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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
3
Election day humor shows Higgleby and wife debating voting choices. Mrs Higgleby admits she split her ticket by placing half a vote on two candidates after reading both platforms. The quip contrasts single candidate loyalty with a practical compromise in polling day banter.
An Elks trip to Los Angeles is promoted with sale dates at Salt Lake City and return validity through March 7 via Salt Lake Route. The clipping includes offhand quips about golf and society life, with jokes on cream bills and a bishop’s tobacco joke, and a brief chat about May Pochlis’s beauty.
A fragmentary line from the Kan eae City Journal questions a professor’s actions at a christening noting disappointment over naming a baby rather than a bug, suggesting a quirky or satirical exchange. The terse quote highlights a misfired expectation in a social or academic setting.
Thomas Ardmore and Henry Maine Griswold clash as North and South Carolina governors quarrel over a mysterious Appleweight. Griswold and Ardmore pursue rival daughters Barbara Osborne and Jerri Dangerfield, while both sides seek to seize the outlaw Appleweight. Militias deploy, a chase unfolds, and arrests ripple across Ardmore’s property and a South Carolina hideout.
Mrs Atchison greets Jerry Dangerfield and Ardmore as prisoners arrive from the grocer’s, with Capt Webb reporting guards catching newspaper men and a jailed executive in the tower. George P Billings, Bronx Loan and Trust secretary, is identified as the principal prisoner. Foster, North Carolina state treasurer, is suspected in a coal hole scuffle after a teahouse chase.
Ardmore and Miss Dangerfield confront rising tensions as North and South Carolina forces clash near a border creek. A flag of truce arrives with a letter from Henry Maine Griswold, challenging exchange terms while Ardmore plots a wary reply. The scene ends with an armistice proposal and preparations for prisoner exchange.
An Island of Sulphur in the Bay of Plenty New Zealand known as White Island stands out as a remarkable volcanic site. It features a circular form three miles around rising 800 to 900 feet above sea level with a vast vapor cloud reaching 10 000 feet. A central boiling acidic lake covers fifty acres and is ringed by blow holes emitting steam and fumes. navigable by boat with effort though sulphur extraction remains limited.
The column recalls anecdotes about a wealthy man named Jones who acts oddly at social events. At an opera house he cried out at a removed cue, and at a dinner he joked about a spilled spoon holder. The tone lampoons his pretentious habits and wealth.
Mrs. F. E. Harmon of Atoka Tennessee reports her infant’s severe scalp eruption, hair loss, and body rash lasting six months. After failing to improve with ointments and doctors, two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, three cakes of Soap, and two boxes of Ointment led to full recovery with hair regrowth and no recurrences. She endorses Cuticura for cuts and sores and praises its toilet-use efficacy.
Callahan tells Father Clancy he was compelled to strike Hogan but did so “gently.” The priest notes their long friendship and hỏi he questions the incident as described in Lippincott's.
In a brisk exchange the townsmen note snow drifts impede travel and urge city residents to match country folk by pushing for better roads. The dialogue highlights civic friction and calls for infrastructure improvements.
The fragmentary lines imply a humorous or satirical exchange about becoming a high rank of indolence. No clear persons, places, or events are established, leaving ambiguity about setting or source.
A young West Philadelphia boy has finished his first essay about a dog describing it as a four legged animule with a tale and pants that he both wags and sits on. The piece praises a dog's usefulness in biting burglars but notes mud tracked on the carpet causes trouble. He calls a bulldog the king of beesta.
Fragmentary line from a column noting romantic events in St Louis Star. Mentions trouble with an automobile and a marriage, with love as a recurring theme. Details are incomplete and cannot be fully resolved from the readable text.
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