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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1901
Page
6
The article itemizes over a million square feet of glass devoted to tomato production in Hyland Idaho. It surveys census figures from Italian cities and notes military material and supply movements for South Africa. It wields a collage of international statistics and odd anecdotes with a satirical tone.
A historical piece blends a wartime marching poem with profiles of women artisans who sew military insignia careers. It recounts expert embroidery, the craft’s demands, and workers like Lida Reed while detailing Civil War scenes and a first hand Grant interview about relief for Southern civilians.
Gen Felix Agnus recounts his Civil War tale of sharing coffee with a wounded Confederate at Gaines’ Mills. He later meets the same man at a Baltimore banquet, who reveals he was the other wounded soldier and becomes his close friend.
A special letter recalls the Cabildo as the 1792 Spanish built seat of regional troops and its pivotal role in New Orleans history. It notes Jackson’s review window, Lafitte era scenes, and the 1803 transfer to the United States, with McKinley visit plans and local events.
Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, 27, announced engagement to Miss Josephine Bowen Holman, daughter of the late Justice J. A. Holman. The couple met aboard the St Paul in 1899 while Marconi demonstrated wireless telegraphy. Holman, 22, with blue eyes and auburn hair, resides at 292 West 90th Street. wedding planned for early fall with a possible subsequent trip to England.
Porto Rico is expected to harvest exceptionally large coffee and sugar crops this year. The De Ford estate near Guayamas may grind the island’s largest crop and ship about one million dollars worth of sugar this spring. A Guanica planter will ship ten thousand dollars in sugar, with others also reporting strong crops. The island’s agriculture has largely recovered from the cyclone two years ago, though fruit returns will come in two to three years due to maturation delays.
Mrs Ot tilia Hippel Davis of Paducah Kentucky is declared the most popular married woman in the city. A striking figure, she owns five thoroughbreds and once guided a carriage through a wreck after a runaway horse caused the vehicle to collapse. She wears a diamond pendant inscribed with the win.
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