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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1899
Page
2
A collage of tangential notes on social topics, politics, and history. Observations range from Maine explosions to Daughters of the Revolution, with sidelights on Chinese harbor claims, Captain Streeter, Huntington and Davis, and a Milwaukee school experiment in municipal government.
A playful column gathers jokes and witticisms from various sources. It includes a humorous tale about a prisoner confessing only that he regretted losing his hair, a line about Uncle Hiram and his nephews, and social quips on shopping and manners. The Detroit Journal and Pacific Unitarian are cited as sources for the humorous bits.
A frightened burglar escapes after muttering about a diamond image and stealing a bicycle lamp. An elderly grandmother warns, while Charlie retrieves his belt, and the scene ends with startled laughter on the stairway.
A collage of chatter from old papers featuring dialogue about Dr De Style, social debts, bright Barleedawn, and vacation stereotypes. It includes stray lines on night turning day, smart people, and neighbors baking ginger bread, reflecting casual urban banter and social judgments.
A Brazos bottom farm story from Corsicana recalls how a thirsty whisky traveler offered land for water. A frontier man climbed stairs, shouted for a drink, and agreed to 640 acres for aid. The deed went to the water carrier who kept his word, a St Louis Globe-Democrat note on Texas folklore.
A New York Press report describes bamboo opals or tobacur found in bamboo stems in Manila. Natives prize these vegetable gems resembling true opals and pearls, some used as adornments or sold to museums. Early chemical study traces to James Smithson.
Mark Twain argues that women should smoke seriously if they smoke at all, citing examples of a dignified Polish countess and another woman with a long pipe who treat it as a sacred duty. He asserts genuine smoking requires commitment, not light puffing, and praises the sight of women who smoke with intent.
In a down tow town a burglar bored a hole in a grocery store door and reached for the valuables. The woman gripped the burglar’s wrist as he struggled. He killed himself by cutting his throat when escape seemed impossible, while the woman remained unaware he was dead. The crowd mocked the scene.
In a rugged Victoria frontier trek, Jack Hall trails fugitives across clay-pans and rugged scrub to a distant gorge. He uncovers boot tracks and a bullet scar on a kangaroo skull, deduces armed pursuers and a dog, and pursues toward a white enclave amid hostile country, planning a night descent with the party.
Fragmented text discusses potential marriage between Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and a Wied prince, noting concerns over succession, politics, and the long historical ties of German noble houses. It mentions the desire to retain independence and avoid uniting kingdoms under a future European ruler.
A chaotic wartime scene describes sailors waiting on deck as a torpedo or shell hits, deaths among crew, and emergency actions at sea. The piece also notes Albert Ham of Don, Maine, owning an enormous apple tree producing forty three ripe apples, and mentions Mount Sanguy as the most active volcano near Ames, South Ames.
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