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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1906
Page
2
The article surveys aging, wealth, charity, and social behavior with satirical riffs on Rockefeller statements, royal duties, a Pennsylvanian clerk, and a dairy combine. It reflects early 20th century concerns about greed, philanthropy, labor, and sociological trends, with quips on monarchy, prostitution of charity, and modern manners.
A reminiscence piece contrasts Hoboken’s appeal with New York’s aura and recalls a boy’s farewell prayer upon moving across the river. It notes Emerson’s world of souls, Holmes’s charity coin gesture, and a query on whether true religion must come through hardship or shock.
A mixed article ties brain size to intelligence with claims of neural connectivity and corpus callosum size in clever individuals. It contrasts high IQes with heavy brains, cites historical figures, and argues women in white dresses influence marriage prospects, citing Frau Liebreich’s Munich guild and her assertion that pure white attire signals love.
A portrait of J R Booth, Canadian railway magnate and lumber baron, rising from millhand to control about 6000 square miles of timber land and major railways in British North America. The self made tycoon is described as unassuming, dressed plainly, and driving a buggy near Ottawa, with a commanding yet modest presence that belies his immense wealth. The piece contrasts his plain life with the image of industrial power and notes the observer’s impression of a strong, independent leader.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports horticulturists used cloth wraps to keep dampness out and later cement to fill large trunk holes in the oaks near Audubon Park. The method, tested on the St Charles avenue trees, aimed to halt decay and restore growth with successful results.
The young Earl of Yarmouth records a recipe for exy Nogg in his notebook and recalls a voyage encounter with an old sailor. He describes a spray of water from the sea and a whale sighting, then asks about a sea serpent and listens to the sailor’s cautious tale.
The article recalls oaks regaining strength and new growth with signs of renewal. It notes a future plan to cement tree bark colored coverings to resemble natural bark, preserving the tree and enhancing beauty. A humorous exchange follows about a painting job and a boy’s reply about steady work.
The note recalls Susan B. Anthony in Rochester advising a bride and groom to maintain constant loving solicitude. It shares a humorous anecdote about a wife blaming fewer gifts after marriage and the husband’s quip likening love to a fisherman never feeding bait to a fish already caught.
Attractive sandwich recipes including Chicken or Turkey lettuce and Club varieties from the Seder Monthly. Directions cover bread selection, spreads like canape and mustard butter, fillings of chicken turkey veal ham and bacon, trimming, cutting into triangles or diagonals, and serving on folded napkins.
Recipes for Fruit, Peanut, and Cabbage Salads with detailed dressing methods. Additional Home notes advise on butter for bruising, buckram edging to rugs, spinach in bouillon, chalk and ammonia stain removal, a non drying paste, and the digestibility of toasted bread for invalids.
For whitening flannel that has yellowed from age or frequent washing, soak in a weak bi-sulfite of soda solution for an hour. Press out water, add a little muriatic acid, stir, return fabric to solution and cover for 20 minutes. Remove, rinse in soft waters, and dry in the air.
The article advises to mix pipe clay with water to a creamy consistency, spread on the grease stain, and leave overnight so it can be brushed off easily. If needed, repeat the process to remove stubborn spots.
Old fashioned garden blooms can decorate a summer wedding. A bay window serves as the bridal stand with a white pot background of evergreens. White ribbons mark the aisle, with four little girls in white holding flowers.
Quick tips on onion peeling to reduce tearing and stain removal methods for fabrics. Advice on selecting canned goods, celery as a claimed cure for rheumatism, and suggested snail consumption with cautions. Also includes habits for dust control, egg boiling, pineapple jam, salmon sandwiches, canaries’ greens, and a cinnamon flavored jelly dessert.
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