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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
5
A wartime style report notes 221000 in gold duat tokens stolen from the Alaska Commercial shipping warchrine last fall at Romper with no sign of the thieves. The piece also mentions a new printing company and a medicinal claim for Hostetters Sumach Miers, plus a fraud tally of 1,000,000 roubles uncovered on the Russo Polish and Vistula railroads.
Delegates from Eden Valley Minnesota report warm, snowless Calgary in December with thriving livestock and rich prairie pastures. They praise Alberta for fertile lands and water, visit Yorkton district in Assiniboia, noting wheat at 25 bushels and oats at 60, and plan to invest in new districts in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan with government agents offering full details. Old Reader signs the letter.
A capital of 20 million dollars is planned for a merger of the country’s leading shirt and collar manufacturers. Other notices mention Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy and various unrelated items including wheat reports, endorsements, and political tensions in Spain and Alabama.
A Chicago News piece summarizes a forthcoming Agriculture Department bulletin on Hawaii’s native flora. It details how woods built canoes outriggers masts and carved idols, fibers for kapa cloth, and dyes for tattooing. The sandalwood trade between 1810 and 1826 brought wealth but caused forest destruction.
The article describes the Pacific whale grounds along a chain of Channel Islands from Santa Barbara to San Clement and Santa Catalina. It notes the California gray whale migration along a coastal “out to sea” range, sightings by passenger steamers, and an incident where a whale was struck by a San Pedro to San Francisco steamer near Santa Catalina, later towed and butchered by fishermen.
An Owosso citizen accused City Assessor Laverock of overvaluing property and challenged a sale at the stated valuation. Laverock quickly sold a fine residence and two business blocks, then demanded a $400 commission, threatening suit if unpaid.
A historical letter excerpt describes a woman consulting Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Mass about womb inflammation and severe pain. The narrative discusses patient privacy, the doctor’s limits, and the value of Mrs. Pinkham’s vegetable compound as shared by grateful readers. Mrs. Ela Rick of Chelsea Wisconsin credits the remedy with her recovery after two bottles.
A collage of bringings from the era notes a private malling card with colored scenery for ten cents, plus items recalling Poe and a pioneer salmon packer Joseph Hume. It mentions Civil War service, a Boston tea wage remark, and an Indiana preacher in a dispute witnessed by a court, all in brief, fragmentary form.
A dated notice outlines a nine day excursion for teachers with travel by steamer and rail. Departures from Salt Lake City Utah to Detroit and Milwaukee are planned with schedules for September. Includes contact details for the general agent and ticket pricing.
A fragment describes an illustrated atlas style view of the country between Aberdeen and the Missouri River once lacking rail access now served by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line. Readers may obtain a copy by sending a two cent stamp to F A Miller. In the Apostles Creed of United Brethren the word hell may be specified and rendered differently in the future.
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