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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
3
An old style ad promises relief from skin disease with a prescription remedy. It touts external relief and urges readers to try a product labeled as a trusted treatment. The copy references a Michlan Street location and claims strong effectiveness.
Advertisement style blurb touts Doctor Mitchell's Eye Salve as a ready remedy for inflamed eyes with one bottle curing most cases. Claims 25 cents at all stores and compares favors with other periodicals and products. Contains scattered promotional lines and promotional ramblings.
A Willimantic woman testifies she suffered five years from female troubles including backache irregularities and dizziness. After trying three doctors she found relief taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claimed to restore health. The ad touts decades of use and widespread success curing displacement fibroid and related symptoms.
An article examines the persistence of life after death with how arteries and organs can be revived or preserved. It cites Dr Carrel and experiments transferring hearts, autolysis, and refrigeration as tools for suspended animation. It then shifts to a bee production burst, noting 300 billion bees yielding honey worth millions and comparing beekeeping output to crops and agricultural values.
Dr. Pierce Underhill, whose book on marriage is due in Indianapolis, spoke on divorcee topics in a fashionable Indianapolis church. He argued extravagance fuels divorce, citing a banker cousin who married well but was scolded by his wife for living in a tiny flat with her.
A pair teased a pearly-pated stranger about the real cause of baldness. The stranger, turning sharply, demanded, and snorted: drains. The anecdote ends with a punchy, abrupt remark.
A brief New York Herald quip on family likeness notes Waly resembles a parent. The exchange hints at pride and awkward humor in familiar talk without extending into broader context or events.
A National Lead Company notice urges homeowners to beware of poor workmanship and adulterated paint. It advertises a free complete painting guide with color schemes and a test for paint purity, highlighting pure white lead and the Dutch Boy trademark as safeguards against paint trouble for exterior and interior work.
A testimonial from 1908 describes eczema starting on the hand spreading to the arms legs and face. The subject credits Cutienura remedies with complete relief after prior doctors failed. Includes names and addresses and a product sale note.
A jumble of ad like lines mentions Floyd County commissioners ordering painting supplies and a $5,000 necklace offer. It includes drugstore cures, eye salves, and various promotional quips from a historical newspaper page featuring names, places, and scattered product pitches.
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