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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1904
Page
5
Custer Lodge No 21 invites visiting brothers in good standing to attend regular Saturday night meetings at their ball in Challis. George L McGowan, N G, J G Finneul, Secretary.
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No 27 I O F of Challia meets in the Odd Fellows hall on the second and fourth Tuesday nights each month. Visitors welcomed. Secretary Eudora Huffman Mary G. Dorgan. G-Custer Encampment No 10 IC C F holds con es meetings in the Odd Fellows hall of Challis on the third Wednesday night at 8 o clock. Visiting Patriarchs in good standing welcomed. Elder CP 4 G Finnell Scribe.
R.G. Leckie is notified of expending $100 in labor and improvements on the Mulcahy claim near Grouse Gulch, Yankee Fork Mining District, Custer County Misbo. If co owner fails to contribute their share within 90 days after service or publication, the interest will transfer to the subscriber.
A Washington Post report quotes H Bratnaber at Arlington denouncing Alaska as unsuitable for farming. He argues the territory is rich in precious metals, not crops, citing Copper River settlers who failed after moving from Indiana. He urges mining and scenery as the proper Alaska pursuits.
A melancholic patient in an asylum began laughing after a jovial performer visited and used a loud contagious laugh. The moment the patient laughed the gloom lifted, recognition returned, and the man regained his wits, reversing months of persistent sadness.
The article describes Amazon region mosquitoes forcing Indians to flee villages at night. Smudges and similar measures fail as swarms terrorize communities, driving families into woods until daylight.
A London writer recounts Bron and Jones cycling home from the club when a zealous policeman accosted them. In district court Brown fines Jones ten shillings for neglecting a regulation, then Jones presides, fining Brown seven shillings and sixpence for his harsh conduct.
Miss Emily Brown, daughter of a missionary, is identified as the American who became Empress of Corea. She served as lady-in-waiting to the late Empress Mia, murdered in 1895. After Mia's death, the emperor invited Brown to join his harem, she declined, then accepted the title of Empress.
A Washington man argues for bridegroom guidance amid wedding do’s and don’ts. He laments lack of rules for men, noting the groom’s awkward zeal and frozen grin. He urges practical points so husbands appear eager without ridicule.
The condemned fullblood Indian Daniel Davis faces execution for murdering his brother in law Jays the Coweta Courier notes. He watches his coffin from two chairs, recalls it is all right, then sits, removes his boots, and awaits the firing. A blue ribbon is pinned to his vest as two shots end his life. Old men weep for the condemned man.
The New York World reports Jumbo the elephant has a heart far larger than any human heart. It weighs 260 pounds after years in alcohol and measures 28 inches long and 2 inches wide. The heart stands in a museum cellar barrel awaiting dissection and destruction.
Lieut GS Turner of the United States Infantry reports a three day reconnaissance south and east of Peking with Japanese troops. Each soldier carried 100 rounds of ammunition an overcoat bedding a haversack water bottles and a three day ration of rice and dried fish. Despite this the group relied on foraging for subsistence. Before leaving camp meals were packed in lacquered wood ration boxes similar to meat canteens containing rice dried fish and sometimes mutton or beef.
A thief dosed a stolen dog with aniseed in London to disorient it as the animal failed to identify its owner. The dog lost its sense of smell temporarily and did not recover for two or three days.
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