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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
3
A vintage health ad argues kidneys filter blood and affect overall health. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy, urging readers to try a sample and buy bottles, with address details for purchase in Binghamton New York.
George returns from a week away to find Clara briefly distant over a missing kiss in one of his letters. He explains the onion dinner excuse and she forgives him, highlighting the amusing yet tender limits of romantic devotion. The piece also weaves in observational quips about theater, love, and a motorcar anecdote.
A fragmentarily printed ad touts Gadold Tea made from herbs as a blood purifying remedy for rheumatism gout and other chronic diseases. It claims to cleanse the system without drugs and presents strong warnings against painful injections or medicines.
Grape vines and currant bushes can be propagated with simple labor by land owners. Plant ripened wood in the ground to sprout next year and form transplantable plants after two years. Cuttings use two or three buds with well ripened wood.
Instructions describe preparing currant cuttings six to eight inches long with upper slanting cuts just above the bud. Plant in moist ground in bunches or individual slips, burying lower ends, allowing callous formation, and mulching with coarse manure. Space rows 2 1/4 to 3 feet, plants 4 to 6 inches apart. In 1-2 years they form vigorous plants for cuttings.
A. John of Colorado notes a single annual generation for the pea weevil. Eggs form in early summer on the pea pod exteriors as the peas develop. they are yellow and sticky, turning white as they dry. Larvae burrow into pods and peas, visible as dark surface spots on harvested peas. Grubs gnaw holes before maturing, so careful preplant inspection can reveal infestations.
John A. Gage, a Jefferson County Illinois nurseryman, explains an acre of 117 peach trees nets about 100 annually. This year’s crop sold 777 crates to Chicago at 1.40 per crate, peaches priced above three cents each. Total receipts around 750 after expenses, excluding picking and packing.
A lawyer explains charging double for drafting a second will. The client, now a bachelor, previously married with a wife, faced a longer, more complex bequest scheme. The attorney notes the bachelor’s will requires dividing property among many relatives and friends, justifying the higher charge.
A lammergeyer or bearded vulture is now on display in the London Zoological Society’s eastern aviary. The bird, Gypaetus harbatis, resembles an eagle with feathered head and lacks the bald cranium of true vultures. It inhabits southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Himalayas, and extends to China.
Shanghai Mercury reports regulations on the national costume for officials and ordinary citizens, describing nine distinct grades of costumes and noting full compliance across the population.
A young man cradles a fair maid and asks her father for permission to marry. He promises not to lose a daughter but gain a son. The maid warns the lover that the father, busy with three god sons, is sensitive about such talk.
The piece argues women friends lack the staunch loyalty of men, claiming women believe hearsay against a friend while men judge by personal value. It cites Shellyan sentiment on joy in doing good and quotes Kipling via Robert Barr, reflecting literary voices on trust, love, gratitude, and social perception.
A farmer describes a substantial feed rack that optimizes coarse feed on farms with many animals. The rack, costing about $18, enables stock to eat roughage during long yard periods, including dairy cows, and stretches feed efficiency across winter days.
A description of portable cattle racks built 16 by 8 by 8 feet on three 2 by 8 skids. The frame uses 4 by 4 braces and 2 by 4 around the top with fencing slats, inch flooring, and 1 by 12 boards. It includes a 2 by 6 clearance above the rack and a 2 by 8 board to strengthen lean areas. A bill of materials lists fencing, 4 by 1s, 2 by 4s, boards, and joists across 128 feet of flooring and 2 by 8s.
The article advises selecting dairy cows over beef cattle to ensure milk yield, suggests cooperation with neighbors to buy a good dairy sire, and emphasizes early silo planning. It warns against feeding cows foods that impart odors or flavors to cream and cautions against strong flavored feeds before milking.
The column cautions readers on using home mixed oils for spraying, stresses that caustic and oil must be handled carefully, and discusses practical punishments for tree damage. It urges planting waste land in pine or hemlock, notes mulching importance for berries, and suggests buckwheat straw mulch plowed under for potatoes. Weston the pedestrian is mentioned enjoying a baked apple each morning.
In churning at a low temperature stop when butter forms granules about the size of rice. Draw off the buttermilk and wash the butter in pure water. Salt the butter at three quarters ounce per pound, or a bit more as markets demand. Then work and pack into packages ready for delivery.
A stern parent speaks of lacking advantages as a child, while a soothing reply notes the speaker has endured. The exchange reveals tension between parental expectations and the speaker’s resilience in hardship.
A Victorian era ad and anecdotal clippings recount eczema cures with Cuticura Remedies and Analcure claims. Personal letters describe dramatic skin relief after doctors failed, plus a Stanford trainer Dan Moulton tale ending with a fatal race setback.
An editor and amateur contributor spar over a poem noting meter and rhyme faults while a statesman quips about governance. The column also warns that even harmless plants like daffodils and narcissus can cause skin irritation, a reminder of hidden dangers.
The Well-Informed demand a gentle effective liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known wholesome remedy. Genuine product sold by leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
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