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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1904
Page
2
An aging sense of smell weakens with age yet recognition of floral perfumes persists when seen. A blunted olfactory image may have independent recall, while Scranton’s trackless trolley system shows limited success. Industrial notes mention foreign experiments with overhead electric cars and a seed company ad offering catalogs and plant samples along with a misleading mail-order pitch requiring 20 cents postage.
A physician recounts personal recovery after adopting Grape-Nuts diet claiming rapid weight gain and restored health within 15 days. The letter, shared from Battle Creek Michigan, credits the product with saving his life and urges readers to try it. Also mentions other notes on tuberculosis deaths and a Tonga lighthouse light incident.
Excerpt from Itinota The accuracy library notes that defeat can yield profit when viewed from a future vantage. It asserts faith sustains effort, cites stockholders harmed by failed ventures, and urges seeking useful examples to benefit others. It highlights aggressive goodness over brilliance.
A speaker reflects on personal errors in handling an order and appointment delays. Misunderstandings led to a mixed result, with blame placed on miscommunication, timing, and perceived importance. The note recalls missed chances to correct mistakes and notes that national wars have started from misunderstandings.
A compact reflection on asking What’s the trouble as a path to better methods. It uses examples from a child tangled with objects, a lawyer’s collection problems, a farmer’s care, and a medical specialist’s breath to illustrate how inquiry drives improvement. The piece urges continual questioning and follow up to gain scientific intelligence.
A speaker recounts lecturing a treasurer and two officials at 9 a m on sources of personal accuracy to reduce sickness and misunderstandings among employer and employee. He notes personal gain from the exercise, predicting a future audience of two thousand could yield two hundred dollars for the same talk.
The piece urges readiness to quell anger with self-control likening it to fighting fire. It notes that skilled peacemakers calm disputes with few words, while others worsen conflicts. Water quiets flames as unusual heat tests, just as rare restraint prevents provocation.
The passage urges preparing a stock of temperate memories to review when joy or disappointment arises. It argues happiness can be dangerous, champions memory as a steadying force, and notes that nations and individuals forget over time, making a better record essential.
The passage describes hat trimming with Largonized silk cord, silver cords and cabochons for white felt and velvet hats, and mink or sable edgings on fabrics. It notes mink and ermine as costly trims, and outlines a Russian style coat with matching skirt in gray zibeline. May Manton patterns Nos. 4494 and 4493 are offered, with sizing and mail order details.
The visiting costume features a soft dark green cloth with deeper velvet trim. A belted ejon shows double raver effects in velvet and cloth appliques with Persian lamb inserts. Velvet sleeves have scalloped points, lingerie plisse chiffon ruffles, and a plain skirt. A white beaver hat carries broad gold braids and a long plume shading from white to pink.
A brief guidance piece urges dainty simple attire for schoolgirls and warns against elaborately trimmed outfits. It notes age appropriate styles and fabrics like Turkish capes and boleros in white felt as suitable choices for young students.
A new sheath style blouse features a center front box plait for a narrow waist and broader shoulder line, with tucks at back creating a yoke-like fullness. Long sleeves are gathered into cuffed wrists. model shown in pine green peau de cygne with yak fur collar and steel buttons. Pattern 4619 fits busts 32 to 40 inches. fabric needs listed for medium size.
The described ensemble centers on soft white xlellienne fabric used as a debutante’s outfit. A handkerchief yoke bertha lace blouse pairs with a silk girdle waist, tucked sleeves, and lace cuffs. The skirt features five horizontal seamed sections with separate tucks, a train, and puff hip yoke. White silk and chiffon emphasize the dainty look.
A detailed description of a teagown compared to a dinner dress, featuring exquisite pearl Bray satin, a broad empire band of silver embroidery, and a hem with the same motif. A bruseely applique coat trimmed with gray chiffon, matching undersleeves with lace, completes the ensemble.
A lavish description of Earl fashion whim discussing pale tinted fabrics and drawn pink peau de cygne petticoats. It notes biscuit gray silver bine oyster shell shades and a rose skin under skirt with black chiffon frill, praised as chic though audacious.
Readership is informed of a May pattern sale announced by Ailing and Co. at Plymouth Pinea through cog, with 10 caute and mating. The pattern will be matted promptly, per the notice.
J W Walls of Lebanon Kentucky reports lasting relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain following irregular kidney function. The ad notes Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells them nationwide for 50 cents per box. That Sicilian Secret Society tale warns of secrecy and mysterious punishments for oath-breakers among peasants.
Local notice advertises Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children’s Home. Claims cure for constipation feverishness teething disorders and stomach issues, with praise of moving bowels and destroying worms. Includes address A 5 Olmsted LeRoy N.
A fragment recounts strict chaperonage for Dutch girls, contrasting with English and American freedoms. It describes theater and dances as supervised by elders, with girls accompanied and social refreshments served while youths dance to popular waltzes. Official notices follow about legal requirements and fees.
Berlin now equips every fire station with an oxygen apparatus to revive those overcome by smoke or heat. Ordinary citizens may also borrow the device to meet urgent needs. Ferocious Baltic wharfs, unseen for over a century, reappear along Danish and German coasts, troubling local fishermen. A powerful 40 caliber cannon with 385 pounds of smokeless powder launched a 19.5 inch armor-piercing shell through nickel steel armor at a mile and a half. Newfoundland seals are hunted for skin and fat. hide yields patent leather and gloves, fat used for soups.
An old advertisement touts Salzer's pedigreed seeds and hybrid grains claiming 1903 to 1904 yield improvements. It hawks oats, barley, corn, spelt, macaroni wheat, fodder, and potatoes with mail catalogs from Balzer Reed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin offering free seed samples and promotion of intelligent cultivation to boost kernel protein.
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