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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
3
A writer notes a recently published portrait of Arthur Hallam, praising its lack of old‑time flattery and depicting the youth as solemn and heavy rather than idealized. The piece links Hallam to Tennyson, who called his friend not dead but alive after many years.
A minister at a funeral in Oxford Mass forgets to mention the widow in prayer. His brother sends his niece to remind him. The minister apologizes saying he trusts the Lord will be with the widow in this trial, as he has been with him twice before.
The quote argues that true simplicity is only affordable for the wealthy with ample means, suggesting the so called simple life is a badge of status rather than humble living. It critiques posturing by those with position and money who still feed guests poorly.
A New England tale about a man with a swelled head who sought burial in the town plot and was laughed at, followed by a Robber’s bouquet anecdote from Admiral Birileff. The misadventure contrasts local vanity with court ceremonies and a humorous royal encounter. PMID: none.
The text presents a collage of poetic fragments featuring a luminous woman and a legendary crown alongside a London Spectator anecdote about a boastful hat maker and a husband who takes over household management. The pieces convey romantic imagery, a dreamlike scene, and a contrast with practical household dynamics.
An Irish soldier on sentry duty ordered no smoking near his post. A lighted cigar approached, Pat challenged the officer and forced him to extinguish it. The officer tossed away the cigar, Pat retrieved it, then the sentry box emitted a cloud of smoke when the officer turned. The officer accused Pat of smoking on duty.
A weekly stage driver jokes about a book titled How to Write Poetry while a Black Hills bard ponders progress. The driver asks if the book helped, and the bard replies he is unsure what to keep plugging away at, wondering if the advice targets poetry or the editor.
A historic medical ad argues that stomach vitality determines body strength and health. It warns that weak digestion weakens the whole system and promotes various ailments. The piece promotes Pierce’s People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and urges readers to request the 1000-page book via mail order.
A fragment recalls a wife dressing her husband in a night gown trimmed with pink ribbon to fool their baby as he walks the floor at eight Cavalier, North Dakota.
A testimonial promotes Allen's Foot-Bass as a cure for corns and foot irritation, urging readers to ask druggists for the product and noting widespread drugstore availability. The ad cites Mrs. W. J. Walker of Camden, Nd as a purchaser. An odd extra line mentions an impossible task about emeralds credited to Prof. Verneuill and rubles, likely unrelated.
A Raleigh dispatch cites Paul Pucci, a young Italian traveler, describing cannibal practices in French Africa. He notes distinctions among tribes, approving cannibalism only of enemies, and recounts a tribe that favored feeding the aged, keeping the population young and hardy.
A local business college man extols a striking number oddity. The digits of 142,857 permute under multiplication by 2 through 7, producing 285,714 428,571 571,428 714,285 and 267,142, with the ultimate product 999,999.
A long humorous piece argues how to light a pipe for maximum satisfaction, noting papers on spills wooden or not, trains, matches, and cautions about wax matches. It ends with a light note on a Leeds terrier named Nell setting a killing record, and a stray obituary mention.
A scientist links dream visions to hereditary memory from remote ancestors who survived falls by clutching branches. He argues that brain shocks from stopping cannot be inherited, but falling sensations and animal-habit recurrences explain dreams of pursuit, reptiles, color, suffocation, and flight.
An Absent-Minded Adventist notes a Second Advent church member Nancy Jameson who warns a furniture dealer to expect Judgement next week. The exchange ends with a quip about selling the old chariot. Fresh water in the ocean is rare, and Gulf Stream remains a salt current influencing climate on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
A fifty year old Effingham storekeeper, famed as the village bank, moves to Portland seeking urban society but soon returns to the hometown. He tells a roamer he’d rather be a king among hogs than a hog among kings, choosing the familiar country life over elite city status. Household tips advise packing with paper, avoiding wrinkles, and selecting fabrics like serge and crepe de chine. France’s top hogs are the Craentals, with notable weights reached by ten month old prize animals.
A Rockford Register Gazette report cites Dr William Langhorst and patient O A Leach who, after years of heavy coffee intake, lost part of his optic nerve yet retains peripheral vision. Authorities say coffee caused the condition and urge quitting coffee in favor of Postum.
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