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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1911
Page
7
A Missouri reader credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief after seven years bedridden by disorder and pain. The letter extols cures for displacements and related symptoms, claiming renewed strength for household tasks and social visits.
A Rural New Yorker piece by Ed McLaughlin urges mules be of good breeding stock not scrub stock. It outlines feeding, weaning at nine months, and gradual development to yield easier handling, lower cost, and stronger mules than horses.
The routine begins with a morning warm mash given carefully to the birds to just warm them. Greens roots like turnip and sugar beets and alfalfa hay follow, then at four in the afternoon a main meal of mixed grain mainly wheat in the liter. They are fed more than they can finish so leftovers carry to the next morning.
A farm experiment shows cows kept on pasture and sleeping out at night yield milk with far more dirt than clean cows. An Illinois station tested dirt in a milk dish held under udders for 40 minutes and found soiled udders produced 20 to 24 times more dirt in milk than clean udders. Short Pasture note adds a rural refrain about early pasture access.
Mrs. T. B. Rosser of Mill Hall Pa recounts her infant’s eight week battle with a severe eczema that covered head to foot including eyes ears and scalp. After trying many treatments she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the baby’s hair returned and rash disappeared within four weeks. She endorses the remedies and offers samples by mail from Cuticura Dept. 29 K Boston.
Advice on extending the life of fruit jar rubbers by sealing in flour and aging after removal from jars. Suggests using two rubbers per jar and tightening, standing filled jars upside down to cool, and testing tops and rubbers.
A brief quarrel unfolds with sharp lines about bargains and memory. The Husband accuses constant bargaining while The Wife recalls a singular exception on their wedding day, revealing a tense domestic scene.
Louise Jennings Elise Hathaway and Florence Whntman hosted three lavish beach parties for eight-year-olds within ten days. Parents funded indulgence with carte blanche for guests and entertainment. The girls bragged of ice cream, carrousel rides, and believed their parties were best.
A six year old daughter of a famed evangelistic preacher describes a weary, downcast man who asks to see her father. The girl tells him the preacher is not home but will return soon and invites the visitor inside to wait with the mother until he arrives. The scene, recounted from Youth’s Companion, captures a moment of faith and welcome amid hardship.
A Senate incident reports a valuable china set breaking after a fall. When asked how it happened the housekeeper said it fell down and broke itself. The senator calmly replied it was merely an automatic brake.
A Galveston News aphorism urges restraint in adversity noting the temptation to exploit another’s misfortune. The saying cautions against turning over the fallen to find fault or advantage. It frames moral conduct as measured and fair even in hardship.
An OCR fragment advertises ASK FOR ALLEWS FOOT EASE powder for feet and ingrown nails, mentions substitutes and brand names, and praises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The text also notes promotional lines about beauty and silk stockings, with garbled brand references throughout.
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