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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
2
A dense, period ad block urges readers to treat kidney trouble with Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer. It touts disease links heart and bladder issues and promises free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Binghamton New York. It also includes various testimonials and product lines.
A girl recalls a late night telephone call where a voice seemed to cross time and whisper. She asks the other party to keep quiet so her husband cannot hear. The mistaken whispering leaves her restless and curious about what she should not want him to hear.
Fragmentary civil domestic note describes a quarrel where one party accuses the other of planning continued contact with a mother figure. The response denies ongoing interference and implies shifting social boundaries within a relationship.
A nurse recounts using Grape Nuts to save a fragile infant after doctors doubted a condensed milk diet. By soaking powder in water and mixing with milk, salt, and sugar, the baby thrived. The poster touts Grape Nuts as the best food for delicate infants and strong adults, urging readers to read The Head to Wellville for the reason.
Meredith Nicholson text shows Glenarm in a haunted mansion chasing mischief at night. He confronts Bates, the mysterious cook, whose calm Shakespeare reading contrasts with the narrator's escalating fury and fear as footsteps echo through the dark house. The episode ends with the narrator retreating.
In winter at Glenarm, the narrator contemplates dangers around Pickering and a hidden fortune. A note from St Agatha's hints at intrusion by a student, while Bates and the chaplain Paul Stoddard discuss plans and loyalties. The reverend forms an uneasy alliance as rumors of hidden walls linger.
A slick con man targeted farmers in South Dakota, offering to buy land at a low initial price and then charging 50 cents per acre for advertising. The agent, claiming he can sell the land, promised payment only after sale, but no contract reflected that. Brown County reportedly saw twenty two victims totaling about $220, while others vow to fight the scheme.
A secretary notes varied entries in the club complaint book. Readers gripe about cold hot water, missing novel additions to the library, and young members pushing brands via wines cigars and cigarettes. Anonymous scandals also appear, including a claim that Maj Hawkins flirts with many wives and owes a tenner.
A testimonial from Mrs. Lillie Wibber of Chattanooga Tenn recounts how Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a tunning sore and a skin disease after prior failures. The letter also notes a baby cured and mentions two other households, with playful quotes from an 1907 date. An unrelated Miranda anecdote and Harvard Lampoon humor follow.
A fragment claims Brown's Bronchial Troches give immediate relief for old people with bronchial affections, noting seasonal susceptibility. The ad libits a sweeping claim and dismissive line about legal assurances, reflecting dubious marketing rhetoric.
An anxious writer, Anne Bannerman Wick Hitt, 38, laments career failure and the strain of public expectations. She describes returning to work after years of sacrifice, seeking a role in demonstrations rather than remaining trapped by the "octopus of the composite woman" and societal pressures.
A Philadelphia man, John Lambert Jr., moves an Abington house to remodel it and unearths a bees nest between floors. Workers discover over 200 pounds of honey stored in the structure, and the apiarist assumes Lambert owns the honey after transfer of possession.
Full Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V C advised students to read every word for full meaning and to play for the side rather than personal gain. He urged careful interpretation of passages and careful study in games reflecting discipline and teamwork.
A writer cites a curious remark about rats in New York, claiming scarcity due to few wooden houses and many cellars. The orphaned travel anecdote continues with A Henry Barnst Landor recounting Africa travel, a grain barter, and a clever servant. It ends with a playful exchange about ocean currents and fruit.
A fragment argues that a plain woman with no perceived charms is unlucky, claiming femininity hinges on attractions and noting harsher outcomes for women than men in social judgment. The text reads like a late 19th or early 20th century gender column, with sweeping generalizations and pointed moralizing.
A reader notes ivy over a house wall warms in winter and keeps the wall dry, but now causes damage by prying joints apart and harming woodwork. The report highlights competing effects of ivy growth on structural integrity.
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