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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
2
A scattered collection of snatches from Town Topics including social chatter, hints of politics, and oddities. References to Harry Lehr, Russell Sage, and King Alfonso mingle with notes on autos, goldoutput, a four teen hour day for Chicago housewives, and a Philadelphia woman seeking a dog taught French.
A mother, weary and crying, is surprised by her child Francis who bursts in with roses from Mix, Sandervon. The boy asks about her head and the flowers, while she clings to her son and thanks fate for his life and solace.
In a drawing room scene a divorced wife forgives Allen Vandervelt for abandoning her in favor of another, but his confession reveals his lingering love and guilt. He admits infatuation, not love, for the other woman and learns the divorce has ruined their chances to be together again. He leaves damning himself to the past as Margaret contemplates a fragile hope.
The article details stamp forgeries that deceived dealers, including the pink nine Kreuzer stamp of Württemberg valued around $100. Forgers planted numerous copies with dealers, using a single t in the name, to hide the scheme. It covers Sedang stamps hoax in Paris and the fall of a king-like pretender, with sets selling up to $200 before discovery.
The Philadelphia Record advises cozy wicker baskets for cats and dogs with canopy tops and white goat hair accents. Simpler round, flat baskets with a side opening, a fresh weekly blanket, and milk arrangements suit different pets. A winter diet is lightly meat-based, and care routines vary by age. At a seaport town station, Mr Capen drives travelers as three men comment on the desolate locale and the lack of a Sunday paper.
A fragment from The Sunday Magazine recalls a colonel in Gen Pickett's division who, after drinking applejack, refuses to move from his perch by a tree. The general invites him to the tent, but the colonel quips that he is staying where he is.
J Gutzen Borglum claims the Belmont chapel at the Cathedral of St John the Divine now bears a soul of its own and must be shaped by the building’s inherent Gothic character. He discusses freedom in Gothic sculpture, the need to fit the architecture, and selects Frontenac limestone figures for the Belmont chapel including angels St Gabriel and St Michael, the Virgin, child Christ, and apostles and saints in richly carved canopies.
Judge Grosscup of Chicago disputes claims of no more graft abroad or at home, noting graft remains and urging continued scientific regulations. He cites past eras as worse and argues progress should not excuse lax oversight while acknowledging rapid travel and modernization.
Two Australian black swans were picked up off Norfolk Island in the Pacific after a 400 mile journey. The exhausted birds revived after a freshwater bath and ample food. The black swan is a powerful swimmer, but 400 miles is a long swim.
In a London Chronicle excerpt a mother and child debate which Bible portion to read, preferring Matthew over Mark. Eme voices reluctance yet insists on reading Mark, while Amma defends the Bible’s varied parts and the value of different readings.
The London Mail notes a mixed sale of Irving material and artwork with mediocre drawings fetching pounds rather than shillings while a Kent portrait of Ellen Terry sold for a third of Irving’s asking price.
Philadelphia's foreign trade for the year reached about 1400000 in imports, with exports near 140000, showing an increase of roughly 4000 in exports and 14000000 in imports driven largely by material for American factories.
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