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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1905
Page
6
A crowded column from Challis Idaho traces assorted items from New York morals to Panama exploits. Notes mock politics, social quirks, criminal lore, and oddities from 1900s era newspapers, including trains, goblets, inventions, and medical cures, all filtered through a satirical local lens.
A Baltimore Herald piece muses on human vocal limits, noting a man’s failed attempt to imitate money’s jingling sound. A young woman argues many everyday noises like walking, typewriter, running water, or a breaking dish are beyond imitation, suggesting human vocal range is modest and praising those who stretch it.
A blind man named Green claimed he acted in error while crossing a road in Birmingham. He struck a plate glass window worth £16 after mistaking boards for waste ground, and was acquitted by the jury.
An unusual park feature in Madison Square Park acts as a living thermometer. A water geyser spouts about every five seconds, height varying with weather from fifteen to twenty feet in summer to minor mounds when cold. Observers estimate temperature within two degrees of the official reading.
Disappeared banners may be repurposed as lawn tennis netting and fish nets. Salvage from the banners is limited and valued by paint and size. The Republican national committee banners once stretched across Twenty Third Street cost $500, with flag banners priced lower. salvaged banners will decorate halls and clubs.
Warden Durgin tracked a large bear in the snow near the Forks Me. He found the bear had killed a buck deer while it rested and had eaten part of the carcass, burying the remainder under leaves and brush.
In Chatham the mayor’s eldest daughter represented the mayoress after the mother’s death. The four year old mayoress wore a large hat and displayed chocolates as the procession moved to the town hall. The tradition, though startling, marked the youngest mayoress in England according to the New York Press.
In the all spaces Into which every ray of the star is divided put numbers. In each ray, add 19 in the center so that the total is 130. All numbers must be distinct. Find the set of numbers that satisfies the condition for every ray.
Parisian rail hubs fuse beauty and utility in new designs while critics, including the Place de Opera project, denounce an eighteenth century look reminiscent of Versailles. Directors question the style, arguing it clashes with republican principles and modern rail travel.
The article traces how hair trends shaped perceptions of beauty from ancient to nineteenth century Europe, arguing that low foreheads and bangs improved appearance. It notes shifts from high brows and exposed foreheads to waves, pompadours, and fringes influencing femininity and social judgment.
A historical note extols milk as the closest to a perfect food, detailing nutrient content across foods like potatoes, pork, bread, beef, cheese, butter, ham, mutton, eggs, and cod. It asserts milk supplies all body nutrients, while wheat bread sustains but lacks optimal proportions. Prices vary, yet nutritive value differs little.
The bell cast by Paul Revere stands in the Chapman Street schoolhouse bell tower at Greenfield Massachusetts. A second Revere bell remains in Nis Wells Church at Sunderland and a third was in a Northfield church that burned years ago.
Jesse Dayholt a farmer near Mt Airy York County Pennsylvania placed a chestnut from a stove into his mouth as children roasted them. The chestnut exploded shattering his lip and blowing out several teeth in the incident.
In Rabun County northeast Georgia a remote precinct known as the Ian grounds hosts annual county, state and federal elections. On Presidential election day November 12 the scene featured twelve voters at noon, with a log supported table and a hat used as a ballot box. A local gentleman noted about 100 voters reside in the precinct and ballots are counted upon request.
A summary of observations by Col Sykes and others on ant foraging and seed gathering, noting larger creatures traveling with ants and a fascinating slave-owning ant that compels enslaved larvae to hatch and serve. The piece cites Brazilian and African ecosystems, and mentions a London observer recounting these behaviors observed in ants and their diverse interactions.
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