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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1904
Page
2
A column of quirky comments and opinions covers varied topics. It lampoons future trends, money, fashion, marriage, literature, politics, and culture with wry humor and light critique, noting figures like Bret Harte, James Lane Allen, Rockefeller, Peary, and mentions of Cripple Creek and Panama Canal.
A humorous column recalls stage slips from liquored lines to misread vows. anecdotes feature Sothern and Blanche Weaver, Rankin, Lackaye, and Irene Cromwell in Toyland, noting how dialogue hiccups provoked laughter and sparked quick onstage covers.
Writings recall Lionel Barrymore's early stage heats and John Barrymore’s pivot from painting to acting. The piece recounts Rankin’s clash over Romeo and Juliet, Greenroom Gossip notes additions to Boston and Providence stock companies, and upcoming casts for McAdam and Eye, An English Daisy, and The Triumph of an Empress among others.
A first person narrator recalls a life on the prairie with a difficult employer and a beloved Nellie. He plans to prove himself, writes to a brother in Montana, then returns home with a ring and hope of winning Nellie, while facing lingering doubts about her feelings. His journey alternates between hard labor and longing, ending with a cautious return to the home region.
A tense scene unfolds as a narrator and companion discuss a possible resident’s deathless fate at Morse's home. Nellie Werley is mentioned as living elsewhere, while whispers blame typhoid and emotional strain on a patient who may be dying, with a strained family dynamic behind the rumor.
A church fundraiser stalls at $400 as subscriptions falter. Undertaker Brother Burymen, already a donor, pledges to cover the remaining $100, declaring faith in the enterprise and urging others to match or exceed support. The visiting minister fosters enthusiasm but the cash limit remains.
The passage notes Norway hung corn and wheat offerings on doorfront poles for winter birds and used straw wrapped gifts tossed into homes, leading to a Christmas confession day. In Spain, work stops before midnight masses, prisoners are released with gifts, doctors are paid, and households leave doors open for beggars to collect offerings.
Adolf Kussmans recounts a Heidelberg banker famed for his stern manner who visited Dr Nubn in a railway car and later in the anatomy department. After a friendly exchange about the heart, the banker returned home and killed himself with a dagger to the heart.
Lord Kelvin, famed for advancing electricity, dislikes electric light. During a visit to the United States with Lady Kelvin, they stayed with George Westinghouse. In Lenox, their hosts used electric illumination, but the Kelvins requested simple tallow dips for their bedroom due to unfamiliarity with bright light.
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