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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1911
Page
2
A patchwork of quirky notes and odd facts covers topics from gasoline use by farmers and a peace school football team to a roceter riding a bicycle and jokes about professors and fashion. It mentions Montenegro as a kingdom, moving pictures, mischief about hobble skirts, and a range of humorous anecdotes with local and national references.
Webster Smith, newly practicing attorney in Blairville, becomes entangled with Betty Sloan, a married woman seeking a divorce. Through the case he wrestles temptation, discovers Betty’s true situation, and realizes his own love for her. Betty confesses she came to him as the court of last resort, and he pledges to wed her.
Concrete floors are presented as the most sanitary and durable option for dairy barns. The article outlines sub-base requirements, three inches of mixed concrete, potential finishing coats, and grooved surfaces to prevent slipping. It emphasizes removable wood stalls, proper gutter design, and easy cleaning to maintain hygiene alongside recommendations for liquid manure drainage. It also notes carrots and mangels as valuable crops for winter feed and health.
A man describes a photo of his left ear as a priceless possession from a dinner given in the president’s honor. An interested caller asks what the image symbolizes while noting the photo’s quirky nature and the man’s claim he would not sell it for any price.
A quoted exchange notes a reader’s impatience with slow study, suggesting three years and three months to read the Bible at one chapter daily while another person jokes about racing to finish.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a 40 by 80 foot barn using round arches like a prairie schooner. Arches of 1 inch boards form a roofed framework, supported by stone walls and posts, with shale roofing and stone flooring.
Chas Bauer of San Antonio Texas writes he served as secretary and treasurer of a Galveston dry goods firm. He says moving from high to level country caused catarrh and debility, tried Peruna, and was restored to health. He urges asking for the Free Peruna Almanac for 1911.
A business man recalls a watch chain charm given by his child during a financial low. The child asked what ruined meant, prompting him to accept poverty and find courage. The charm, gifted in a moment of doubt, became the foundation of future fortune and resolve.
A minister praises Mrs. Greens rasp berry jam at a Saturday supper drawing reproach from twins Angie and Horatio. Horatio recalls their mother feared the jam quality and fears losing it to the church sociables, while Angie and Horatio threaten luncheon use.
A dialogue from Stray Stories features a wife worried about her husband’s health and a doctor’s bemused reply. The tale contrasts its comedic tone with a slice of domestic absurdity, noting how anger can lead to silence and reluctance to ask for money.
A doctor tells a man with stomach trouble and headaches that diet matters. The patient quit fried foods and meat for breakfast, started Grape-Note and tea, and stopped medicines. Within days he improved and now claims better health than in twenty years at age 58. Read The Road to Wellville for guidance.
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