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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
2
The piece notes Canadian regiments suffering higher casualty rates at Moddes Flyer and discusses health neglect amid wartime finance pressures. It promotes Hosteller's Stomach Bitters for stomach ills and references insurrectionary forces, Manila evacuations, and unclear figures totaling £61,400, 400.
An assortment of health cure claims appears, praising Mrs Pinkham’s remedies for kidney troubles and other ailments. The piece notes endorsements from city officials, letters from women, and advice about avoiding harmful substances. It also advertises Allen’s foot powder and various products with claims of relief, showing a blend of medical advertising and political notes.
An advertisement extols constant upkeep for all machines and warns against improper handling. It promotes Maxoliva and Casoarets as remedies, claims liver and bowel benefits, and urges readers to buy samples from a Montreal company, promising health and efficiency gains.
The verse extols a woman’s calm beauty and noble mind, praising a mind at peace and innocent heart as the essence of grace. Lord Tyron is alluded to in the closing lines, linking beauty with virtue and spiritual calm.
The article describes two methods: a gasoline soak for most ribbons except white ones, followed by air drying and odor removal, and a soap wash with gentle pressing under weight to remove dirt and wrinkles. It cautions against fire risks with gasoline and notes that white ribbons may discolor with the solvent.
Households learn to boost room height by proper hanging of pictures. Use two nails or wire to avoid cord discord. Favor black and white images in bright hallways and choose wall cords matching wall color. Place centers near eye level. avoid heavy wall patterns.
Value of Space in Roars. The season nears moving, and housewives should economize space in new apartments. A narrow abelf with cretonne curtains can substitute for closets, with brass hooks and painted finish. A top shelf holds books and photos, while carpenters may install for a song. A box couch in the dining room can serve as a linen closet.
A New York society woman advises on bric-a-brac decor noting avoid useless items and duplicates. She urges buying only one of a kind pieces, not overmatching, to maintain elegance with meaningful, worthwhile possessions and warns against accumulating cheap trinkets.
A detailed clothing description notes a dull reddish purple smooth-faced sloth outfit with shallow vertical pleats stitched to the knees. It features a belt yoke and stock in dull pastel pink panne velvet with gold spangles, brass belt buckle, and a toque of white embroidered net adorned with pink roses and shaded leaves.
Step by step recipe describes preparing a candyable syrup from sugar and water, boiling to a syrup, adding tincture of ginger, and dipping peeled apples before finishing in the syrup to become transparent.
A collection of vintage kitchen instructions detailing Fig Dumplings Steamed Lemon Pudding and Celery Fritters. It specifies ingredients measures methods and cooking times for each dish including flour suet figs sugar allspice lemon rind and self raising flour plus steps to steam boil and fry the batter with guidance on quantities and serving notes.
A boy who freely admits he cut the cherry tree wonders why his father punishes him. The father quips that the saying honesty is the best policy would be misapplied. He argues that children and fools speak the truth, a wry response from a weary parent.
An overheard levee conversation between two roustabouts ends with a grim joke. One says the doctors have given up, but the police haven't, reflecting a grim humor about a missing local man in Memphis.
A Philadelphia North American report portrays burglars questioning a victim hiding beneath bed coverings. They demand whether he will lead them to carry off an ornamental watch dog and other stolen items from the front yard, amid a tense confrontation.
A judge extols Peruna as essential to health, claiming catarrh is nearly universal and a cold leads to it. The ad asserts Peruna cures and prevents catarrh, urges families to obtain Dr Hartman’s Winter Health book from Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
Excerpts discuss the soul’s resilience beyond physical decay, and the need for complete surrender to God's will to gain the power of prayer. Also included are ad snippets for Allen's Foot-Ease, a bank president's prison sentence, a cold remedy, a hotel anecdote, and a ye olde quip about hardship in work.
A fragment notes the Afrikanderbund organ backing a conciliation committee to save Boer independence, signaling a push for peace at Capetown during tense times.
A garbled exchange from the article shows a quoted remark about an artist named Johnson and a sexual undertone involving a ten dollar payment. The fragment references a newspaper in Atlanta Constitution and hints at a controversial moment prompting reader scrutiny.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a playful clash as the line The Supreme Test prompts the poetical maiden to respond with witty retorts about laying down the carpeta. The excerpt captures a humorous exchange in early 20th century newspaper style.
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