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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1907
Page
6
The Marblehead Neck resident, known for wearing a long coat and neckerchief in heat, halted a boy who stared and asked what he was looking at. The boy replied with a dismissive phrase about odd attire, highlighting a humorous clash over public observation.
The Burlington Great Northern extension to Ashland Wisconsin is finished and a mixed service is to be maintained while full operations start in about a month. The line links Burlington with Lake Superior and opens a new route for grain to reach the Atlantic seaboard.
The article notes that more passengers die in rail collisions and derailments than any other cause, with about two thirds of collisions occurring on rail lines due to signaling errors and block signaling failures. It emphasizes ongoing safety concerns in railroad operations.
The dime is praised for being compact and highly convenient, smaller and lighter than the nickel yet worth more than half as much. The piece notes growing scarcity despite higher mint output, driven by a trend of dime banks and clever saving devices that entice people to save even when not needed.
The Paisley man Mr Rola who disappeared near Heidelberg last July was found in Austria and tried at Feldkirch. The convict received twenty years in prison. Austrian law normally permits capital punishment for premeditated murder, but a prior punishment can spare the death sentence if given between the offense and arrest. In this case a week in jail for petty theft earlier this year altered the outcome.
A playful mold for a gelatine dessert shaped as a sun features nut-pressed eyes and teeth. The piece cites Cassell's Journal on tact and quotes Barbey d Aubriville noting tact cannot be bought, as Chancellor Day recalls advising a Syracuse undergrad.
A rough instructional fragment describes handling a severe cut with cold water and lint, then a chaotic stage scene where a son pleads to follow the stage path. The father responds with a comical mispronunciation about making a carpenter of his son, creating a contrasting tone.
A light exchange unfolds as a wife plans a summer parasol and a birthday gift for her husband. She jokes about handles a parrot or lobster might symbolize, sparking a playful debate on what the cane handle should resemble.
A tale circulating about Mark Twain describes a country auto ride where the car bogs down in mud near a railroad. An Irishman appears with Italians to lift the machine, insisting on leading the operation. Twain concedes, then later calls the Irishman back and grants him the boss role.
A southern community tale centers on a cabbage patch owned by a Black man who sold the plot for $20,000 after speculators urged him to accept. Neighbors speculated a higher value, suggesting he could have received $40,000 or more the next day, yet the man declares a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.
A richly dressed Paris woman Malle M Gow vier died after a street stabbing. Though she faintly spoke of jealousy and said Il pardonn him, she refused to name her murderer. No witness could be extracted, shielding the suspect from justice.
A summer night scene describes waves breaking with a mournful sound under moonlight. A youthful voice calls out in deep feeling, creating a vivid, lyrical moment.
The last French settlement in North America, St Pierre on Miquelon near the St Lawrence, is rapidly depopulating. French concern grows as fisheries fail and emigration rises, with 100 immigrants arriving from North Sydney and plans for 200 more. Workers head to railroads and wheat belts. France struggles to keep a foothold amid hardship.
Robert Wilder of Clarksburg has a spotless temper and courtesy. He once gave a highwayman $13.26 and apologized for not having more, and after being struck at work he forgave his attacker and dropped him on rocks. He even wrote a kind obituary for the local paper and keeps a cheerful, forgiving outlook in daily life.
The national government will pay Minnesota 67000 to defray 1862 63 Indian war expenses. Amid Civil War fears and Indian uprisings from across the border, Minnesota militia fought invaders, settlers were massacred, and the state later claimed reimbursement from Congress.
The Staten Island Advance printed a 16 page issue after its electric motor failed. An expert could not fix it locally, so editor John Crawford Jr drove a 35 hp car to the building, broke through the wall, and connected the press shaft to the automobile to run off the edition.
The piece discusses a Kipling reference and older maxims like Pythagoras not to stir fire with a sword. It cites Johannes de Plano Carpini on Tartars forbidding knife or axe near fire. Fire is treated as a living sacred creature whose head must not be harmed, linking to domestic beliefs about maintaining a steady flame.
A narrator overhears a fellow passenger estimate a man’s worth at twenty million dollars while aboard a train. A porter later corroborates the tale, joking that the millionaire’s wealth is uncertain and may be exaggerated. The piece uses dialect and humor to reflect a mood of disbelief and curiosity about status.
Wall Street curbs react as Nippissing Mines shares fall from 28 to 19 percent and the Guggenheims’ one third stake sale falls through. They had optioned 400000 shares at eight dollars, but December 1 they declined due to questions over property titles. They have paid 2.5 million dollars and delivered 40000 shares. they will bear any losses for friends in the deal, an apparent total cost around 1.5 million dollars.
A tale of extreme miserliness tied to hay disposal and odd wedding gift practices. A miser hoards hay, asks an enormous price, and settlements stall with the buyer finally walking away with one last load. A separate note mocks the use of checks for wedding gifts, detailing a Paris wedding where a bride’s funds were spent on old debts rather than presents.
A public library attendant in London confronted a young girl sniffing books to see if they smelled of tobacco. She confessed she uses the test to determine if a book has been read by a man, implying it is a good one. The tale is presented as a witty, cynical observation on reading habits and gendered behavior.
A brief look at writing implements from ancient reeds to modern steel pens. It notes the 1803 English invention by Wise, contrasts with early quills from the fifth century, and cites the Ostrogothic king Theodoric who signed documents by tracing letters on a gold plate.
The war and navy departments approve a new configuration for the United States flag to include Oklahoma as an added star. The arrangement takes effect on July 4, 1907, marking the new state in the union.
Dr J G Keith once of St Louis and later Leadville Colorado suffered two lightning strikes. The first struck about eleven years ago paralyzing his left side while he was walking. The second strike in Leadville last spring left him practically helpless on his left side.
A dubious foreign occult lecturer touts digit magic via multiplying by nine. He claims any number times nine yields products whose digits sum to nine or a multiple thereof, citing examples like 9 times 2, 9 times 3, and 9 times 9 to entice followers with alleged hidden powers. He provides several arithmetical tricks and promises endless fascination in the number nine.
In a crowded train carriage a book provokes contagious laughter as a girl reads its pages. Passengers across the car, including a young man and a woman beside him, share amused smiles and broad grins while a boy and a darker passenger join in the cheer, until the reader departs, leaving others puzzled by the book’s cover.
The south holds coal wealth greater than Britain Germany and Pennsylvania combined and vast oil and natural gas stores. It can power heat and light with water power, adding at least 2,000,000 available horsepower for transmission. Development could cost 250 to 300 million dollars and employ 6,000,000 men, enabling interurban electric roads and cheap power for mines and factories. The region could rival Switzerland in skilled mountain work.
The Postum Cereal Co and C W Post assure all Postum Cereal Grape Nuts and Biijan s Manna packages sold by retailers meet the National Pure Food Law of 1906 and are not adulterated or misbranded. Witnessed by Hexsasux F. Re Notary Public with sworn affidavits dated 1906 and 1907.
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