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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
3
A garbled clipping hints at trouble involving the Arrants and a nurse substitute in charge of a baby. The text mentions Fido and a maid, with unclear relationships and actions, reflecting a domestic dispute or custody question.
A Utah Idaho irrigation farm lecture outlines crop rotation to prevent soil sickness and weeds, boost soil humus via legumes, and raise farm profits. It advocates alfalfa and other legumes to fix nitrogen, notes irrigation districts curb weeds, and prescribes rotation fundamentals and schedules for cash, cultivated, legume, and stock crops.
A comically garbled exchange shows two trustees debating college funding and tuition rises. The fathers were asked to give up money, while a playful verse and a misheard line from a specialist appear among the fragments.
The article contrasts mid century middle class wives with today’s standards. It quotes a Companion editorial noting earlier women lived within means, avoided impossible aims, and limited childrearing knowledge. They served meals simply, bathed children weekly, kept table ready, wore the same black dress, and avoided constant social spectacle.
A Kentucky man recounts a four year battle with a widespread itchy burning rash. Doctors diagnosed eczema with no relief. After four months using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as directed, he was completely cured and remains symptom free a year later. A sample kit is offered by Cuticura with a free 32 page book.
An orphaned boy named Harry, six, is cared for by his grandmother and maiden aunt. They dress him in new knickerbockers, which fit awkwardly. In church he cannot sit, exclaims his pants are choking him, and his aunt discovers the garments are on backward. He stands for the service thereafter.
Michael Casey, a longtime San Francisco politician on the city payroll, told a labor meeting that the people are the roots and trunks of the municipal tree while those in office are its branches. A heckler added that the fruit grows on the branches, prompting light banter at the gathering.
An Atlantic Constitution note recalls an old negro preacher who used the line De tree is known by its fruit to illustrate a humorous misreading. After benediction, a fellow worshiper admits such phrasing isn’t in the Bible, and the preacher concedes he added a possum to spark the crowd’s intellect.
A wry remark asserts that every good husband believes he is married to one of the twenty world’s greatest women, signaling playful social rhetoric about marriage and esteem.
The article extols walking as a pure oxygen boost for nerves and skin, recommending four to five mile daily jaunts for strength and satisfaction, noting it as superior to less healthy options. It pairs humor about employment woes with quips on resting and seeing only the bright side.
The year 1911 is expected to see a total fire loss of about 20 million dollars across the United States and Canada. The remark notes the common fate of individual effort contrasted with collective risk.
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