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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
7
Notes extoll antiseptics to curb germ growth in wounds and throat infections and describe simple home methods using wood ashes and lime. It also introduces a stamp cleaner device with rubber teeth and a blade scraper, detailing usage to remove dirt from stamps and ink pads.
Maine inventor Tustelle B. Cummings unveils a mechanically propelled vehicle for users with arm use. The design features pivoted wheels, independent cranks, and a tilting seat on a suspended frame, allowing steering without forward movement and optional canopy for sun or rain.
A brief notice extols the Pad Cleaner and Ink Distributor as a novel form and design, claiming it represents something new despite a familiar saying about novelty. The writer proposes the device as a fresh invention in stamping machine preparation.
Dr Berson and Dr Suerte ascend by balloon from Berlin on July 31 reaching about 23000 feet before losing consciousness. They descend safely with no record of final peak height, thermometer dropping to 40 C. This recalls Glaisher's famous seven mile ascent. Endurance of bactrian camels noted in Siberia and Gobi withstanding extreme cold and heat without protection.
The Amsterdam post savings bank building will use the Monier system a new construction method. A steel framework like a bird cage is enveloped in Portland cement preventing rust while the cement remains elastic. The steel bears tension and concrete in compression giving strong fireproof waterproof walls increasingly favored in Europe for government buildings and factories.
Birmingham medallists are exceedingly busy producing coronation medals. It is expected that more than 10,000,000 medals will be manufactured in Birmingham workshops over the next six months to meet requests from across the empire.
James O Neill recalled a scene from the Virginius era when Edwin Forrest critiqued his Irish brogue aloud in the star's dressing room. O Neill feared a harsh verdict until Forrest’s dresser relayed that Forrest believed the young actor could become great if he sheds the brogue.
The Journal highlights upcoming biblical and historic dramatizations including Stephen Phillips’s David and Bathsheba centered piece for Edward 8. Willard, and a Mary Magdalene focus for Julia Marlowe. Mrs. Fiske contemplates a year-end Mary drama amid satire reports and theatre chatter from London and New Jersey.
Gov Voorhees the governor elect and several high officials attended with Ex-President Grover Cleveland and wife accepting invitations. Excursion trains ran to Elizabeth from across New Jersey while Freehold sent a special delegation to the battle site reflecting the state wide participation.
Eilla Wheeler Wilcox returns with a witty vaudeville sketch written for Miss Mattie Keene. Dress rehearsal showed Mia Keene as a sharp, breezy woman lawyer with sparkling lines. Keene’s versatility and Wilcox’s polished performance make the piece shine, suggesting future stock-company potential beyond single-sketch tours.
A humorous excerpt depicts a dry goods clerk taking a call about a paralyzed patient walking, with a doctor advised by a caller to set the patient alone. The exchange parodies medical dialogue, noting the patient’s odd recovery and inconsistent treatment. The tale ends with a wag about the patient once being a famed calf hunter.
An Irish farmer visits an Ironmonger and learns about a bicycle priced at fifteen pounds. The shopman mocks the idea of riding it. The farmer retorts that milking a bicycle would look foolish, and he would look no worse than the one who would ride a cow instead.
The Prohibitionist assails the Demon Rum with fresh volleys while the man with the red nose applauds. A dialogue follows as the lecturer notes the drinking man’s past, and the rye remark signals a patronizing pledge to warm the heart.
A traveling man recalls a humorous exchange aboard a Pullman sleeper. Two women near him discussed the inconveniences of sleeping cars, one saying she disliked them, the other predicting that life in a fist would change her view once she has it.
Comic exchanges unfold on the ice and aboard an armored train segment with quick quips about drowning prevention and a child pressing for a bow and arrow toy while adults refuse outdoor play in cold weather. The chatter features a mock royal tone about bul let-proof shirts and armor.
A series of playful Q and A moments with young children and adults. A visitor asks Minne about age and a child replies “almost new.” Tommy seeks height to see more in crowds while Margie interacts with a visitor about the new baby. A four year old questions a circus outing, and a parent responds with humor. The dialogue includes a joking medical-like explanation for a grown man’s head size.
A collage of brief extracts from various papers and columns. The notes mix dialogue about an umbrella swap, a translucent trolley joke, golf quips, and social gossip. Readers encounter eclectic voices from the Queen's Chronicler to local humor columns in multiple papers.
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