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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1900
Page
2
The Challis Idaho excerpt presents a jumble of social aphorisms and anecdotes. It references a naval grade debate and President McKinley, a fortune teller lawsuit, Bible readings in Nebraska schools, and Mrs. Jack Gardner's social prominence in Boston. The piece blends reflections on wealth, ignorance, and public virtue with various brief vignettes.
James Russell Lowell lauds the idea of a practical home woman who blends household skill with prudent money management. The article urges women to become a "business girl" at home, earning value through efficient spending, saving, and thoughtful charitable giving, shaping both family welfare and character.
Read about husbands working long hours and wives managing home life with meals chores and child care. Includes fashion notes on skirts coats and hairstyles of the era with guidance on fitting and presenting a neat, stylish domestic appearance.
A clipped note from the Baltimore Herald references noses with regular symmetry and mobile nostrils, two bright eyes, and contrasting hairstyles. It links fantastical, retrousse, and disorderly looks to serious, restrained fashion in historic medals.
A historical note describes a stain treatment using thick starch paste applied to fabric, rubbed thin, then laid in the sun for three or four days. If stains persist, the process is repeated with sprinkling and drying steps to remove remaining marks.
The article offers stain removal methods for tea coffee and fruit stains on tablecloths. It recommends borax or glycerine for tea stains, repeating as needed, and boiling water to rinse. For wine and fruit, salt helps prevent spreading, with a fresh tomato advised as an old remedy.
A brief, if garbled, description of a face shampoo meant to refresh tired skin. It advises wetting with salt and hot water, applying glycerine, lathering, rubbing with almond oil, rinsing, spraying with cold water, drying, and finishing with powder and Fuller’s earth.
A collection of kitchen notes detailing fried oysters with crumb coating, a salmi of duck with claret sauce, a walnut brown sugar cake with marshmallow glaze, and a chocolate pudding with meringue topping. Includes steps for prep, cooking, and finishing touches with notes on textures and temperatures.
In a brief exchange reported by the Philadelphia American, Brimley asks if a man can open a small bottle that he cannot, prompting Bliz to respond with a puzzling remark. The context remains unclear and no further details are provided.
A broad survey discusses forming a national fruit growers and shippers association after a Kansas City meeting on January 16. It cautions about retailer re-sorting of fruit and outlines how early clearing, color boosting, and packing practices mislead buyers. The piece also covers corn yields, drainage issues, and the need to consider moisture content when judging prize crops, with remarks on agricultural policy and markets.
Mr J H Monrad is appointed sessatant dairy and food commissioner of Dilinois. The appointment is a good one and expected to be faithfully discharged. Monrad is a dairy expert known on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific with extensive experience.
A fragmented article discusses Buchloena luxurians as a tropical fodder plant introduced in the Americas, outlining growth habit, yields, and regional performance. It mentions sheep flocks, pasture management, and associated impacts on local markets, dairy feed, and butter trade. It notes price and trade effects on American butter and cheese markets amid competition from imported products.
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