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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1905
Page
7
A retired Lt. Col. Paul E Beckwith receives an unqualified endorsement from multiple friends. The message highlights his past service and expresses pleasure in commending his character and qualifications.
Veterans groups and officers praise Peruna for catarrhal ailments. Reports from Harrison Lannoy Post 8 and other units cite noticeable relief, though much of the strongest testimony remains unpublished due to space limits.
Sailor May Travel a Mile a Minute with No Power Save the Wind. The article describes skate-sailing as a race where the skater uses wind as propulsion, blending mast, impeller-like gear, and balance. It highlights the vision of a manboat and the dream of achieving incredible speeds aided by offshore breezes.
Martha Beasley discusses her experience as a nursery governess in Everybody's Magazine. She details wages and duties, noting a chauffeur earned 100 dollars a month while a governess received 32 dollars plus board and a room, yet bore full charge of three children from early morning until late evening. She argues the role requires high qualifications and proper pay beyond other occupations.
Government of France erects a statue honoring Calais life savers, praised for seafaring courage. The sculpture honors brave men who safeguard mariners, with the sculptor’s work praised for its sympathetic portrayal.
Prof John C Merriam announces Western fossil bed discoveries including a triassic ichthyosaurus from Nevada with skull vertebrae and paddle preserved in the front limb. A separate Shasta county find yields a large bovine like skeleton with huge horn structure to be mounted at Berkeley Paleontological Museum. A white bear killed in West Virginia near Nicholas county after being roused from a cave by rain.
A jumble of crop figures mentions 80 bushels per acre in Wisconsin and similar highs in Idaho the Dakotas and Colorado. It promotes a seed company John A Balzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin and catalogs general farming goods. A Newark man leaves his son 100 in will but sets a weekly 1 stipend to curb riotous living.
An unclear fragment mentions a woman facing anxiety about a baby’s future and worries about health and growth. The text references a New York Press piece and a proposed international stamp at a future postal congress, with scattered names and terms.
A description notes similarities between Malay tribal masks used in religious ceremonies and Eskimo masks from Arctic regions. The article presents a photograph of an Eskimo mask from front and rear, suggesting the artifact reflects an artistic sensibility that, though primitive, hints at a higher potential.
A limestone pebble found in Oberammergau in September 1880, the day after the decennial Passion Play, is owned by Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon of Atania Georgia. The stone shows a face that appears only with light from a specific angle, with closed eyes and a pallid color conveying sadness and lines of worry across the brow.
Jamaican tea production has risen with good success recently. It finds a ready market locally and, while not matching far eastern tea, is palatable enough to be popular.
John N. Cole of Portsmouth New Hampshire secured an old fashioned hoe from the past era. It was used sixty years ago and remains in excellent preservation signaling interest in antique farming tools.
A jeweler describes a platinum framed miniature auto set with diamonds rubies and emeralds as a showcase, valued at 7006 dollars, and a real article could be bought for the same money. Separately a New Hampshire man complains of freight charges after sending apples to Florida and receiving oranges with extra fees.
A wedding description notes the marriage arch as a key feature. The bridegroom is expected to seize his bride and carry her in his arms up a bamboo ladder to a high platform with bamboo wickets during the elaborate ceremony.
Soldiers of Company D Eighth Infantry at Fort McHenry developed a dancing club due to scarce amusements. After arriving from Fort Slocum New York and having served forty miles from civilization in Alaska the sergeant taught steps as men partnered each other. The humorous scene of two husky soldiers dancing together gave way to proper dancing, preparing them for social events when they returned to civilian life.
A French astronomer captured a photo of sun spots on November 13. The image shows a small sun area with a group of spots, including a darker mouth-like spot whose size could span two Earths, about 16 250 miles across.
William Sellinger and Charles Babcock killed an odd bear in Miffing township Pennsylvania. They reported the bear had red hair and small pink eyes and hunters claim it is not a cinnamon bear, noting nothing like it has been seen in that part of the state.
A fragment recounts attributed relief from illness by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The notice emphasizes fatigue and general malaise among women and asserts restored health through the remedy.
An old advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female ailments and warns of danger if untreated. It urges readers to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and to buy a bottle immediately.
A comic line from a stranded commercial traveler appeals to cannibals to use his mustard brand for the sauce. He promises a sample box in his coat pocket and touts the product as mold resistant and moisture repellent.
Longwood on St Helena, once Bonaparte’s residence and burial site, has been converted into a barn. The room where he died is now a stable, and the site features a corn grinding machine on the former grave area.
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