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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1901

Page

5

CUSTER COUNTY Official Names Local Officials in Fragment

A fragmented OCR item lists local offices and names in Custer County including State Senator Ravenel Macbeth, Representative Henry F Powell, Probate Judge Jesse G Finnell, Treasurer Jesse G Finnell, and others such as Alice Pelkner Scheel and Martha Keenan Cow ity Attors L H Johnston COD MET, Michael O Donohue Commissions 1st Dist WJ Treloar 2nd Dist Geo McGowan and Frank Abren. The text remains unclear but indicates a roster of county officials and district commissioners.

Custer County Ravenel Macbeth Henry F. Powell Jesse G. Finnell Misa Alice Pelkner Scheel Martha Keenan L. H. Johnston Michael O' Donohue W.j.treloar Geo. McGowan Frank Abren

Custer Encampment No 10 Holds Meetings in Challis

Custer Encampment No 10 holds regular meetings in the Odd Fellows hall Challis on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 PM Visiting Patriarchs in good standing welcome Robert Morrison P Geo E Keyes Scribe.

Silver Leaf Rebekah NO Rebekah Lodge No Charlis Odd Fellows’ Hall Mabel Jose N. G Cuba Trosler Custer Encampment NO 1.C.C.P Odd Fellows Challis Istana Br Robert Morrison P. Geo. E. Keyes

Science and Industry Highlights From the Era

A survey of varied topics notes Indian Territory coal output figures for last year and the prior year, French olive growers contending with Tunke competition, envy toward American anthropology museums, and the use of compressed air in stone carving. It discusses a mud wasp nest's egg storage, cotton oil mill hulls sold to tobacco growers in Connecticut, a Brookyn department store adding a cold storage for furs, and sandblast applications for engraving and metal etching using air-driven acid.

Indian Territory Tunke Eupland Connecticut Brooklyn

A Rich Republic Shows Shift in US Financial Ties

The Review of Reviews notes a steady decline in Europe against the United States in interest and dividend receipts as Americans repurchase their own securities. Railways and fiduciary institutions lead the shift, with American investors absorbing major securities and consolidations driving demand for rail securities. Four-year trade balances total about $2.4 billion, matching two decades of gains, signaling a revolutionary change in US European economic relations.

Europe United States America

Tank ships stanch at sea in oil transportation

A Cosmopolitan writer explains tank steamers designed for crude and refined oil travel between continents. Each hull holds 12 to 20 hermetically sealed compartments totaling about 140,000 gallons per tank, with ships carrying up to 2,500,000 gallons and delivering cargo within six hours.

Cosmopolitan France Spain The Horn

Army and Navy Lunatics Warn of Mental Health Risk

A French writer states that of every 100000 men in the army or navy 109 become hopeless lunatics while among mechanics the number is 66 per 100000, according to the Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle

Doges Palace in Peril as Venice Faces Rising Seas

Cablegrams warn Venice’s Doges Palace is in extreme danger from Adriatic waters. Italian engineers seek plans to protect the historic site as the Riva degli Schiavoni and lagoon threaten to flood the lower floors. The palace, built 820 and rebuilt after fires, symbolizes Venetian decline per Ruskin’s Renaissance remark.

Venice Italy the Doges Mocenigo Foscari Ziani Ruskin

Postage rules curb unsold copies return privileges

The old pound rate allowed news dealers to send back unsold second class papers, but the postmaster general's order ends this. Publishers and agents must now use the regular one cent per four ounces rate for unsold copies. The restriction applies to both news agents and publishers, reducing circulation control by large firms.

Congress Postmaster General

Plans for fast mail service to Europe proposed by Rabbi Frey

Rabbi Sigmund Frey of Wabash Indiana urged the postmaster general to test a two day mail route to Europe. He described an all electric car as the motive power capable of 200 to 300 miles per hour, but offered few details until Washington advices arrive. He aims for a conditional government contract and a practical demonstration soon.

Sigmund Frey Wabash Ind Europe Washington Tam Post Office Department

Belvidere Church Event Noted In Out-of-Town Visit

A recent Belvidere New Jersey gathering drew invited guests to a church event described with fashion notes. The account mentions guests arriving in current apparel and notes a remark about a person named Nona as an exception to the riding and grooming trend.

Belvidere N. J Nona

Shylock Holmes Solves a Room Clue in Odd Tale

The narrator describes Shylock Holmes entering, noting his precise deductions from simple details. Holmes cites footprints, cigarette smoke, and an umbrella, claiming the man was a populist due to a draught in the room, then jokes about his broader feats and the narrator’s astonishment.

Shylock Holmes Leo Harman Pittsburg Holmes Havana New York Draugt

Arrogant cashier shortchanges Belinda in New York lunch

Belinda, visiting a downtown New York restaurant, overpays a $0.95 bill and receives $2.50 in gold, two dollars, a quarter, and two dimes as change. The stern clerk refuses to explain the coin values, ordering her to move along, and Belinda later counts her loss at 90 cents, then buys a shirt waist for that amount elsewhere, regretting the experience.

Belinda Dalshe New York Bélinda

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