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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1901
Page
7
The piece defines neurasthenia as real nervous exhaustion tied to overuse, not organic disease, with symptoms including fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, and irritability. It advises rest, mental and physical quiet, long sleep, nourishing food, outdoor exercise, and freedom from worry as central to treatment.
The Chief Inspector of French Telegraphs M Willot told the Electrical Congress he believes earth transmission will replace air waves for wireless signaling. He argues signals travel through the earth, not the air, and are unaffected by wind or fog, improving with strong earth contact at the mast. He notes no interception by hills or curvature and questions whether signals leave the mast’s top or bottom.
Paris facing shift from horse power to compressed air for omnibuses. Plant capacity 5 000 to 7 000 hp, storage at 1400 psi, air sent through weldless pipes 2 to 4 inches. Carriages carry eight receivers totaling 8 827 cubic feet, enabling 70 miles per charge, recharge in three minutes with coke heated preheater. Fifty two passengers on two decks per two cars.
A remarkable man named Russell B Gardner from St Louis is 36, retired from business with a quarter million dollars earned in ten years. He began as a carriage maker and pivoted to cheap piano-box bugies, selling 22,000 last year with a $2.50 profit each for total profits over $50,000. His shops are comfortable and well furnished.
Russell E. Gardner of St. Louis pioneers novel shop features with a barber shop as hospitality. Employees are treated as staff, customers are offered a shave or shampoo by request, serving as practical advertising. Gardner plans boating and river travel across the Mississippi valley, seeking beauty from St. Paul to the gulf.
The Presbyterian church aims to raise funds on a large scale as it enters the new century. Rev Dr Charles A Dickey of Philadelphia, moderator of the general assembly, tours the west and plans visits across the Union to boost liberal giving for church agencies debts colleges and missions. The movement seeks millions and adds 500000 children to the 1000000 already in Sunday schools. A separate note describes Ericsson's sun powered engine and innovations by William Calver of Washington that focus sunlight to extreme heat, potentially melting wax and aiding ore smelting and steam production without coal.
An inventor describes a device that harnesses solar energy to produce extreme heat, claiming the sun drives every wheel globally and sustains all life. It recalls Archimedes using focused sunlight to ignite ships and notes historic attempts to utilize solar power directly.
An 18th century inventor M Villager built a prototype elevator between walls in Paris. The Princess of Louis XIV enjoyed it at Versailles but the chair jammed, trapping her for three hours until workmen breached the wall. The king banned further experiments in the line.
Our garden vegetables come from wild species. Horticulturists should explore other wild plants for profitable introduction. A fortune awaits the successful search. Iris and saxifrage salads may seem odd at first, but famed actors have tried them, and they could become popular like the potato.
George B. Reeve, an English-born 60 year old, is named general manager of the Grand Trunk railroad. Beginning as a clerk in freight, he rose through telegraph, dispatcher, station agent, assistant freight agent, and traffic manager before becoming general traffic manager for the system. He succeeds Hays, now with the Southern Pacific.
A marine hazard study explains boiler explosions as the chief cause of mysterious ship disappearances. The piece notes most losses lack wreckage traces, contrasts with typhoons, and praises stricter boiler inspection and engineer licensing while urging further improvements.
A historical reflection on the British Foreign Office as the guardian of world peace. The piece stresses the premier duty of Britain’s statesmanship to keep the vast empire aligned with civilized nations. It warns that careless words or acts could destabilize distant regions and threaten global safety.
Small boxes named grace before meat placed on tables collected fuel for meals in England. The Salvation Army raised £11000 last year through these boxes as a bank offering for meals.
The natives of southern Kaffraria employ a peculiar banking method. A chosen banker depots the community’s money in a bag and advances funds for purchases in local stores. As transactions occur, the banker is credited and debt proclaimed by witnesses until all deposits are spent and the group returns north.
John Hunter district president of the United Mine Workers of America and a fraternal delegate to British trades events was hailed as one of the most intelligent labor leaders in the country. He was warmly received in Great Britain by miners delegates and returned with ideas to aid his work in the United States great coal mining regions.
Arkansas lays cornerstone for a 1 001 000 state capitol in Little Rock while a Jackson Mississippi contract points to a near million dollar project. Old capitols across Alabama Louisiana Kentucky Maryland California and more reveal varied costs and a trend to replace aging buildings. A separate note recalls a tiny six month old Shetland pony fitted with four ounce steer-bar shoes at a Petaluma shop.
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