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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
7
A collection of social snippets shows barroom talk and dinner table wit. A Philadelphia Times witness corruptly recalls an assault exchange while London Tit-Bits lampoons red hair and bookish women. Mrs Jinks’s maid name Clorinda raises a joke about suitability.
Official figures show per capita spirits consumption in the country dropping from 2.52 gallons in 1840 to 1.37 gallons in 1909. The queen of waly takes interest in a village near Messini ruins where wooden shelters for about 50,000 are being built as a temporary measure until the city is rebuilt. the village is named Queen Helena.
A pasted collage of quick exchanges depicts a nameless architect drawing a building, a widow hears a bid to buy her late husband’s business, and a nurse reference amid a war thoughts vignette. A poet’s hospital fundraiser ends with a quip about an ambulance and supplies.
Jealous intrigue unfolds as the narrator evades danger after a near fatal encounter aboard a house boat. Henry Holbrook dismisses the narrator with courteous formality, leaving the traveler to ride home under a tense cloud of unanswered questions and growing peril.
Donovan attends a quiet Sunday at St Agathas as Helen Pat and Miss Pat discuss undisclosed matters. He probes the canoe-maker Hartridge and learns his daughter lies at the center of vanished visits. A farmer at Tippecanoe reports a mysterious $1000 gift, while Gillespie draws curious attention as war headlines note a five million army.
A Wichita Kansas notice by D C Taylor at 105 East Central Avenue details years of kidney trouble with severe pain. The seller notes frequent bed rest and endorsement of Foster Milburna Co Buffalo NY offering a 60 cent price for the product.
Patricia Holbrook and her guardian fear Henry Holbrook’s threats over money tied to a late bank collapse. Donavan protects them at Port Annandale as ambiguities unfold about Miss Helen Holbrook, Rosalind Hartridge, and a canoe maker Mr Hartridge who claims kinship with his daughter.
In a terse exchange a ticket collector and Montague Gwank clash over a ticket. Gwank has just surrendered his ticket and asks where to stop while the collector directs him to the pawsbre cers.
Mrs. Francis Lond of Plain City Utah reports a child with a scalp rash using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent for eczema. She credits the treatment with restoring healthy hair and asks for the free Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp Boston Mass. The ad concludes with a quote: What sculpture is to marble, education to the soul.
A fragmentary clipping mashes ad copy and captions about remedies and manners. It mentions Dr Pierce pills and a light joke about married life, noting harmony yet daily differences kept hidden. The text blends tonic branding with social humor in a period voice.
A Black man from near Xenia who stole many chickens is convicted of grand larceny. When asked why the judgment should not be passed, he tells the judge he cannot go to jail yet because he is building a shack nearby and must finish it first.
An unsigned note states a generous aid will be forwarded to the Munyom Cemetery Company in Philadelphia Pennsylvania for ongoing support. Details and exact amount are not provided in the readable text.
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