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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
7
An old man praises Shilling's Best tea urging readers not to risk money on doubtful brands and to choose this trusted tea. The note frames brand reliability as a small consumer virtue and hints at wartime thrift values.
A Houston Post quote notes dogs cannot hide emotions. A fancier says a dog’s eyes reveal temper while wagging tail signals happiness and anxiety alike. The piece asserts dogs lack deceit and thus mirror genuine feeling, unlike politicians.
A promotional piece extols Grape Nuts as a truly predigested breakfast cereal. It contrasts Grape Nuts processing with rolled flake cereals, touts long soaking and sprouting for starch conversion, and asserts the product offers ready digestion and brain nourishment. It warns against imitation ads and emphasizes purity and skill in manufacturing.
The piece laments child labor in early years, noting one in five children aged ten to fifteen work in mines or factories. It argues education and recreation suffer, children grow up stunted, and society bears long term harm. It cites Roosevelt and the Declaration of Independence to urge moral policy against exploitation.
Reverend Cadman recounts a Brooklyn driver who refused payment after aiding him. The driver explains he once heard Cadman say to “be a man” and credits that moment with turning his life around. Now he owns a horse and carriage, shares a home with his wife and children, and has $1,500 saved.
A verse narrates Mary losing her lamb and her brother John a village shopkeeper who spends time smoking and watching the door. Brokers seize his stock while shoppers pass, until Mary recalls their lesson that fattening sellers thrive by advertising.
A poet told a story about R. K. Munkittrick, veteran joke writer, who hosted Blank and T spent the night at his New Jersey home in May. The next morning they rode to New York by train. Munkittrick had brought funny papers for the trip. Blank read one and laughed, then asked if it was one of Munkittrick’s jokes. The veteran replied with indignant humor that it was indeed a joke.
A late 19th century report claims acetylene illumination doubles radish weight under night exposure and aids peas, with acetylene emerging as a practical town lighting solution. It notes easy gas generation and lower costs, alongside unrelated items on digestion from high voltage energy and a Durer painting discovery.
A woman testifies that changing to Postum Food Core and Grape Nuts cured her husband’s long dyspepsia, improved digestion and nervousness, and aided her own recovery after childbirth. She credits these cereals for her family’s improved health and urges others to try them. Names given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan. There’s a reason.
Professor Balard of Turin has perfected his eye photography invention and promotes its practical use for diagnosing eye diseases.
A fragment notes tea and coffee sold with a disdain for interfering in Providence and Heaven. The speaker rejects coercion by an unnamed "Beer Williams" and emphasizes personal time and choice.
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