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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1903
Page
2
A quirky, fragmentary column from SILVER MESSENGER reflects on aviation woes, revolts, and social trends. It juggles names, jokes, and global gossip, mentioning King Leopold, Macedonia, Cuba, Wall Street, and various curious aphorisms as it puns on contemporary affairs.
The piece notes that neckwear greatly influences a woman's costume and urges blending color and character with gowns. It predicts no drastic changes in neckwear lines for autumn and winter, citing Herper's Bazaar. It also mentions Hungarian embroidery attracting linen-loving women.
The Pittsburg Press notes new neckwear styles for late fall including cape coats, fitted fronts, and feathered borders. It highlights silk, lace, beads, and jet accents, black with pale tones, plus a Paris gown in pale gray elevate cloth and elaborate back and sleeve detailing. Autumn coats, traditional reefer shapes, and Hungarian linen themes complete the fashion spread.
Readers note a shift from flat hat shapes to high erections among the fashionably dressed. The revival echoes a past vogue, though hats are worn less tipped back, removing the halo-like effect and giving a new silhouette to the smart set.
Stored as a practical tip advising that gasoline used as a cleanser should be diluted in water at two quarts of water to a cup of gasoline. It warns that gasoline cleaning is hazardous and can cause an explosion, urging careful handling.
The newest shaped skirts feature more fullness at the back and outward curved hems with narrow flouncings on fine gowns while plain for everyday wear. Freshening veils involves steaming by winding around a broom handle and placing over boiling water for about forty five minutes, then drying.
To remove stains from and thoroughly clean stone sinks, sprinkle them with chloride of lime and brush down with water the following morning.
An alarming report details rampant crime in Paris with organized bands of thieves and murderers. The Habits Noirs gang and Bande de Neuilly terrorize citizens, targeting women and visitors in hotels, parks, and bridges like Neuilly. Police patrols are insufficient and crime thrives, with selective attacks and public robberies common.
A charitable man finds a hurt blackbird, teaches it a tune, and releases it. A year later the same bird returns with three companions to sing the benefactor’s song as a quartet from a tree by his window.
A historical note claims Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem remained undamaged by lightning for a millennium. It reportedly lay coated inside and out with gold, a highly conductive layer that allegedly shielded the structure, an idea presented by a Lestios Monthly contributor.
Mrs Carrie Nation arrived in New Haven to hold a heart to heart talk with Yale students. She confronted several young men on campus, who smoked and jeered at her, until she endured a rounds of college yells and finally retreated in a subdued, undignified manner.
Mercedes Lopes, a Mexican performer, claims the longest hair in the world. She stands five feet tall yet her hair drags four feet when erect, and she believes it can be hidden in the folds. Her hair grows rapidly, allowing her to cut and set large tresses, while her husband works as a poor shepherd.
Pixley Katonnks Seme, the first Zulu admitted to an American university, has passed the rigorous entrance exams at Columns and enrolled for an eight term course, signaling a landmark achievement for possible cross cultural education.
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