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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
6
A vintage style ad claims Enstant Relief cures itching with a few drops of a soothing liquid. The copy extols quick, painless relief from torture and nerve racking sensations, touting DD prescription strength formula as recommended by druggists. A brief aside notes a joke about a typist and a marriage in under three months.
A Highlandtown Maryland woman describes severe eczema with itching and disfigurement for about ten months. After dermatologists failed and various remedies did not help, she tried Cuticura Remedies and was relieved after four to five applications. She reports complete cure.
A garbled column of patent medicine pitches and political quips. It promotes Dr Mitchells Salve for eyes, a 25 cent price, and urges avoiding dealers. It includes patriotic maxims, a Bates style joke, and references to laxatives and social commentary, all in a then presentational voice.
In a sprawling intrigue, American Barnes navigates vendetta threats in Nice. Perrier declines help, Emory’s fate haunts the case, and Sally Blackwood hints at danger as Cipriano Danella looms. Barnes plots to outmaneuver foes while preparing for a marriage in a perilous shadow.
The Montreal Standard notes the phrase crocodile tears and traces its imagined origin to elf travelers and a long medieval fable. It cites Sir John Mandeville’s Travels (1499) describing rivers of serpents and crocodiles, their fierce features, and the myths of cruelty and weeping as deception.
The remark ponders the purpose of business activity and the meaning of success. It contrasts a wealthy man who built a vast house with no interest in art or history to question what true achievement entails. The piece also notes a curious fact that Belgium consumes more potatoes than Ireland.
In a Chicago Daily News vignette a slender debutante dominates a dinner with wit and cunning. She teases a bored suitor about attention, deflects a serious flirtation, and reveals she seeks social capital this month. Their playful clash ends with shared laughter and a spark between them.
The piece says hearty laughter strengthens lungs and improves appearance, while giggling harms beauty. It urges optimism, avoiding gloom, and promotes fresh air, sunshine, and daily laughter as the path to happiness and social appeal.
Elks advertise a 30 day excursion to California via the Salt Lake Route with trips including boating bathing and orange grove visits. The package price is four dollars and twenty scenes are offered. agents in Salt Lake City handle reservations or write to A. W. Raybould secretary for details.
Shoemaker Wegner of Strasbourg has built a massive grandfather clock nearly six feet tall entirely from straw. All wheels and parts are straw, and after 16 years of work the mechanism keeps perfect time.
In Charleston West Virginia a judge famed for rudeness presided over a case with a fuming lawyer. The jurist sat with feet on the railing concealing his face as the exchange grew tense. The lawyer asked which end of honor to address. The judge quipped that either end could suit, underscoring a brittle courtroom dynamic.
The text describes speculation as driven by big players taking profits while smaller investors risk busts. It likens markets to a sea where large fish hunt and dominate, leaving smaller fish safer only when larger ones are not hungry.
A compact meditation on culture as the drive to transcend self obsession through caring for others. The piece imagines a Christian universal nirvana within the human family, emphasizing empathy, shared pain, and love across communities.
San Antonio Express carries a contemporary piece in which a writer or critic discusses society as a wave. The author elaborates on the idea that duty and resilience shape the core of human character amid social tides.
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