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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
3
During the Nashua fair a balloon ascent by Prof K L Stafford and wife nearly ended in disaster when a gust tipped the craft. Mrs Stafford’s parachute snagged the falling professor, saving both as they landed in a tree. Spectators gasped yet cheered their miraculous escape and reception at the hotel.
Authorities warn against using petroleum as an insecticide on trees in summer. Applications to trunks and large branches with a brush have killed trees due to their growth. Winter use has shown benefits. Do not use petroleum in summer unless applied with a sprayer.
William T McCracken died after a broken telephone wire crossed and he fell on the sidewalk. He told a bystander to use a dry board and a felt hat to avoid harm while removing the live wire, but he perished before help arrived.
The European edition of the New York Herald reports scientists using a contagious bacillus to infect rats and mice, aiming to eradicate them. Trials in Lille Tunis Hamburg and Copenhagen show varying success with complete disappearance in about half the cases and partial or no effect in others. The piece also notes dawn party fashion in England and a column on rich young men entering the church, focusing on Anton Phelps Stokes and the critique of inherited wealth.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes a party of young men dining at a stylish cafe. One jokester orders the waiter to claim he is in the police station for the evening and will not return home, prompting lighthearted mischief and speculation about the wife and the call to the central station. The piece blends quick wit and social banter with an Atlanta Constitution excerpt on poetry and daily life.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a frustrated customer complaining a jeweler lied about fixing a watch after paying 2 cents and another clerk at a stamp shop terse in tone as an automobile request surfaces in brief dialogue excerpts.
An old newspaper fragment portrays a domestic scene with a stern father and wishes for bread and clothes. It references Mr Youngwed and Mrs Youngwed amid assorted wartime era quotes about soldiers in China and a mispronounced dialogue about a Chinese national air.
An assorted transcript from Atlantic City Philadelphia and Indianapolis press items features snippets about gas timing at night, distant travel by sun and sphere concepts, and a remark by a lecturer calling women in the east a domesticated animal, provoking amused glare from women in attendance.
A Washington Star quote notes political dealings as a major sale. The dialogue shows a skeptical man remarking on selling votes while Senator Sorghum counters that impressions depend on delivery and hustling for votes. The exchange frames politics as big commerce.
A clipped exchange shows a character named Sambo and a whitewash business in a pondership. The dialogue jokingly questions sales and prospects, with rural dialect and period flavor reflecting Boston Courier style.
A collage of brief quips shows slights about debts and missing payments, a vaudeville style gag about elephants taking trunks, and a cartoonish exchange on moving out with a crusty character, plus a jab about workers and plumbing in a Labor Day parade.
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