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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1905
Page
2
A collage of jokes and quick takes features Col Greene’s grandiose claims, a king of gold tricks, pushes for women with carts, a poisoned countess, a starry line of sports and trials, and humorous notes on crime, manners, and a hunting season tally. Names like Harvard, O'Brien, and Cullom appear amid fears, quirks, and sly commentary.
An old prospector recalls a December scene at Grosenbeck’s store on Tiger Creek where Pink-Eye Simpson, tiny and gaunt, walked in and demanded a drink. The crowd watched as a confrontation unfolded leading to heightened tension about a coroner’s inquest.
A Chicago News account tells of a camp confrontation involving Mr Wallis and Grosenbeck over insult and credit threats. Wallis withdraws, returns with a pick handle and fends off Grosenbeck, who vanishes after a chaotic skirmish that includes the missing horse and Billy Thorsen’s cabin.
Chumpsky leaves home to attend a lodge meeting and slips into a masquerade ball with masked dancers. He becomes entranced by a woman in a black domino, sharing a dangerous liaison before returning home to his wife, haunted by an intoxicating perfume and rumored rendezvous.
The London Truth puzzle section sought golf round accounts with no A or U. Eight sample responses sample a quirky mix of vague reflections on golf, spectators, and etiquette, noting aims, playing, and post game fellowship without certain vowels and with light satire.
A New York reporter finally gained access to J Pierpont Morgan after using a financier's business card with his own. Morgan noted many reporters had been rejected that day, but the ruse worked and the interview occurred. The report also notes Indiana legislator Ananias Baker in Washington.
Fragmentary OCR reads Like a memory of meeting a person named Me Bete or Mebet, mentioning a 60 ty-wat lodge and a house that grew tall. The text is incomplete and lacks clear action or dates. Entities are uncertain and no clear event or outcome can be established.
Col John Billups rides in a railway car and admires the window view and a beautiful woman ahead. A plain companion ignores flirtatious winks from the woman as Billups notes the scene and comments on Southern manners and fair game in nature.
Fragment from a reflection by Charlotte Perkins on aging and the desire to avoid endless life. The speaker laments memory loss, fear, and the idea that perpetual existence would strip meaning from living as years pass and civilizations change.
A chaotic scene unfolds as new senators linger in the Senate restaurant, seating themselves and feasting while a wandering newspaper man spots the pair. Knox and Crane, joined by colleagues, discuss meals as they pass through doors and into the inner room.
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