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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1907
Page
2
A collection of humorous vignettes from Millville and surrounding cities. Tales include Uncle Jed’s frugal wit at a social feast, a piano of social economy, a doctor’s diet advice gone comically far, and lovers rushing to wed with the limit of a taximeter cab at the door.
A quirky exchange from a Chicago Journal snippet shows a couple’s banter about fitness and fashion. A doctor quips that the wife needs toning up, but prescribes a bonnet instead, while other fragments reveal brief humor about bathing suits and earnings in a playful domestic vignette.
A fragment captures a tense exchange about a missing umbrella. One speaker laments a trivial loss while another demands action, claiming ownership and insisting on care. The dialogue hints at humor and frustration over a small item becoming a point of conflict.
An eastern city resident complains of high living costs in the West and muses on moving east. He notes that many fine houses are occupied by about a thousand lawyers and judges, reflecting on the expense of urban life and gas costs in the city.
A Yonkers States man recounts a humorous exchange between a red-faced passenger and a conductor over fare rates. The passenger presses about a penny a mile for dogs on the road, the conductor confirms the rate while the passenger protests the charge, prompting a light taunt about dogs.
A dialogic fragment shows De Riter challenging Crittick’s judgment, claiming the speaker is beyond his depth. De Riter asserts AD’s remark that TE thought they would proves the point, while the other replies that yes the speaker is indeed beyond his depth.
A fisherman complains of a slow bite all day while a clever landowner quips about the ash not knowing the stream. The exchange captures rustic humor from a rural scene as locals comment on fishing and luck.
A Yonkers Statesman note contemplates the long term heat supply and the impact on coal costs. The author questions the burden of fuel expenses if current heat sources persist for an extended era.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a mother warning her child Tam to be careful at the sea shore about coloring of the bathing suit. The exchange emphasizes practical caution and domestic humor. The brief vignette preserves regional spelling and wartime-era tone.
A moral proverb asserts that sowing thorny actions yields thorny outcomes, warning readers that negative deeds invite corresponding consequences. The line echoes Pilpay's echoed maxim about cause and effect in human conduct.
A calm scene in a city block shows Willie visiting a neighbor to check on a sick friend named Jimmy. The boy’s thoughtful care and the mother’s gratitude move him to apologize for playing noise. At the last step he asks if Jimmy dies, can he have Jimmy’s drum.
The American Medical Association is portrayed as seeking to influence legislation to restrict medicine and healing practices, with 16,000 legislative correspondents and a push for more physician candidates for Congress. The article observes growing organized effort to dominate state and national law, while detailing the association’s finances and assets. It also touches on a Taunton lawyer’s patron saint anecdote and various provincial vignettes about New York culture and customs.
A correspondent suggests a needlework project for vacation days. Create an embroidered newspaper rack using any fabric from linen to brocade, with a cardboard back 20 by 12 inches and a front that can be richly embroidered. Assemble on cardboard, join with a concealed seam, and finish with ribbon bows for hanging and decoration.
The article details fashionable neckwear such as embroidered collars with dainty bow ties and ribbon pins, plus short sashes of gold or silver ribbon with tassels. It notes the popularity of fichu effects, flounced skirts, and new belt styles including leather, striped leather, elastic belts, and ribbon belts with braced sleeves, all pairing with white lawn blouses and summer fabrics.
A fashion notice describes trimming trends on silk coats and mousseline skirt frocks. Alternating narrow frills of lace and mousseline decorate the skirt and sleeves, with sleeveless cagouque showing sheer ribbed details. Tiny ribbon frills and wide ruching edge sheer fabrics for summer frocks are highlighted, matching silk edging.
Invitation asks guests to bring any piece of china and fearlessly reveal its origin value. An expert hidden among attendees appraises each item, delivering delight or disappointment with precise judgments that reveal worth and maker details.
A pale hue mull dress with a sheer white handkerchief yoke and sleeves, handmade with lace insets and embroidery. The plain full gored skirt finishes with a nine inch hem, sash in deep rose satin, paired with a brown tulle hat and pink parasol for a complete French-inspired ensemble.
A late arrival from Paris features border style English belt like fastenings with a linen buckle. The items are smart with original look and promise a delicate waist finish to lawn shirts and linen or serge white. Hand embroidered linen offers elegant scope for individual treatment.
An advertisement extols Man-A-Lin as an excellent remedy for constipation linking constipation to many ailments such as biliousness skin issues and headaches and claiming it provides gentle bowel action making harsh cathartics unnecessary a dose or two is advised for mild fevers colds influenza and similar illnesses
John B. Lennon of the American Federation of Labor recounted a past strike of bobbin boys praising their protest. The tale described a mill placard reading The wages of sin is death but the Wages of the bobbin boys is worse and noted their effective conduct.
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