quarter teaspoon of browned mace and a pinch of cayenne, simmer gently about 15 minutes. Stir frequently, then add a dessert spoonful of sifted flour and shake until lightly browned.
A fragmentary recipe describes salting fresh button mushrooms to extract liquor over three hours, then reducing the infusion. notes on mushroom cultivation and a separate, faulty set of nail care instructions advise against cutting cuticles, avoiding high nail elevations, and using a scrubbing brush with bristles downward.
A brief selection notes poets' deaths and epitaphs, recalling Emperor Adrian sealing his lips and Margaret of Austria composing verse at sea, while a storm raged and the ship survived, with the epitaph line partially quoted.
A notable Axminster carpet for a well known London club has just been completed at the Royal carpet factory in Wilton England. It is entirely hand made and measures over 62 feet in length and 36 feet in breadth. The project required a specially erected room over 40 feet long and 13 workers worked more than four months to complete it.
The list suggests longevity through Italian painter lineage with names like Spinello nearly 100 Carlo Cignana $1 Michael Angelo 90 Leonardo da Vinci 75 Calabresi 86 Claude Lor raine 82 Carlo Maratti 88 Tintoretto 82 Sebastian Ricci 78 Francesca Albano 88 Guido 68 Guer cino 76 John Baptist Crespi 76 Giuseppe Creapi 82 Carlo Dolce Andrew Bacchi 74 Zuccharelli $6 Vernet 77 Schidont 76.
Concordia's Endless Trail writer Gomer Davies relates a tale about a wooden man. Davies denies direct reference to himself but says the man, after a late supper, wandered at 13 o clock in the morning with a peg leg sinking through an auger hole in a plank sidewalk and circling the hole all night thinking he was heading home.
A quotation notes that some engineers occasionally do things not worthy or improper, not inherently dishonest, yet impossible for engineers within their own organized etiquette. The remark contrasts engineering conduct with stricter standards seen in older professions.
A large cocoanut tree yields up to 100 nuts yearly. Natives use the nuts for dishes and food in daily life.
A distinguished surgeon consoles a widow, noting relief that her husband did not die under the knife of a medical bungler. The tone is formal, offering reassurance about surgical care.
An observer records an eagle rising from the ground and disappearing within three minutes, with Kaklon noted for reaching heights of 15 000 feet or more. The account emphasizes rapid ascent and extreme altitude as part of a natural display.
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