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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1909
Page
6
A jumble of short items notes fruit diet fads a German brain theory a bank clerk’s balance a Mrs Gilman sociology joke and various oddities. It cites Miss Ross Berker in St. Louis a Boston opinion on Hyder and a New York theater exit fire panic. It also mentions a Minnesota court cooking tips a Western Union suit and a Bible age-trick.
An editorial argues unions raise labor efficiency by elevating skilled work, noting that organized workers show higher productivity. It criticizes nonunion wage theories, claims unions drive incentive and specialization, and cites building trades' progress: union workers now produce as much in eight hours as nonunion did in ten hours a decade and a half ago.
A lengthy critique of modern almsgiving notes widespread beggar fraud and reliance on charity. It cites 1,863 beggars detained by a mendicancy squad in 15 months, with 62 percent able-bodied and carrying $4,099 total, averaging $2.20 each, suggesting many recipients misuse gifts or drink.
A philosophical essay argues happiness links to intellectual vigor or mental condition. It contrasts the genius, whose joy waxes with insight yet falters in melancholy, with the perpetual happiness of a diminished fool, and notes pathological cases like paranoiacs and megalomaniacs who feel content only in brief moments or under perceived persecution.
An airship voyage ends in a cannibal village rescue scene as Pa, the cowboy, and the narrator become rulers of a tribe. The king abdicates in Pa's favor and the party is entertained with feasting and revelry before plotting a quick escape. The group reflects on the trip and the pirates’ reception in New York.
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