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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1905
Page
3
The New Orleans Times Democrat urges open-air activity and social engagement to curb blushing, a common embarrassment causing nervousness and hindered daily life. It argues shyness is best treated by outdoor exercise and sociability, though very sensitive individuals may face a lengthy but helpful process.
The piece argues that a writer in a London journal misuses demean and demeanour with a sense of abasement. It notes the noun demeanor could have saved educated readers from error and comments on everyday speech and printing practices. It then describes a Japanese tea party with cushions and a specific method for preparing green tea without sugar or cream.
A Cassell's Saturday Journal note describes four divisions of Paris's secret police. The Surety track down and capture criminals. plainclothes officers monitor lodging houses, workplaces, and public health. a third group shadows political agitators and gamblers. a fourth unit includes well dressed guards who protect the president from threats and nuisances.
A dancer at a Paris music hall attracted a lion that reached through cage bars and patted her face. The untidy incident left her with facial scratches and swelling. She sues the proprietor for 2000 francs as the court adjourned the case until November for a verdict on damages. In Jersey City a condemned Italian murderer Nicola Murdaco faced a forced bath after tension with fellow inmate Tapeley who opposed confinement with him. Guards scrubbed Murdaco, who resisted and threatened self harm by tongue injury.
The record traces yellow fever as an American plague with early hits in the West Indies and at American ports, noting violent episodes in Gibraltar and various Spanish cities, plus outbreaks in Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia in 1866, Wilmington North Carolina in 1962, and Savannah Georgia in 1876. It highlights six mortality peaks in New Orleans between 1847 and 1868 averaging 3500 deaths per outbreak, Memphis devastation in 1878 79 with 5160 deaths in 1878 and 485 in 1879, and a total US toll of 14809 that year, with scattered notes of social reaction and stray, garbled text fragments.
Two speakers discuss limits in conversation as playful banter reveals character and tone. A quick exchange shows Cholly claiming persistence while Molly doubts progress, hinting at their relationship dynamic and humor.
An 1880s style ad extols women's health and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It argues beauty tied to health inspires men and civilization, condemns illness in mothers, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Bessie Ainsley of Tacoma praising the remedy's effects on backache headaches and general vitality. The letter urges others to seek the cure in Pinkham's product.
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