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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
6
A historical account explains a Pachofaha as a feast and incantation used by the lower class of Indians to treat the gravely ill. A doctor gathers herbs, then a three day vigil precedes a communal corn and meat feast consumed by relatives. If the patient improves, a bonfire and chant follow. if not, no further treatment is given.
Mrs Renj Wilson of Moravia once weighed 200 pounds and suffered from Sugar Diabetes for four years. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she dropped to about 130 pounds. Husband praises the remedy as a God sent cure, claiming five boxes cured her and recommending them to others with kidney disease.
The California Fruit Growers Association arranged automobiles for fruit buyers and traveling agents, delivering a carload of machines recently to support distribution and sales efforts.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a mock boast from a tea package label urging quality and warning against poor impostors. A playful aside by Hope Spriggins Jones reflects on writing versus responding to world trends, capturing a light toast to branding and editorial voice.
A garbled quip mocks a fool who cannot recognize a good thing and a lazy man who fails to solve it. The lines contain playful but unclear wording about a grocer and a rebuking rebuke. No clear names or places are identifiable.
A playful, fragmentary note extols generosity toward a customer who dislikes tea. The garbled lines hint at money given from home and a humorous misquoted line about business taking the worst end, with revived phrases about liking tea.
A reflective snippet notes that affection should be daily, money refunds exist for dissatisfaction, looks mislead value, and beauty can be unseen by fragrance, hinting at deeper judgments beyond surface. The lines mingle social observations on worth, attire, and blossoms with subtle wisdom.
A quip stating that tea is the cheapest pleasant drink while noting one’s money is the finest if not spent wisely. The remark contrasts value and wealth with a humorous twist.
An observant traveler recounts a sweeping glimpse of Nuremberg from Conrad I’s medieval castle rock to the bustling market square. He notes Gothic churches, fountains, Durer's house, Hangman's Bridge, and a skyline of red-tiled roofs while contrasting the craft of merchants with distant wars.
Jimson weed, a common plant, yields leaves up to eight cents per pound and seeds up to seven cents per pound. It grows readily in warm countries. The government has cultivated it for advantage, though it did not promise the great returns some seed merchants advertise for belladonna and henbane.
The poet laureate's latest collection includes the poem Come, Let Us Go Into the Lane, a title that leaves readers unsure if it is sentimental poetry or a bold call to action. The piece prompts contemplation of tone and intent.
An advertisement recounts Mrs. P Hackett of Brooklyn narrating her mother's dramatic recovery from a severe ulcer once deemed incurable. After using Caticura Soap Ointment and Pills, the facial disfigurement cleared, leaving the skin smooth. The piece pushes a Salt Lake Route rail option for Pacific Coast travel via Salt Lake City.
The French novelist Balzac boasted of skill in judging character from handwriting. A lady showed him a schoolboy’s exercise and asked for its maker’s prospects. He declared the boy thick headed and frivolous. It turned out the sample was Balzac’s own.
New laid eggs can be preserved for months by smearing shells with pure glycerine on the day they are laid. Store with smaller end up. Glycerine lasts longer than butter or grease and does not turn rancid, preventing flavor spoilage.
A tongue in cheek warning exposes a wave of imitator breakfast flakes rivaling Grape-Nuts. The piece traces dozens of new factories formed years ago to cash in on the brand, with many going bankrupt and surplus stock sold cheaply. It notes public education about real Grape-Nuts quality and digestion.
Building plan shows a simple farm house 18 by 26 feet with 14 foot walls and an attached kitchen 14 by 24 feet. Lumber lists cover outsides, rafters, collars, studding, sheeting, ship lap, siding, floors and shingles for both main house and kitchen with totals across two structures.
A fragment describes testing water by adding Walt 4) tablespoonful of grencialed slixnry and covering with a close cork. If the water becomes cloudy within forty eight hours it is impure. if clear it can be tested without fear of disease.
An estimate outlines trenching 8 to 10 feet deep for 10 inch main pipes and 4 to 6 inch branches with lead joints. Twenty laborers would excavate 200 feet daily, three men lay pipe, ten fit joints, totaling about $600 for 200 feet at $1.75 per day and 30 cents per foot. Valves and hydrants would be about $1.00 each to install.
Instructions describe raising a 14 by 14 foot roof section by placing stringers across under the plate, using jack screws to lift, shoving up the roof, removing jacks, and reblocking. Two jacks at ends or four at corners are suggested for safety, with splicing in new studding after elevation.
Plans for a stone milk house 12 by 14 feet with 7 foot walls and 2 foot thickness call for 18 cords of stone 14 yards of gravel and 80 bushels of lime. Mortar mixes use 6 bushels lime per 1 cubic yard sand. A two foot thick wall helps insulate, and foundation should reach frost line or rest on firm clay or rock.
A fragment notes that the Irish climate is favorable for tobacco cultivation and that there is plenty of suitable land in the area. It mentions a claim about the muleture of the climate and the availability of the right kind of soil for tobacco growth.
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female blues and related misery. It cites Mrs Rosa Adams of Louisville Kentucky, niece of General Roger Hanson, endorsing the remedy after suffering from menstruation related fatigue and nerves. The letter from Mrs Pinkham allegedly reports relief and urges others to seek advice from Lyon Massachusetts.
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