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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1904
Page
2
Fragment from a fashion page detailing stole collars with two patterns, number one and two, including materials and yardage. It also describes a seven gored skirt with inverted plaits, straps, and yardage for sizes, alongside moonlight dress and fur hat notes, and a girl’s suspender costume with box plaited gathers.
Vivid notes describe velvet roekingstein frocks jeweled clasps painted wood buttons and velvety embellishments. Walking skirts hover above ground riveted arrows and brown fur hats feature smart trims while lace adds sopricious tone. A 45 inch poplar coat and matching slipper heels show the era's fad.
Stiff new collars show growing ingenuity with shapes advancing weekly. Designers experiment to dispense with supplementary bows or ties, signaling a shift in how shirts are worn and presented.
A May Manton pattern for a white dress with crepe de Chine, cream lace bertha, and shirred yoke. Describes a slim waist, fitted sleeves, and drooping puffs at the wrists suitable for ages 12 to 16, with yardage for sizes 12 to 16 and lace. Pattern No. 4414 mailed for ten cents.
In a playful note the writer suggests hats suit women with less hair, while those with fuller heads can relish comfort from headgear without sacrificing their hair. The piece lightly riffs on fashion and self image for readers.
The best material for an everyday skirt is twilled taffeta. It is firm, noiseless and soft, suitable for modest style. A black twilled taffeta skirt with tight fold at the foot remains tasteful and profitable.
Advice on selecting gloves notes French kid gloves last longer but suede lasts shorter. It suggests choosing a soft elastic kid leather, and warns that tight seams may cause heat. It recommends breathing into gloves to cool hands and prevent hardening when worn.
Pale green shades highlight sashes and hair bows to accompany white frocks. Frocks for tiny children follow a French long-water, short-skirt form in one piece princesse style with plaits and belts. White wool dresses feature plaid silk trim and white braid, with sailor or catlor collars and scarves in coordinating colors.
The pattern describes a box plaited guimpe with center back closure, elbow plaits, a straight box plaited skirt that flares, and two section suspenders with back points overlapping the front. Yardages are given for sizes 6 to 12 years and widths of 21, 27, 36, and 44 inches.
Changeable velveteens imitate Lyons velvet quality with deep color depth especially when black. Several selection options available at 75 cents a yard offering substantial value for fabric needs.
Fragmentary OCR mentions mailing and coupons with a small payment and a firm address 65 Mymouth Place. Harrison & Co. appears as a named entity along with a Pakistan-related note. The readable text is sparse and lacks a clear news event or outcome.
A humorous anecdote from a mother about a four year old noting unequal legs reflects early logic. The piece shifts to praise for strong chins and willpower, then cites Dr Williamson Swearn of Yorktown Ark claiming success with Dodd's Kidney Pills backed by a sworn statement. It includes a malaria hematuria case and moves to urban housing trends, then an erroneous medical ad for dental and hearing remedies.
Dogs with collecting boxes attached to their collars raise funds for charities, including a hospital in Ireland that collected $16,000 in five years. Also reported is Prof. Hans Mollech’s Prague study of a bacteria powered lamp, glowing blue green for two to three weeks, suitable for mines and powder magazines.
The veteran from Walnut Street, Ur bana TL, notes kidney relief and back pain waning after Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls using Dean's Kidney Pills during attacks, reporting consistent results since first exposure over two years ago. Bottled by the Buffalo firm, price 50 cents per box. Crows killed in cruel method in Italy described with a decoy meat trap and paper wedge laced with birdlime causing crow to spiral to death.
A quirky note on Haiti’s obscure nobility spirits from the era with comic expositions of titled figures like the Duke of Marmelade and the Duke of Limona de. Also mentions Piso’s Cure for throat and lung issues and a Bar Harbor autumn bride receiving a bound volume of handwritten recipes as a wedding gift.
Quotations discuss rulers and spelling mistakes across history. Emperor Sigismund of Germany clashes with Cardinal Tacelntinus over authority versus grammar. Napoleon, Voltaire, Frederick the Great weigh in on public duties and linguistic accuracy.
Hume Patterson, in work for the Fishery Board of Scotland, argues salmon disease is caused by a bacillus invading skin wounds rather than a fungal attack. The bacilli survive in dead fish, creating infection. diseased fish should be removed and burned promptly when observed.
In Emmons Co Dakota we can sell you 190 acres fine land you can break 100 acres this spring sow it to Salser s Flax and reap enough to pay for your land etc having a fine farm free the first year Have ten such pieces for sale Nalzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis
In New York eccentric bachelor H. P. Halliday left six thousand dollars for maiden ladies over forty who visit his grave on the anniversary of his death in deep mourning. The fund’s yearly interest is to be divided among all eligible ladies who spend half an hour in sorrowful vigil, deploring the vanities of their sex.
The town of Carrickfergus on Antrim’s shore near Lough Hebe fast supplies about one fifth of the salt consumed in the United Kingdom. Within three miles, twelve salt mines operate, though only about half are active now.
To brighten a mirror, rub with a clean cloth dipped in a cream made of whiting and cold water, to which a few drops of ammonia are added. Polish well with old newspaper.
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