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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
2
A blurred OCR item touts Dr Coffee a local oculist in Town selling a curebook for eye ailments including weak eyesight and eye granulations. It claims 00,000 copies printed and offers a copy to every reader who writes for the pamphlet.
A Russian chemist has discovered a new alumino-thermic compound and ignited it with magnesium tape. The compound burns with intense heat, capable of punching clean holes through iron plates of any thickness without heating the surrounding area, depending on the amount of thermite burned.
The article reports on frauds tied to fake gold watches and stamped cases. It notes that dishonest dealers sell watches with lead or bogus stamps, deceiving buyers and placing blame on manufacturers and stamping practices. It mentions various companies and the public’s need for vigilance against these frauds.
A rugged account of jaguar hunting in coastal upriver regions describes the danger and allure for hardy hunters. Jaguars stalked from elevated hides with bow and arrow, favored moonlit sea beaches, and posed a bold challenge to natives and outsiders who know they fear neither man nor city strangers.
The Farmers Brain and Live Stock Commission Co plans to centralize shipments at primary markets, set up stock feeding stations, and operate elevators in Chicago with farmer backing and broad business support. A quake linked fire case notes court timing on earthquake damage across cities.
A damaged notice from CHENEY CO of Toledo Ohio offers a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a strange garden related scheme. The ad mentions a clumsy description of a disease and a plan to trap victims to steal valuables by manipulation and deception.
A fragment notes the fading era of punning humor in late stage humor and comic writing. It references Sir Francis Burnand as among the last masterful users of puns and mentions figures like Theodore Hank and J. J. Byron in a bygone public appetite for witty speech.
Victorien Sardou and Sarah Bernhardt dominate Paris boulevards with Sardou's La Sordero. Bernhardt plays the heroine to thunderous acclaim as Sardou, nervous yet defiant, stages his return after five years. Eight curtain calls mark opening night as Paris buzzes.
A vessel carrying cement sank near Sheerness on the coast about 30 to 40 years ago during a storm. The cargo spoiled, but barrels washed ashore and left solid cement blocks after water wore away the wood. An enterprising local built a grotto from the blocks as a summer annex to a nearby hostelry.
A shaving set fashioned from a case knife razor is described with the blade angled to the handle. A frayed rope served as a lather brush, bound with shoestring at both ends, and the rope end still bore traces of lather. The items likely belonged to a tramp.
Immense fortune has been made from the banana business as revenues come from more than fruit sales. Banana leaves are used for packing, the leaf wax has commerce value, hemp is derived from stems to make mats plaited work and fine lace handkerchiefs, and banana is ground into banana flour.
Airborne dust rises as populations cluster, with London showing about 150,009 dust parts versus Paris 210,000. Argylshire in Scotland records only about 200. Sir James Crichton Browne cites these comparisons to illustrate how urban areas accumulate more dust in the air.
A Philadelphia horseman, Thomas McGuinness, took a thoroughbred horse to Europe. As land appeared off the Irish coast, the bay horse pressed his head through a grate and whined, signaling nearing shore. The captain attributed this to the horse smelling pasture sands far seaward, a trait said to warn of land on ocean voyages.
A period article praises Mexican pickpockets as highly skilled and artistic. It recalls an American city chief of police robbed twice in two days, with the thief returning the watch, possibly to boast of Mexican prowess and professional pride.
Physicians from Arkansas Kansas and Texas praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney disease diabetes and related ailments. The Buffalo article cites Dr. Dunaway Benton and others who report cures and high success in treating kidney trouble. A separate note discusses a rural New Yorker and farmers urged to order Salzer seed catalogs and seed samples for various crops and fodder plants.
In a Paris studio James McNeill Whistler criticizes a pupil Work. He replaces a red backdrop with a duller tone, scrapes paint, and strives to please himself as the class watches. He asks if they know what he is attempting.
Fragmented lines improvise around a cockroach figure and surreal imagery. The text blends playful phrases with scattered sounds and cartoonish references, creating a collage of odd, rhythmic lines.
Fragmentary column notes many pithy sayings and social quips about health money pride and luck. The passage includes aphorisms on luck self deception travel wealth and character ending with a line about asking for a chair during a dance.
Professional nurse Hattin Brigham of Montague Mass credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending years of backache spinal cramps and nervous fatigue. She suffered severe pain and could not move during cramps until one box brought lasting relief and improved blood purity. She recommends the remedy to colleagues and patients and notes availability of a free trial box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A lyrical reflection on how a sweet laugh brightens daily life and travels beyond. It calls laughter a silver bell that lights even sleeping hours, scattering shadows of mortality and banishing mental gloom during care or sorrow.
In a brief exchange two weeks later a woman asks if he is a Jewell and he replies he is a Jeweler and has just wet the jewel. He then notes the need to call in a jeweler to settle the matter.
Fishermen on the French coast avoid sea labor during two November days due to superstitious fear of the death wind and belief that drowned fishermen rise to capsize boats. Also notes the National Irrigation Congress meeting planned in El Paso Texas this fall with talks by irrigation authorities and a Mexican bull fight. For details contact C. B. Warren, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The text notes prevailing easterly winds across the Eastern coasts, West Indies, and Florida peninsula. It claims these constant trade winds render the eastern shores healthier and more salubrious than the western coasts where winds are less steady.
A promotional note from John A. Sulzer Seed Co la Crosse Wisconsin touts Ba. Maceron Wheat Por A as a versatile crop for arid and good land with yields of 40 to 60 bushels per acre. It claims benefits for hog and cattle fattening and offers a free seed sample and catalog valued at $100. An unrelated line mentions Italian newspapers and Putnam Faceless Dyes refunds.
A relieved wife reads a telegram about their maid leaving after the baby’s fall down stairs and broken arm. The page also offers archaic laundry tips for washing silk dresses with Ivory Soap guidance from Eleanor R. Parr.
In outer islands of the Hebrides smallpox is alluded to as bhean meth the good wife. The euphemism allows respectful speech to escape the disease ban, reflecting cautious social language in medical discourse.
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