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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1905
Page
3
A quirky note from Ea. W. Dunn reflecting on season’s end and the return of a once bright figure, nicknamed “C-A-B-1.” The writer ponders what has become of her, the erstwhile summer muse, as a playful farewell in a local column.
Beulah, a cautious daughter who cared for her aging parents, sets aside old paths to pursue a new venture in farming towns. Amos Hathaway, returning from the North, surprises her at a pond where she chased frogs and declares renewed intent to marry, prompting a vow to be together after a risky amphibian mishap.
The North German Lloyd steamer Breslau captain, annoyed by a cheeky mulatto youngster, threatened to maroon him on Long Island. The witty reply: Prefer Coney Island for marooning. The tale ends as they reach port with the captain abashed by the quip.
A Bangor Maine captain famed for spit pea soup recounts a voyage mishap. His steward served whole peas by mistake, spoiling the first meal, yet the captain later praised the soup before realizing the issue and never asked for pea soup again.
The fragmentary text hints at a lighthearted exchange about weather and optimism. No clear event, names, or concrete details are readable to form a full news item or identify speakers.
A child lists family members who measure time by memory and records. The narrators claim time is read from almanacs, dairies, and every notable event from 1888 snows to 1949 bird songs, with Grandpa Pine noting when the pieplant froze. Strong characters anchor a household lore of dates and events.
A Daily Chronicle piece notes men envy feminine fashions and long for change from dull coats and grays. It claims jealousy drives their jibes at women's dress while suggesting bold new male outfits like mauve coats or crimson suits could refresh ordinary life.
In a humorous vignette a ten year old Edward explains his reason for not getting a tintype portrait. He notes bananas now cost three for ten cents, so he buys them instead, showing early money sense and business mindedness as quoted from Youth's Companion.
Mr and Mrs Grant, recently moved from the city, visit a country cemetery during a dry spell to choose a burial ground. Mrs Grant favors high ground but Mr Grant warns against marshy low spots, insisting the cemetery is unhealthy.
Rev Minot J Savage recalls a tale about Eugene Field told to a Boston audience as proof of its truth. Field, dining in a New York restaurant, faced a chatty waiter reciting menu items in a garbled way and responded with humor asking for “an orange and a few kind words.”
A Holtom man who never sang before burst into singing Wait Till the Clouds Roll By Maggie. A surprised neighbor asked why and he replied he swears less by singing now. He expects music to fill the neighborhood most times.
A renowned New York physician, now in robust health at 75, offers simple life rules drawn from a century of practice. Emphasizes temperance, balanced amusements and study, adequate sleep, naps as restoratives, avoiding past regrets, and not fearing the future. Also notes that excessive worry wastes time and energy across daily life.
In America eating is a growing fine art and daily accomplishment. People become selective eaters, rejecting anything and everything. The cereal Pillsbury Vitos is touted as the white heart of the wheat berry, pure, unadulterated and economical, packed two pounds per tin and claiming to yield twelve pounds of substantial family food. advertised to grocers as a guaranteed satisfier.
A fragment notes legends among the Un-Mans of a dwarf pigmy tribe once inhabiting the Tennessee mountains. An early 19th century graveyard reportedly contained pigmy-sized skeletons, some sent to college museums, yet no scientific inquiry has been conducted to verify the myth.
Fragmentary text describes a patent remedy for women’s weaknesses and urinary troubles, with an offer from The Mothur Gray Co. It also quotes a Fortnightly Review remark about memory and the image of a first love, framed as an erotic-sentimental image.
Interesting to Students promotes The Four Track News as a travel and education monthly urging subscriptions via publisher George H. Daniels in New York. Fewer deaths from tuberculosis in major Prussian cities show a drop from 25.20 to about 22 per 10,000 across 1836 to 1902, noting improved public health. A Boer voortrekkers place in Transvaal earns a poetic local mention with Waachteenheltje belde boseh ronteln.
A Mr William Browne of St Joseph Missouri recounts spring 1902 illness with loss of appetite, cold sweats, and weakness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for rapid relief and claims the pills cure underlying causes, not just symptoms, with a general health boost. Also notes straw hat fashion history and English royal era pricing for hats.
A fragment recalls two voices exclaiming Wasn't it dreadful as tea time chatter turns to shared memory. The brief exchange hints at a mood of unease and recollection without further context.
Miners in Alaska turn the King river course to dry three miles and use steam shovels to mine auriferous gravel, signaling a bold shift in the gold extraction effort. The exchange hints at uncertainty about whether the party involved anticipated the scope of the project.
Fragmented 19th century note describes men called hereditary elephant catchers in the Batticaloa District of Ceylon. They stalk elephants with heavy hide tools to seize the animal and secure a trophy, leaving the victim to starve. Ends with a moral pondering one happy day across a lifetime.
The excerpt discusses money and procedures to smooth difficulties, noting that greene Schilling 6 Rem Tomer money is yen de Wee. It emphasizes avoiding flannel for neediebooks and recommends using linen or chamois feather to prepare and prevent rust from sulphur exposure.
A jumble of items mentions a contemplative mood and a curious fashion tied to baldness from Greenland dress methods. Nearby notes refer to a brief street encounter in Fresno after twenty five years, ending in a fight over $2 between George Maybell and Jes Hoage, friends in business.
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