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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1905
Page
8
Portland man John T. Ekalls relays a Louisville Herald account describing brutal Roumanian jail practices. A prisoner reportedly faced sand sausage whipping, ash bag head confinement, and temple compression with a truth finder. Torturers were later removed from office.
A treasury insider recounts how artful names for money originated. Italians once used livestock as change with cows and sheep, bullion replacing flocks at banks, and terms like carats for gold watch weight. The tale notes tosses of coins by Trojans and phrases like above the standard reflecting ancient banking customs.
A historical overview contrasts the Inca Empire’s early governance with a claim that it represented an enlightened despotism. It describes communal land use, nonhereditary offices chosen by clan, and women’s domestic influence, then shifts to Dr. George M. Gould’s claim that most people are right eyed affecting violin fingering and gun handling.
A city guest boasting broad tastes is gently humiliated by country folk who quiz him on basic rural truths such as cow teeth and which horse end rises first, prompting a sly warning to learn from the locals. The piece then shifts to notes on Americans spending abroad, and naval life in a Detroit Free Press excerpt.
The piece notes large Somaliland camel herds, sometimes 30,000, inviting raids. Raiders drive off thousands of camels over long distances, with water scarcity and thirst shaping the pursuit. Somali herders and ponies endure days without drink as they guard or pursue losses.
Good society in Korea enforces widow remarriage bans with perpetual mourning. Widows must wear blue black or green forever, a constraint seen as a mixed blessing in married life despite potential youth or late spousal death.
Prominent Japanese Christians include one imperial cabinet member, two supreme court judges, two lower house presidents, three vice ministers, and 18 Christians among 800 parliament members. In the army 145 officers are Christian, about three percent, and Christians command the two largest battleships. In Tokyo three daily papers have Christian editors.
A brief notice offers admission to a ball with the doorkeepr named as J G Finnell and the ticket price set at $1.50 with 50 cents for each extra.
Notice from County Treasurer F J Clype dated January 31 1905 states warrants across funds including Current Expense Current Road and related issues will be paid with interest to date if presented within sixty days from the notice. Interest is .07 percent from registry date to ten days after advertisement.
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