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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1904
Page
2
A garbled collage of comments from editorial clippings discusses social topics, fashion, and curiosities including Indigestion, railways to Mt Blang, Edison, and fashion for automobile trips. It mocks romance tropes, theater, and the rise of advertising while surveying the era's news tidbits and consumer obsessions.
The piece surveys Ravenna as a somber yet richly storied Italian city near the Adriatic. It highlights its medieval mosaics in Sant Apollinare Nuovo and St Vitale, Dante and Byron connections, Theodoric’s tomb, pine woods of the Pineta, and the city’s haunted atmosphere that attracted writers and travelers.
In Wakely a rumor spreads that Dickie Armstrong can hypnotize others. Julie North, new music teacher, becomes entangled with him as townsfolk watch a party at the Darragh home. Julie reveals, under hypnosis, a confession about Pat Darragh, prompting a tense moonlit moment between Julie and Pat.
A curiosity from a social column invites the young unmarried man of good prospects to consider marriage choices. The feature references a pondering on whether college women marry and points readers toward social ties and regional dating norms.
An unsettled narrative shows a directoress and a man named Pat entangled in hypnotic influence and emotional tension. The fragment hints at a confession, shyness, and a dramatic revelation framed by a courting scene. The dialogue emphasizes control, desire, and a turning moment between two lovers.
The article reflects on Prime Minister Balfour framing golf and cricket as tests of intensity and quality. It cites V Sutherland and Meland in noting golf’s appeal as a healthful, solitary, and mental exercise that steadies nerves and sharpens judgment, described as an antidote to daily cares.
A mumbled verse laments the meaning of effort and worry. It asks what is the use of fretting, bearing burdens, or shaping fate. The speaker urges a calm approach and hints at Home made comfort as an alternative.
Rabbi J Leonard Levy of the Rodulph Shalom congregation has been reengaged for five years at an annual salary of 10. His prior contract still had months remaining before the new term began. Kaliry stands as the highest paid rabbi on a limited contract in history. Habbs formerly moved from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, earning 000 a year, then 8,000, and last year 10,000, noted for extensive charitable and related work.
George E. Holt a veteran and retired farmer of Vineland New Jersey carried a bullet in his load for one year. His regiment was stationed in Laurence Kansas when Quantrell's guerrillas raided the town and 18 men were shot. Holt was struck below the right eye and left for dead but recovered and later went east.
Mrs H H Linch, rural mail carrier on the Elmer Woodstown route, New Jersey, faced washed bridges after a recent storm. She improvised by delivering mail on a bicycle, continuing daily trips despite the obstacles.
Rt. Rev. J. C. Hartel, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church and Africa, travels to Africa to promote active religious efforts among Dark Continent communities. He is currently in the south after having been elected bishop of Africa and has journeyed many miles.
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