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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1901
Page
2
A Chicago Post summary notes that American women increasingly value intelligence and compatibility, not financial support or appearance. Rafford Pyke argues women seek love, not convenience, demanding deep tenderness and chivalry in a partner. Public opinion shifts away from marrying for security or status.
A brown and white garment features a leather bordered jacket and vest, worn open or closed. The turn-over collar and cuffs use ecru lace or embroidered fabric, with a leather belt effect. The skirt is described as plainly Wiener style.
The description outlines garments including a green wool vest with grean taféta, gilt trim, and crown band. taffeta sleeves with two gilt buckles. a red-brimmed hat. a scarlet coat with white moire facing worn with a black and white shepherd's plaid skirt. a gray/white dirk suit with matching bande. a white serge jacket paired with a deep red duck skirt.
The article describes a young girl's frock in Laen or pique with a square collar, double material, and detailing for morning and party wear, plus a delicate hat. It transitions to a legal note: under common law a mother had no implied right to a child’s earnings, but the U.S. trend favors maternal rights, especially for widows bearing child support burden.
A discussion asserts a father’s right to his child’s service and earnings while the child is with him and supported, grounded in parental duty. It appears to extend until the child reaches age 14, though the exact duration remains uncertain.
In a shrewd spoken scene from Dunbar, Nathan reveals a bold wish to the widow, seeking to share his prosperity as they discuss imminent marriage. The exchange blends humor with sincere intent, ending in a mutual, swift agreement. Vancouver news notes Miyunreenser pulled from muxte halls.
Notes on science discuss India-rubber teak and gutta percha, detailing Burma Siam Cochin-China teak ports Rangoon Moulmein Bangkok and qualities for shipbuilding. It covers production shares by Amazon Valley Central Africa and Asia, gutta percha sources Sumatra and Borneo, plus decorative uses of wood, and a sanitary hair brush design by Robert J. Montgomery featuring a hinged back frame for easy cleaning and fast drying.
The Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries argues a momentous discovery shows new species arise suddenly by mutation rather than progressive variation. He asserts observing the formation and development of new species for the first time, with a Nature reviewer noting a new period in theories of origin and evolution has begun.
Kate Hatch McRae of Colorado designs a rotary kitchen beater that rapidly and thoroughly beats cake batter with minimal effort. The apparatus clamps to a table edge, holds the cake dish, and a hand crank drives a downward heater to mix. The beater frame detaches for cleaning or swapping to different shapes and can whip cream or make frosting, not limited to cake batter.
Stenciling offers decorative effects for hangings wall coverings ceilings and furniture. Materials like buckram Japanes e grass cloth leather velours and other soft fabrics take stenciling well. Special color tones before application create a soft finished look suitable for dens smoking rooms and billard rooms.
In the Connecticut valley clay beds remarkable concretions appeared in four main forms disk cylindrical botryoidal and animal imitators. The animal shapes include fishes birds anteaters elephants and babies feet. Each bed yields a unique concretion form and principal types do not mingle within a bed. Champlain river-drift clays form the beds.
Prof Raphael Dubois of the University of Lyons has created lamps from luminous marine microbes in squid medium. Arranging several lamps around a bust in darkness reveals the sculpture for photographs, though exposure takes hours. A phosphorescent bacteria lamp can render a printed page legible.
Dr. O L Fassig in the Monthly Weather Review reports findings from records 1817 to date indicating neither very hot nor very cold summers have a reliable link to the following winter temperatures. The study aims to test common beliefs that an extreme summer predicts a cold winter and finds no regular atmospheric temperature cycle.
Investigations by Herr J. Formanek conclude that expired air from healthy people or animals contains no poisonous alkaloid. traces of ammonia may appear in cases of dental caries or pulmonary illness, explaining the observed odor rather than any virulent toxin.
The article notes the bubonic plague as the most persistent epidemic not yielding to strong treatments. It contrasts fears over smallpox, cholera, and yellow fever easing with the stubborn grip of the Black Death despite medical progress.
The Weekly Panorama notes women entering landscape architecture with profit and health benefits. Beatrix Jones of New York and Mrs A B McCrea of Marquette prove high skill can lead to success. McCrea now city consulting architect aiding local improvements. Marquette school grounds receive $1,000 for decoration under her direction.
A college professor, Dickson of Yate, camping near Indian Creek in Colorado, demonstrates by repeated experiments that two snakes can fuse into one living organism. He joins the rear half of an adder to the front half of a rattlesnake and notes the rattler’s tail still functions, delivering a deadly sting, while the combined creature shows continued vitality.
The President's yacht Mayflower, formerly owned by J Ogden Goelet, has been taken into the American Navy and will be used as the president's private boat, signaling a shift from private to official naval use.
Fall River cotton mills oppose wage cuts with a push toward reducing production to absorb surplus and lift prices. Experts warn unified action is unlikely across many mills, and a wage cut may not boost profits. Labor resistance grows amid fears of ensuing industrial conflict in Fall River.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports U S Steel officers announce a new policy toward the Amalgamated Association. No dealings negotiations or conferences will occur until the union gains a Toga status by incorporation. This marks a move to formalize relations amid ongoing labor tensions.
A local official known for grandiose vocabulary makes a string of odd remarks about air quality a horse a spasm a misinterpreted phrase and a looming end to his career, all showcasing his love of long words and humorous mispronunciations.
A sailing voyage from Rio to New York recounts a dying emerald dolphin whose color shifts to sapphire gold and fades to a delicate glow as it dies. The tale includes a fifty two pound Platte river catfish captured by Jamie McLean and a note on women pharmacists in the United States, highlighting female predominance in large New England apothecary houses and in manufacturing chemist roles.
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