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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1903
Page
7
Milas Arlington recalls a childhood love from Tennessee a mountain girl who saved him and inspired a later search for her. He asks Miss Arlington whether to marry before finding his first sweetheart. She cautions him to stay true to his ideal before any union.
A fragment describes a scene where a listener recognizes a young girl as Miss Ableton and asks if she is the little monster’s maid, recalling a past found asleep beneath pines and a whispered family connection.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts Molly Elliott Seawell describing a wealthy American woman who imitates Malaprop, praising a London visit with humorous misnomers. The anecdote highlights absurdities like a baronial castle called baronical and a hall featuring antlers and a spinal stairway.
Legends link fairies to heirs of pagan divinities and fallen angels. Some say they remained on earth after Lucifer’s revolt, while Irish beliefs claim they are spirits of Danaan Druids inhabiting subterranean caves and aiding or harming Milesians.
A cow defies rising water at Enid Oklahoma, crossing a flood to drink from an outdoor water tank. She sinks in mud twice and seems near drowning, but persists and reaches the tank to drink copiously before returning to land. Local note.
An excerpt from a Cincinnati Enquirer piece recounts Maud Rose, a figure whose life intertwines with song and longing. The text contrasts poetic delight and universal beauty with a lonely woman’s suffering and unfulfilled dreams of love, framed by the power of verse and music.
A country acquaintance visits, offers a child half a crown asking if it is a good coin. The boy’s mother notes the question and the man’s reply exposes a desire for counterfeit or bad money. The tale ends with a reflective quip on money and banking.
An elderly shopper asked if the fast colors would run. The store clerk assured her they would not, saying the colors are too fast. The comment appears in the Baltimore American as a light street scene remark.
The description notes embroidered batiste dresses with fringe ends and shoulder extending straps, along with draped undersleeves and plain ecru blouses. Gowns feature heliotrope girdles, gold buckles, and black taffeta stock with green appliques, illustrating French workmanship. Also highlights travel wear with flecked tweeds and heather mixtures, elastic river and lake outfits, and sleeves reimagined over belts.
The article surveys summer fashion trends including bias satin bands, wreaths of roses on lightweight fabrics, wide leather belts, and pearl caps. It highlights mohair fabrics, sash finishes, and simple print dresses with large tucks, deep yokes, and Irish lace bodices. It notes Russian styles for girls, embroidery growth, and elegant linen gowns with broderie anglaise trimming.
Practical advice on cooking meat without pricking to keep tenderness and methods to preserve parsley freshness in airtight jars. Also features fashion notes on fringes, necklines, and new silk trims with mentions of embroidery and open-work decoration.
White louisine blouse features a wide box plait center front with two side plaits and a trim appliqué motif. Yoke collar mirrors the design, while Parisian women carry their sac at races shopping opera or afternoon teas. Sac described as a notch wrist bag in black or gray.
Varying hints for home care and thrift. From stain removal with raw potato to rust on knitting needles, plus advice on curtain length, Japangee trays, fruit storage in airtight tins, and teapot lids to prevent mustiness.
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