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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1900
Page
5
Distacar Boots and shoes by Buckingham and Hecht are offered for sale at reasonable prices in Custer County. The dealer promotes a fine line of celebrated footwear and invites customers to purchase.
A visiting publisher asks for help with a dime after foisting plans for a large investment. The scene unfolds with a Chicago editor, Mr Jones, noting the beggar’s suave entrance and Chesterfield tone. Eight friends later chipped in a dime each, the same day.
The article surveys Indian coal distribution, noting large cross country variation. Bengal dominates production, with seams 3 to 180 feet thick and depths up to 700 feet. Indian coal ranges in quality from ordinary to high grade, with Bengal coal having 60 percent fixed carbon and calorific value over 6 000 calories, low ash and sulfur, and strong suitability for steam coal and iron smelting.
In one German district five thousand children under twelve are employed dressing dolls and aiding toy making. Compulsory education requires at least one year in kindergarten where children craft doll clothing and learn basic skills. After several years of study they join factories, earning a few cents daily to help families.
The account notes that in the Tugela battle of December 194, over half of 205 Boer wounded were hit in extremities while most wounds were from major bullets described as humane. It highlights Boer night sentries and, in South Africa, electric wire around camps triggering bells at headquarters as a vast burglar alarm system guarding armies from surprise.
A United States naval surgeon recommends wood pulp sheets for poultices replacing flaxseed meal. The sheet soaks in hot water to soften, absorbs four to five times its weight in moisture, requires no cloths or cooking, and can be reused indefinitely with reheating.
Alexander MacArthur, famed author of a Paris life study, reveals he used the name Alexander MacArthur while Lil-Man MacArthur, a Dublin native, attended a Chicago dinner under his identity. The ruse prompts a quick identity correction and a successful gathering among leading literary figures.
A Virginia farm near Stuart features colossal apple trees. One tree measures nine feet five inches in girth with a 52 foot height and 71 foot spread and bore a large crop this year, sometimes yielding up to 110 bushels. Nearby, another tree reaches eight feet five inches in girth and 75 years old, still bearing, with past yields of 85 bushels. The Robertson apple tree, two miles from Stuart on J. W. Robertson’s farm, is famed as the parent of many in the United States.
Prof John Milne and Prof George Davidson oversee an earth quake pendulum costing 250 sent to Hawaii. The device will aid a global seismic survey to map quake centers and wave directions and intensities. The Hawaii station will be among the most important.
Mary G. Derpie has applied for a mining claim in the Bayhorse Mining District Custer County Idaho under mineral survey No UM marked location with coordinates and exterior boundaries. The notice lists corners and bearings and requires adverse claimants to file within sixty days or be barred by statute. First publication February 6, 1000.
Mary G. Ronn of Cullis Idaho files for patent on 1500 linear feet and surface area in the Crater lode claim in Bayhorse Mining District Custer County. The mineral survey 484 describes corners and bearings ending in 0.06 acres with reference to Miner Monument No. 6 and adjoining Silver Copper No. 2 claimants. Adverse claimants must file within sixty days or be barred by law.
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