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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
3
A young businessman learns to handle customers and spelling through dictated questions. He studies how to treat buyers and practices spelling by comparing similar looking letters as the coach demonstrates. The exercise aims to improve communication and awareness of word use.
A young man recounts how his habit of sending daily mailing cards with two cent stamps prompted his fiancés father to threaten withdrawal of consent. Realizing waste, he converts to four ecards daily with one cent stamps to prove economy and win another chance.
Hashley and Brakeman meet in a restaurant at 7 30 a m. Hashley teases about Brakeman cooking while his wife is in Europe. Brakeman explains plans are upset until his wife reaches the other side and replies to his letter. She has mapped every needed item and taken the cupboard keys.
A Boston Transcript observation argues rapid tooth decay stems from reduced conversational use. The piece suggests jaw exercises benefit teeth and that more talking strengthens dental health as modern entertainments reduce oral activity.
Friends of Mrs Bowen Potter recall her Bray Lodge sale of household goods filled with costly items. Highlights include a mahogany settee linked to Bath and Nell Gwynne, a four seat Chinese screen gifted by Li Hung Chang, and covetable Japanese paintings that drew high praise from artists.
James G. Blaine, long tied to Maine politics, has no memorial in the state. After his death funds were sought but subscriptions fell short and the project died. His body rests in Washington, while a white marble bust by Prof. G. Trontranove of Florence sits unpaid in the statehouse rotunda since 1899.
A New York Mail commentary argues that mid-summer moralists and reformers overstate business ills and that most observers generalize too much. It likens corporate morals to the broader strength of Christianity, not to its backsliders.
Rev Thomas McLeod of Brooklyn angered a North Adams Congregational church audience with the remark You can put that in your pipe and smoke it A woman in front objected noting such language belongs to the race track The preacher then said he had no objection to women airing in meeting and resumed the sermon
A vivid account of Bombay’s Tower of Silence where Parsees expose bodies to vultures. The procession to the white wall, the feeding by carrion birds, and the unique Zoroastrian funeral rites are described with emphasis on purity, caste, and the stark city contrast between docks and decay.
Lulu’s mother heard a splash and found her daughter by a half full tub in a bedrabbled state. The girl explained she had been attempting to walk on the water and called it no fool’s job, according to a Judge.
The historic Cahokia courthouse dating to 1716 was offered to Rast St. Louis by A Cella to be moved to a public park, with the offer referred to a committee. The building stood near the Mississippi south of East St. Louis, served as a government seat through 1809, and later moved to the St. Louis world’s fair.
A professor reports on fears in infants based on hundreds of lists marked by parents teachers and children. Thunderstorms and reptiles top the fears with strangers darkness fire and death following. Girls fear more items than boys and fear rises with age while stories from children and servants fuel ghost belief.
Ancient ship armament from 1337 includes espringalds haubergeons and pavises. cannon appeared by 1338 with iron bombards and stone shot. Mentions murderers basilisks port pieces strek fowlers sakers and brass ordnance first cast in 1535. Describes ships carrying multi chambered guns and the dramatic Chioggia battle bombard use.
John Scudder McLain notes Dawson offers a lively scene with theater, winter clubhouse, and athletic grounds for baseball cricket and tennis. He quotes locals who enjoy long summer days and tolerate extreme winter temperatures, joking about springlike weather that invites cold exposure.
A wandering man browses a market seeking something better and meets a worldly huckster. He longs for fruit and clothing, calls on tailors, and flirts with a finer maid, dreaming of a brighter future and love as he moves through stalls and warm days.
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