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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1904
Page
3
A collage of anecdotes on Shrove Tuesday matchmaking in Ireland, with stories of arranged marriages by parents, a Munster church wedding crowd, and a Tipperary girl fatefully paired. Variations reflect rustic humor and fate, ending in hopeful marriages amid playful banter.
A miscellaneous clipping notes social critique on Japanese women and marriage, then pivots to farm seeds and fodder crops. It mentions Teosinte, Billion Dotter Grass, Victoria Rape yields per acre, and a seed catalog offer. Also references French schools, brandy in coffee, butter color, and Japanese army reserves recruiting numbers.
In a Pittsburg Dispatch story, an American electrician recalls meeting a Japanese apprentice named OJ in the early 1880s who worked two years in various factory departments after a letter of introduction. Decades later three Japanese engineers from Tokyo, Wadachi Nakayama and Okone, visit the same engineer, who learns Ol rose to minister of posts and telegraphs in wartime Japan.
Washington correspondence reports Representative Russell of Texas attacking an anti-pension grant involving a Missouri home guard member. He cites Ben Chapman, a thirty day man, who sought a $72 monthly pension claiming amputation at the hip after a relapse. The pension examiner queried the claimed injury as the man admitted only brief service.
Dr. Perkins Carter of Cleveland recounts Mark Hanna's visit to a Strand chophouse where a waiter admits the pie’s thumbprint in a jocular tale. A satire notes language babel in empire era army commands, and Rev Goedel resigns as Philadelphia charity rector claiming not fully American. Cable greetings linked Pilgrims Club banquet with Durand in New York.
Miss Bertha M. Rush of 5435 Kincaide Street Pittsburgh writes of dramatic recovery from systemic catarrh and nervousness after using Peruna. She describes fatigue loss of appetite and fears easing, appetite returning and flesh regained after several bottles, praising the tonic’s effects.
I am tired and low mood from approaching spring. Peruna is advertised as perfect for lassitude irregular appetite and sleep. Mrs H Kassatt of Des Moines writes that Peruna rebuilt her strength after a months breakdown and that she takes it twice yearly to stay healthy.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal tonic improving nerves strength and circulation. It claims to restore appetite and digestion, urging even frail women not to be without it. The copy emphasizes wide availability and immediate benefits.
A fragmented notice urges readers to contact Dr Hartman of the Sanitorium for valuable medical advice. It provides an address at Preakéent of the Sanitorium and mentions Peruna. The text shows garbled names and street references, but centers on seeking professional guidance.
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