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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
3
The article recalls New York’s 1664 naming after Duke of York and Dutch capture, noting a 1615 Dutch settlement, a 1658 public wharf, and population growth from about 8,000 to 3.5 million in under 200 years.
Notes on Adoni-bezek being maimed to block throne claims, a claim that in the east a maimed man cannot be king. A separate remark asserts that only a red seal by a coverclan can grant document authority for the imperial throne of China, making the seal essential to official status. The advertisement promotes Hostetler’s Bitters as a long standing remedy for stomach, liver and bowel complaints, claiming cures for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and proposing malaria fever and ague prevention.
The Hop Fields article notes about 240000 people, including 70000 pickers, toil in hop harvests with 72000000 hop vines and a crop valued at 16000000 dollars. It also mentions Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup and a Sea Cave. The Reichstag comprises 397 members elected by universal suffrage for five years, roughly one deputy per 122000 inhabitants.
An anecdote from Mrs Mabel LaMonte of Chicago claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of female troubles and painful menses after three doctors offered differing diagnoses. She praises the remedy through five bottles and urges others to try it with Mrs Pinkham offering free advice to sick women from Lynn Mass.
The article outlines marriage costs and officiants across the United States. It notes ministers may solemnize, judges in some courts may, and in half a dozen states justices of the peace can officiate. Witness requirements vary, with one state still mandating twelve witnesses, though rarely enforced. It cites peculiar Tennessee rules on baptismal names and identifies minimum or set fees in several states such as Delaware, West Virginia, and Idaho, with sixteen states offering elaborate marriage certificates.
A western state chief justice, famed for avoiding illness admission and roundabout speech, is approached by the state Librarian who asks about his health. He replies with a wry self assessment: I am not well, but I am better than I when I was Worse than I now am.
The secretary to the President of the United States performs arduous tasks requiring methodical business skill and diplomatic finesse. He processes 200 to 1,200 daily letters, classifies and routes them, and maintains courteous acknowledgement. He screens visitors, manages official engagements, and stays ready to brief the president on matters demanding immediate attention.
The text notes a line of states New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois along the Great Lakes shore that has produced most presidents since 1856. It cites Arthur Cleveland Roosevelt Buchanan Hayes Garfield McKinley Harrison Lincoln Grant as examples and argues outsiders face long odds to win the presidency.
Literary workers struggle to work. A novelist solves the issue by building a beautiful Kentish coast house with a perfect study and channel view. When serious work is needed he rents a bare Inland farmhouse room with a plain view to escape distractions.
A vintage advertisement touts a patent remedy “Catarrh Cure” by Cheney & Co of Toledo. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, presenting it as a superior tonic and blood purifier. Testimonials allegedly offered upon request.
In Pittsburg Andrew Carnegie fled a rear door in a carriage to avoid a crowd begging for charitable causes, many for libraries. He reportedly receives over 300 begging letters daily.
A barber, after serving a drunken customer, jabbed a blade and injured the man, remarking on how heavy drinking affects skin and nerves. The incident highlights dangers of operating while intoxicated and the consequences of careless blade work.
The first rivers cited in authentic history are the Pison, Gihon, Hiddokel, and Euphrates said to flow from Eden's garden. Many scholars have tried to identify these streams, but no consensus exists among authorities on their current locations or identifications.
A short home tip recalls a method by Mrs. Larned from Woman's Home Companion. When eggs are cheap and fresh she briefly dips them in hot thin water, drains them, then packs them away in darkness to maintain freshness.
A historical excerpt outlines the secretary of state as the most ceremonious cabinet member, detailing New Year greetings to the diplomatic corps, introductions of new envoys, weekly receptions for ministers and chargés d'affaires, and handling condolences with formal envois. It also includes a newspaper illustration caption describing John B. Sawyer and his family, and a humorous aside about a hotel keeper commenting on an aging couple.
A Maine family portrait shows five generations of the Sawyer lineage, natives who have long resided in West Buxton and Hollis. The illustration highlights remarkable longevity and deep local roots.
The passage notes Thien’s writing table always littered with letters cut open with meticulous care. It portrays the poet as fussy about correspondence, composing all his own letters without a secretary and preferring to dictate nothing.
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