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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
2
A fragment filled page notes winter forecasts New York as a big city with style talk of a hobble skirt and hats a Zigzag of items includes a 4 centenarian liquor claim a peat of earthquakes by Pittsburgh inventor Zeppelin airships and jokes about pensions weather and crime.
The piece centers on Aunt Delia Torrey, Taft family favorite in Millbury Massachusetts, famed for apple pies and old New England hospitality. It notes her long life, sharp memory, vast correspondence for recipes, and visits from William Howard Taft to her White House and vacation home.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recalls Capt Jos Waters and his company marching to camp, detailing a comical inventory of camp “fixins” with shirts, needles, and jelly, plus a Dorcas shirt mishap for Chimbley Dan, ending with a quip about a shirt of improper length.
Raleigh correspondence describes the state museum housing a record rattlesnake mounted by taxidermist Tom Addicks. The 8 feet 12 inch diamond rattler, killed near Havelock by J. J. Ballard, measured 7 pounds 10 ounces with 12 rattles and was mounted in near full length. An anecdote recalls a second large specimen and a non fatal rattler bite to a king snake.
London reports Alexandra, queen mother of England, remains marble-fresh in appearance yet shows signs of aging. Once vivacious and daring in skating and riding, she now grows more withdrawn after the king’s death. King George aids her move from Buckingham Palace to Marlborough House, but she accumulates many personal goods for the new residence.
The sketch depicts a long narrow Illinois district likened to a stick candy in shape. Political observers note such grotesque contiguity aims to gain advantage, comparing it to Massachusetts’s historic Gerrymander and tracing the origin of the term to Governor Gerry in 1812.
A Russian woman east of Winnipeg gave birth to twins but her husband, angered by the second child, traded one baby to another Russian for a pig. Authorities intervened, forcing cancellation of the trade amid the parents’ protests. The entire family faces probable deportation.
A country correspondent sent a note for a man named John Smith to collect $26 at a city bank. A drunken cabman claiming to be Smith was brought inside by two clerks, then the cashier asked for identification. The country bank replied to proceed without further ID, saying identification complete and pay the money.
Laura Libbey in Brooklyn discusses stage success and jokes that women, especially young women, show ignorance on love and marriage. She recalls a cartoonish classroom exchange where a girl misinterprets biblical Solomon, claiming he kept 500 hogs.
A village courtship tale of a young man and a country beauty. He sends her a jar of cold cream to keep her cheeks rosy as spring. On his next visit she jokes that she prefers the other kind of cream, a light remark reflecting a playful, rustic romance.
In a brief exchange Miss Passay praises a boarding house but dislikes a folding bed. Miss Pert quips about finding a man under a folding bed. The Catholic Standard and Times notes an admission by Fred to Mina Dingley, while Joe questions her status and Fred’s assertion.
The text describes a disputed claim about Hewitt and a woman named Jewett in a baseball context. It notes a long game, with reference to the thirteenth inning and a claim about gender appearance. The excerpt reflects irony about wealth and perception.
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