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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1904
Page
2
A garbled column of brief items mentions a surgical operation saving a tad boy, quirky bets on theaters and hotels, and playful jabs at war and bribery. It notes Clara Ward’s vaudeville tour, a Russian jaunt for Thomas cars, and Japan buying armor plates, with odds and ends on radium stock and a Paris sleep school.
A man again attempts to swim the English Channel, having completed nearly the full distance but failing in the last two miles. The piece notes how tough these final miles are for all successful or hopeful swimmers and wonders why someone hasn’t yet conquered them.
A meek man visits police headquarters asking for help locating his mother in law. He brings a description and insists authorities find her. Lieutenant Kennedy jokes about the unusual request and recalls never having heard of such a case before in his long career.
South Carolina Bishop P F Stevens cautions a young minister against excessive modesty. He recalls a Christmas Eve scene where a phony act of generosity brings tears, but a gruff dean reminds the man that his Maker has more to do.
George W Vanierhill plans direct control of Biltmore estate upon return to Asheville in autumn. Estate spans about a quarter of a million acres with numerous departments including dairy and a garden. Vanderbilt, dissatisfied with recent management, dismissed several heads. Col McNamee travels to Seattle and may stay there while Vanderbilt oversees Biltmore. The Vanderbilts are expected back for winter.
Insurance firms argued the steamship failed by sinking rather than burning, a marine loss not covered by fire insurers. Evidence shows the pilot held the rudder as the ship sank and, when asked about the boat’s value, he hesitantly suggested he might trade his old coat for it, implying dire prospects.
A fragmented poetic scene describes a western plain at dusk with a wagon, trees, and fading light. The text evokes wind sighs and a mellow landscape, mentioning plains, shadows, and a somber, blended atmosphere as day ends on the open prairie.
The Chicago ball player Pidge McGinnis recalls a 1899 wager by Arthur Irwin with the Toronto club over Harvard scoring. Irwin bet $400 Harvard would not score and then hedged another $400 that Yale would not score after friends warned him. Harvard scored twice.
A fragmentary Washington verse mocks moonlit romance with playful slang and blended dialect. The speaker taunts a man named Mike Moor and a young woman, hinting at broken hearts and rival suitors.
Tom Lealle, feeling lonely after his mother’s death, resists Sophie Silver and her flirtations. Miss Arethusa Dacy arrives unseen, mistaken for a boarder. Tom improvises to shelter her. Dacy settles in with Mrs Hall away, and Arethusa softens Tom’s mood as breakfast brings tentative harmony.
A fragment from Chicago notes tells of Arie loving Tom, a poor man, who offers all his money for marriage. They wed, and she realizes she found the right home by chance, while he claims he knew from the start, and they vow happiness in an uneasy life.
An observed scene in a New York department store shows fat men eagerly hunting collars and shirts at opening time. Shoppers compare sizes from 18 inches and up, with chatter about 19 inch and nine teens. The piece notes humor and camaraderie at the bargain counter.
Dr Rufus B Weaver of Hahnemann College Philadelphia has crafted a complete human nerve skeleton described as unmatched in any museum. The nerve chart uses actual nerves withdrawn from the body and a plate will be shown at London Fields Museum of Medical Curiosities where London surgeons praised the achievement.
A fragmented, archaic verse notes the Czarevitch figure and a hidden divine blood within, suggesting a mystic lineage and distant reverence. The text hints at a nation’s awe and the contrast between divine importance and common safety, ending with a sense of strangeness.
The archbishop of Canterbury, visiting the country, holds the second highest social rank in England after the crown and the king’s immediate heirs. He ranks after the prince of Wales and his son, above all dukes and earls, the lord chancellor, the premier, and the secretary of state, and above foreign ministers at the court of St James.
Many N. Berthe, who tends the bee and honey exhibit at the St. Louis exposition, ranks among the world’s most successful apiculturists. Based in Winona Minnesota she has served three years as treasurer of the Bee Raisers association of that state and declares bee culture a pleasant and profitable occupation for women.
A Minnesota politician described as a perfect likeness of the martyred President Lincoln appears as a double in the public eye. Representative John Lind, twice governor, seeks Justice of the supreme count, and supporters claim his height gaunt frame and facial expression closely mirror Lincoln’s.
A testimonial from Sarah Marin ofCalifornia claims Doan's Kidney Pills improved her health after weeks of use. The letter notes substantial relief and long lasting good health, with sale details through Foster Please. A Panama voyage note mentions the distance from New York to San Francisco at 14 840 miles, and a claimed reduction to about 5 000 miles.
A legend explains why Apache face paint uses bear blood. An elder recounts a hunter chased by a mountain lion who called on a bear for help. The bear’s blood marked the hunter, and paint traditions arose from blood stains and claw marks seen after the hunt.
A woman from Connellsville recalls years of severe headaches and bed rest until she switched from coffee to Postum. She reports headaches ceased and overall health improved, noting her husband and friend also benefited after adopting Postum as a coffee substitute.
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