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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1904
Page
3
The article showcases the Extension Ladder, a newly invented ladder that replaces multiple ladders. It explains its extension mechanism to adjust height for reaching high and low points around the home, promising economical usefulness 364 or 265 days a year.
A Louisville Courier-Journal note refutes a tale that elephants seek revenge with tobacco. Tim Buckley asserts elephants avoid unwanted tobacco and may even dislike it, instead preferring other foods while ignoring harmful pranks.
An inventive Viennese engineer built a fifteen foot yacht from sections of an Austrian daily paper. Each plank used thousands of journal leaves and heavy pressure. hull deck masts sails rudder were all paper. The craft, tested on the Woerth See, reportedly performs well even in rough weather.
The Water Witch engine company prize trumpet, captured as a first prize in 1858, was recovered after Thomas Hayden spent three years tracking engine houses within seventy five miles. The trumpet and papers belonging to the old company were presented to him and he offered only that it hasn’t been far away.
A clay model of a large statue rests on four skeletons with iron bones and small wooden blocks forming the vertebrae.
Mrs. W. F. Flemming of Manchester New Hampshire owns multiple copies of the New Hampshire Gazette published in Portsmouth in 1800. Portsmouth was the state’s largest city then and Manchester is not mentioned. The foreign news largely concerns the Napoleonic wars of that era.
Mrs. E M De Long of Council Bluffs Iowa describes severe winter rheumatism in 1896 and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood purifier. After two weeks relief began, six boxes cured her, and she has since recommended them for various blood and nerve disorders. The pills are said to build healthy tissue and strengthen muscles and nerves, sold by all druggists.
The Korean farmer is a poet who sees his rice as The Golden Sand. He describes sprouting as The Bright Green Field, then The Blue Green Plain. As it ripens it becomes The Mottled Jade Wave and, when ripe, The Yellow Gold Wave. After cutting, it is The Yellow Ice and finally The Home of the Golden Child.
Advisory warns against using mercury containing catarrh remedies as they can damage the sense of smell and cause serious harm. Officials urge obtaining guidance from reputable physicians and avoiding impure products. Mercury content cited in multiple salves found during routine checks.
The article notes that the garden at Anne Hathaway's cottage in Shottery hosts shrubs towers and plants from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. It reports these plantings are flourishing and well maintained.
A brief note on Peruvian social norms states that women are forbidden from attending funerals and rarely appear at weddings, except when they are intimate friends of the contracting parties, highlighting a curious cultural restriction.
An Australian recounts a prank with oversized eggs in a hen’s nest. After placing a porcelain egg, a goose egg, and a whitewashed football, the hen repeatedly laid vastly larger eggs. A photo-engraved message on the final egg reveals the punchline about the prank and the photographer’s eye.
John Bradbury described a northern plains squaw dance with circle dancers waving toma hawks, then speeches denouncing husbands. One tale claimed a husband rode to a white town, killed two women, then stole valuables. Also notes on Culpepper and Wesley medical practices in historic England.
A young man explains his cheerful nature depends on others to be cheerful. He says he needs an echo and jokes about the same needing from a companion as they walk in dreary silence. The anecdote reflects how gloom spreads in a family when members fail to lift each other.
An aphoristic reflection on recurring behavior across generations. The author notes a perpetual cycle of doing thinking and acting in similar ways, likening time to an inexhaustible urn pouring a flood of years.
The fragment hints at a discussion of tea knowledge and a mention of A Schilling & Company with Wn Frenne. Readable details are too sparse to determine the event, date, or location. This card notes an obscure reference rather than a complete news item.
During three years of Boer prisoners on St Helena the local death rate jumped from 17.2 per 1,000 in 1899 to about 28.4 per 1,400. Epidemics of enteric fever and severe influenza were reportedly introduced by the prisoners of war.
A San Franciscan has created an electric lighting attachment for physicians bags. The device operates at 25 candle power and lasts twelve hours with 10,000 flashes. It weighs under a pound and places the battery in an inside pocket, offering utility beyond medical use for travelers.
Jow's soothing aid calms the crowd as winds shift and weather signals gently ease. Local officials note improved mood after the late afternoon gusts fade. Residents report calmer streets and steady temperatures statewide.
The article cites George Eliot on balancing affection with independent living and mentions Prep's care for consumption as advice. It notes Fortune in Spilling Salt as an ancient symbol of fragile friendship and references Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper where a betrayer spills salt, tying to themes of continuity and betrayal.
Miss Sadie Robinson of Malden Massachusetts reports that Ferapa, bought a year ago, helped her weakness sleeplessness and nerves from overwork. She used it seven months and regained strength appetite sleep and relief from nervous symptoms. She invites free medical advice from Dr S B Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio and notes all correspondence confidential.
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