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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1901
Page
2
Thomas W. Lawson Boston turfman and F10,000 Mra. Lawson owner says he will construct a yacht costing between 150000 and 200000 to defend America’s reputation. He rose from early bank work to become a financial writer and newspaper contributor, earning and losing fortunes before turning 41.
The fate of Datly and Pauly, French explorers, unfolds with their murder by the Toma tribe after a long inland trek from the French Sudan toward the Ivory Coast. A chief, once Samory’s servant, recovered their skeletons on May 8 and French forces escorted the remains to Boyla, marking a solemn burial. Kunady Keleba now leads the Toma under French authority.
A Baltimore News report cites complaints from tenants over boarding houses and lodgings waking neighbors at dawn. One uptown renter endures 6 am rings behind the headboard then a second from above, with cursing and a cranky fox terrier-like tone from a patent clock attachment.
George J Foss of Illinois, 37, ascends to lead the Naval Affairs Committee after Boutelle of Maine resigns. A noted orator and naval specialist, Foss has long built influence through debate and study of sea power. The piece also discusses Lady Hopetoun and her family.
The Quiver estimates from leading societies show 206 million raised by major bodies and 2.5 million by smaller groups, with foreign missions totaling 246 million. Added are 75 million for property and 260 million for youth work, producing an overall hundred year total of 690 million. The piece notes the lack of outcome estimates for this vast outlay.
Paul Brown, manager of the St Louis branch of Continental Tobacco and director of Mercantile Trust, proposes a permanent nationwide fund to reward law officers who capture kidnappers and to back legislation against kidnapers in states with lax statutes. He pledges liberal contributions and believes $100000 could be raised.
Paris economist Paul Leroy Beaulieu urges a European Customs Union as a step toward an economic federation to counterbalance the United States. In a letter to Viweg Tageblatt he argues the United States is becoming the world’s leading industrial power and will grow more dominant each year.
Portrait of William Smythe of Indianapolis linked to a mysterious shooting in his office last week, drawing wide public interest. Smythe was the secretary of the state.
Two physicians who attended Mr Goebel in his final illness and lawyers who assisted him before the legislature plan to sue his brothers Arthur and Justus Goebel for fees. The brothers believed sympathy in Kentucky after his death would spare charges for medical care and are surprised to be asked to pay.
A historical treatise extols Japan’s rapid development and potential to rival European powers. It likens Japan to Britain at sea and land, detailing industrial progress, naval growth, widespread railways, and a skilled workforce, while noting concerns about originality and reliance on imitation.
This piece surveys Japan’s education system rapidly expanding under imperial finances, noting 20,000 schools, 100,000 teachers, and 5,000,000 pupils. It compares Japan’s army to Germany’s model, praising the 1894 to 1900s victories and detailing feats at Tientsin during the Pekin expedition.
A far reaching forecast describes a new textile said to last twenty years, costing about a third more than a suit, and fully waterproof without obvious coating. It would pass from parent to child across generations, with gray crimson purple and soon black and brown dyes possible. The material would suit both men and women.
General MacArthur has named Colonel Charles W. Miner of the Sixth Infantry as military governor of Negros Island. Miner has commanded the Sixth since the Battle of San Juan Hill, aside from brief intervals before the regiment deployed to the Orient. Count Tolstoi has completed a new ly named The Corpse.
A garbled 1900s era text fragment appears with moralizing lines about a drunkard's self-respect, a dubious cure ad for Allen's Foot Ease, stray references to shipbuilding law and crop figures, and scattered notes on navigation and personnel. The readable items include an ad tone and scattered names, with no clear cohesive event.
A reflection on how maternal neglect harms daughters and the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Wisconsin mother cites her daughter's irregular menstruation and headaches, and Pinkham offers guidance with a claim of successful relief by January 1300 and March 1899 correspondence.
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