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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1905
Page
6
A lengthy account describes Mr Jones’s three year battle with rheumatism after exposure in 1901. After trying many doctors and failing remedies, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for dramatic relief and eventual full recovery. The ad cites widespread relief claims and notes sale by druggists.
Fragmentary ad style text mentions Castorea and Allen's Foot Ease for painful feet and growing nails. References a Sahara scene with sand and palm trees and a dubious health remedy claim. Contains marketing claims and miscellaneous phrases from period advertising copy.
Sir William Bailey Jr. comments on Byron and Dickens, suggesting the writer will provoke stronger feelings, in a terse playful aside captured in the fragment.
Mrs Rose Ether from Brooklyn states her child’s eczema, once black and bleeding with torn skin, is completely healed after using Cudcura Soup and Ointment. She notes no fear or blemish remains and credits the treatment for the dramatic improvement.
A list of long rivers by continent notes the Nile at about 4000 miles in Africa, the Volga 2114 miles in Europe, the Yangtze 3160 miles in Asia, the Missouri 3656 miles in America, and the Murray 360 miles in Australia, with the Thames cited as a short example at 216 miles.
The piece argues law must enforce marriage despite love's impermanence, citing Juliet Magruder and a North American Review essay. It supports the legal bond over mere emotional ties, while noting some view of love as the sole basis, and even critiques Tennyson's certainty about eternal outcomes.
Col Lorenzo Alexia De Clairmont once chief of staff to Guatemala president Cabrera and military dictator. a veteran of Guatemalan wars and U S service in the Philippines where he was wounded thrice. He left Denver January 6 1904 and joined Cabrera’s forces in Guatemala aboard Don Manel Estrada Cabrera’s rankings. He rose rapidly from major to lieutenant colonel and then colonel and chief of staff due to imposing presence and chivalric war spirit.
Vice-President Fairbanks shows quick learning as presiding officer of the United States Senate. Early nerves faded after a minor slip in executive session when he corrected the sergeant at arms to clear the door rather than the galleries. He also initially omitted the oath clause on mental reservation, later correcting the record.
Reporters at a college fraternity dinner in an uptown hotel were kept awake by soporific speeches when a guest asked the press not to mention the Greek motto inadvertently spoken by one of the orators. The young man appealed to reporters, promising privacy for the motto.
William E. Corey, presiding figure of the steel trust, has lived in New York a year yet remains a stranger. At the theater he has never struck a pedestrian with his auto, and reporters find it hard to secure an interview about his life and character.
A Lahore Tribune item recounts a monkey on a bamboo perch outsmarting carrion crows by feigning weakness and grabbing a crow to toss it into the air. The crows were killed by the other monkeys, proof of a playful sense of humor observed by Darwin and echoed in broader notes on animal wit.
The Sun Company of South Bend is mentioned alongside an unusual passage about a scientist claiming to have discovered a germ causing laziness. The text notes the possibility that symptoms appear before microbes, implying a sardonic take on the idea that laziness is an illness.
Discussion on trade analysis notes vast wheat and pork exports while accepting tea cargoes. Reflects on nature's electric lights as metaphoric sun arc and celestial stars illuminating space with implied wonder.
A yearly event near Moscow arranges numerous marriages with over a thousand unions reportedly formed each season, reflecting a long standing matchmaking custom.
A house in Ramsey on the Isle of Man was robbed while the tenant attended church. The burglars left a note reading Watch and pray and referenced tea intelligence, a shifted phrase that appears as a cryptic message alongside the burglary details.
Norway names Herr Michelsen as new premier after a brief rise in politics. Previously a Bergen merchant, the 48 year old was elected to the Storthing two years ago, has held a cabinet portfolio, and is called to form a ministry. He is described as alert and independent in the Storthing.
The article notes Syria tobacco as a well known commodity in Huroyt and America. It mentions a tree called elezzer or ear used by mountaineers to impart a peculiar aromatic flavor, reflecting a cultural view of tobacco’s varied aromas.
A crowded elevated train at Thirty-third Street squeezes a lemon-faced spinster into the lap of a stout man amid a sardine-like crowd. Passengers jammed in, the spinster loses balance, and in the chaos the big man rises, lifting her off his knee before politely offering his seat. The scene ends with her sharp rebuke and his courteous bow.
A selection of humor and social notes from early press includes a racial caricature about a “happy old darky” singing hymns on a country road and an exchange about a Virginia nigguh. It follows with Charles D. Hine’s humorous remarks on exam papers and a brief note on Indigenous place names and their memory in American geography.
Uncle Tom Gray of Livermore Maine, a prudent farmer, gave his son James $50 after James pledges to find work in Exeter New Hampshire and never ask again. The tale contrasts a father’s cautious generosity with a son’s risky promise amid a long day’s business notes. Plus, Santa Fe orders $5 million of new equipment including 75 locomotives 6200 freight cars and 60 passenger coaches to expand future traffic.
Pere Chapet, who recently died at Liege Belgium, made a good living coloring meerschaum pipes. His secret was to smoke regularly but very slowly, never letting the pipe foul, avoid draughts or sudden temperature changes, and never smoke outdoors.
Sahara sands across the northern edge of the Sahara ruins reveal movement within the last twenty centuries. The buried Roman villas and temples show sands shifted north, blotting verdure and narrowing the green belt along North Africa.
On a Harvard occasion Bishop Brooks preached with a special musical service. Solomon, known to students as Sol, sang a solo before the sermon in fine voice. The service opened with the bishop's notable text Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me in a moment of impressive silence.
In a Broadway barber shop, two Negro bootblacks discuss drink choices. One notes moving from straight whiskey to mixed drinks, recalling a Sunday purchase of a drink described as three thirds whisky and one third blackberry wine. The exchange reflects changing tastes.
A vixen and a hound from Earl Bathurst's kennels are seen at Church Farm Siddington near Cirencester. The young vixen was caught early and children caress them as the foxhounds puppy and vixen play for hours.
A historical note alleges that in Spain Jews are barred from building places of worship and lack civil rights, surviving only as subservient residents in the kingdom. The quoted text frames Jews as aliens within Spanish society.
A fragmentary observation set notes an old English and Irish woman living in a garret who dies there, asking how she aged, all while a scene of a child witnessing the moon being covered as it "goes to sleep" by a metaphorical sheet.
A short note extols the simple joy of tea describing it as a mild delight and a fine beverage, evoking a calm appreciation for a warm cup.
A quotation reflecting on greatness as a force linked to the Infinite, describing great men as brothers of mountains and seas and attributed to Ingersoll.
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