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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1902
Page
6
A historical critique warns that modern food substitutions and processing erode nutrition and taste. It cites the London Lancet on sugar in preserves, glucose in marmalade, artificial sweeteners in syrup, and the decline of wholesome bread. The piece calls for reviving home made foods, stone milling, and school instruction to restore palatability and nutrition.
A New York Herald report describes the American Museum of Natural History's complete collection of Porto Rican archaeological treasures captured largely after the Spanish American War. The stones and carved objects hint at Carib and Arawak ancestors, with mystery over their religious use and origins, and note skilled pottery and distinct stone carvings. A separate item discusses a St. Louis wholesale head praising women drummers for their sales in categories like tea, coffee, and spices.
The New York Press argues Roosevelt is more southern by birth than any president since John Tyler, noting Lincoln’s southern roots through a Kentucky birth and Mary Todd Lincoln’s Kentucky birth. Lincoln’s parentage and marriage are cited as forming strong southern ties.
Baltimore and Chicago Journal report the massive 6,865 ton steel floating dry dock built by Maryland Steel for the United States government, 525 by 126 feet, with three pontoons and forty watertight compartments. It will be towed to Algiers, La, around Oct 1, anchored by 16 inch valves, pumps, and twin engines to raise and dock ships up to 15,000 tons.
Carl Hagenbeck the notable animal dealer, a passenger on the Hamburg American steamship Pennsylvania, reported orders for rare animals exceeding capacity during his two week U S stay. He cited a scarcity and price doubling for camels giraffes sable antelopes big horns babitrugas and argals, said he would not sell them but planned large shipments of elephants lions bears leopards and others in coming weeks from Berlin to New York.
Berlin's traffic becomes increasingly difficult with a sudden rise in electric trams. At every corner and along every thoroughfare, tram centers flood streets, and cowcatchers are now fitted to trams. Police collect photos of tram hubs to improve control, though methods remain unclear.
In December 19 diary entry, the party reaches Hawash river and treks dense jungle. A cow elephant charges, a bull is shot, then a line of over forty elephants closes in, prompting a dramatic flank shot delivery with a Rigby .450 rifle. Whitehouse and Butter endure similar peril.
The New York World reports James Hooker Hamersley died at his country home after a life in fashionable circles. His cousin Louis C. Hamersley left a large estate to his widow with a trust to pass to the male heir, J. Hooker Hamersley, upon her death. A son born July 2 1892 has been dubbed the $7,000,000 Hamersley baby and remains under careful guardianship.
Consul General Hughes reports from Coburg that a French inventor has created a new artificial feather from refuse skins and hides. The process uses an alkaline solution to pulp the scraps, then presses and air dries sheets in stacks to form a strong pliable paper like material that can be shaped in various ways.
Scribner’s Magazine notes a bathtub in every tenement is costly and prone to coal theft, while a nearby public bath may work. The Center Market Place People's Bath in New York charged 5 cents for soap and towel, attracting 180,000 users last year, proving the concept.
A fragment notes Hannal Marsh man as the first woman missionary in modern times, born in England in 167 and influential in Indian missionary work. The text suggests a focus on pioneering female clergy and transnational religious activity in colonial-era missions.
London Raports reports a historic surgical feat as a circus elephant named Belle had a square yard of skin grafted to her shoulder after a fall from a railroad car. The operation used skin from Belle’s own young tailors in a staged hospital procedure with cocaine, antiseptics, and repeated grafts to cover the wound and reduce symptoms.
In Whit County Indiana teacher May Klee announces a new method to curb misbehavior by greeting pupils with a kiss for the first arrival each morning. Chicago Record Heroin notes Miss Wilson, an 18 year old staffer, described as handsome, drew attention as students and Township Trustees waited outside the school at dawn to witness the promise fulfilled.
A Weymouth electrician, Cecil Vuricas, allegedly invents a wireless torpedo that can be steered remotely from shore or a battleship. The device removes the gyroscope of standard Whitehead torpedoes, using wireless telegraphy and a handwheel on shore to direct the rudder, with range depending on current strength.
A Victorian anecdote extols courtesy as a powerful social lever. It recounts Debeasue, once a poor schoolteacher, winning Gambetta’s favor by gifting beans and serving as private secretary. An act of politeness to a troubled lady on a train leads to a pivotal career boost and social advancement.
In the 1880s a Paris clerk earning about $200 yearly risked his life to rescue a young woman from a strong ruffian aboard a train. His bold action led to the capture of the attacker and boosted his reputation, illustrating how chivalrous deeds can propel a legal career.
Francisque Sarcey, famed dramatic critic, dies unexpectedly, halting plans to publish a collected forty year body of critique. His son in law Brisson and collaborator Hig Siccemmur, among others, prepared material for about seven volumes from his writings.
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