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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
2
A treatise urges quick firm decision to boost achievement. Hesitation weakens judgment and saps strength. Deliberation should be brief. act with resolve, accept mistakes as learning, and avoid endless re weighing with neighbors. Prompt, unwavering choice yields greater value than cautious dithering.
CORRESPONDENT debates survival of the fittest. He argues fitness depends on adaptation and context, not raw success. Examples include unscrupulous rivals thriving, adulterated goods beating honest, and wealth bias shaping outcomes. He urges shaping conditions so the truly best advance society.
A reflective piece discusses varied motives among workers in settlement and college retirement roles. It questions the balance of creditable intent versus personal aims and notes how some seek to study or escape home life while others pursue distant missions or broader life work outside their immediate duties.
Bliss Perry criticizes the ideal of the bustling “men who do things” as a dangerous pursuit that prizes speed and power over thought and feeling. He argues that a too late, pleasure-seeking émigré in Europe exemplifies homesickness, cultural ignorance, and moral indifference bred by relentless competition.
A Philadelphia man recalls a lucky 1893 hotel cent he stamped with his initials. Years later, after befriending a beggar, the coin reappears with his initials beside the feathered head, under an electric light, prompting a buyer to demand five dollars before the coin vanished again.
A collection of maxims from Bulwer Shakespeare Dumas and others on virtue wisdom patience sacrifice and kindness. The phrases urge slow living wit restraint and ethical action while praising manners and the social bond.
Dr Werner of Vienna reports on animal senses focusing on reptiles and amphibians. He says these animals seek water directly from long distances with light affecting behavior beyond heat. Vision varies widely by species with limited reach and poor hearing overall.
Carleton residents formed relief bureaus to aid distressed families with coal. While many applicants were worthy, some abuses occurred. One family received coal at four stations, then the youngest boy asked for a padlock to guard the fuel, fearing neighbors might steal it.
An interviewer notes an author writing in shirt sleeves and slippers, despairing at not affording blank paper. The piece hints at discouragement with the literary trade and mentions a retreat to join a rugged, splitting protest movement at Yanta Constitution.
A New York Press note outlines a tale where a man avoids asking a woman to marry him, entangling in social expectations and romance. The piece reflects turn of the century manners and courtship norms with a focus on class.
Fragmentary verse speaks of God as life and light of the world. It evokes spring’s warmth and flowers born under divine care, capturing a tranquil, devotional mood.
A veteran recounts an Alsace war night when four uniformed corpses with skeletal faces entered a medical college dissecting room. Ghostly surgeons dressed a slain body, performed mystic signs, and revived it, glowering at a terrified observer before the eerie procession ended.
A narrator describes waking terror as skeletal warriors attack, a sword clash, and a rapid escape. He finds broken blade fragments and a locked door with no key, while his tentmate dismisses the ordeal as luck or warning to heed advice. The next morning they inspect the deserted college for clues, remaining convinced the events were real.
A departing visitor in a Wisconsin town tries to bow out gracefully but misnames Miss De Verey. He later confesses to saying goodbye to Miss De Verey with a comically wrong face saving remark, leaving him to depart in gallant but awkward fashion.
A compact survey traces England’s coinage from Alfred’s penny as the earliest traceable Saxon issue to Athelstan’s reign about 928 and the emergence of mint regulation under him. It notes later debasement under various kings, Winchester mint establishment, Italian control in Edward I’s era, Henry I’s reforms, and Elizabeth I’s edicts to recall debased coins with milled edges.
Francis A. March Jr. taught at Lafayette College and led the Alumni Athletic committee. While his charges practiced tackling dummies on the field, he recalled his own football days and declined to demonstrate proper tackling, saying he needed a change after a morning of dummy work.
Madrid shoemakers unite to promote dancing aiming to wear out leather. They hired several halls and charged all pence for admission. Each entry ticket carried a coupon. twenty coupons redeem a new pair of shoes at the union store.
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