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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1909
Page
2
A fragment describes white lead paint as armor against weather, praising National Land Company for offering pure white lead under the Dutch Boy Painter trademark. It adds a quip about a catfish claim and a humorous aside about a hammer remark.
The piece extols oatmeal as the finest food for bone and nerve, praises Quaker Oats for purity, and links athletic prowess to diet. It jokes about rustic farm economy and includes a short, humorous anecdote about a railroad conductor and a crime-adventure scene.
An old-fashioned advert claims Pettit's Eye Salve cures irritations and puffiness for 100 years while offering plucky social musings. It cites Mrs Matilda Holtwart and urges readers to save money before helping others, framing tips as practical guidance for daily life.
A brief reflection on choosing a comrade, noting that temper slips are common to many, but true friends remain steady. It contrasts impulsive, hotheaded men with reliable, cool companions and favors steadfast friendship over rash behavior.
A quirky auction features three yarn relics from Marys lamb fetching 6 75 and 4 5 dollars. Other authentic items include a crumpled horn from a cow of achievement and a horn linked to Buy Blue. miscellaneous objects and a quip filled exchange follow about youth, work, and vanity.
In Constantinople and Konlah Asia Minor the tchelebi or Mevlevi dervishes hold the ancient rite linking the Seljuk Ali Eddin line to the Ottoman sultan by girding him with Osman's sword. Though modern Turks see them as conjurors, they remain revered as guardians of Caliph Mohammed V.
A Hubbardston, Michigan prodigy, Thomas Carmel O Neill, astonishes with instant mental arithmetic. Beginning at age 12 in 1879, he solves complex problems by sight, multiplying long rows of numbers and converting units in moments. The feat spans 63 rods of 100 foot paper and thousands of figures.
A Morris Manitoba police chief reports dry eczema cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after two years of itching and sores. He wore boots again in ten days and was free from itching within three weeks following treatment, with dates cited as March 20, 1907 and September 24, 1908.
A terse exchange recalls a peril at sea as one man questions another about a lifeline and timing after a crewman overboard. The reply cites a mistaken shout for a rope, revealing tension and nautical danger amid a dramatic moment.
An egg on the kitchen table mutters its curdled demand for dessert equity and questions which of the diners will escape a whipping as the cook wields a beater and awaits the outcome.
Houston woman Mrs Bessie L reports three years of female troubles and liver issues. After trying doctors, she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained health, urging others to try it for similar symptoms.
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