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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1902
Page
3
Workmen uncover fresco titled Venus at Toilette in Pompeii house once owned by Marcus Lucretius Fronto. Also find Neoptolemus punishment painting and six elaborately furnished rooms. Nearby skeletons and a money-filled vase suggest burglars caught by city fire.
A vivid note on Mexico’s lush vegetation and curious natural bridges formed by dense vines. The article highlights living vine bridges over streams, plus exotic Congo palms and trees like musanga Smiths and ficus pandurata, noting rapid growth, distinctive leaves, and uses from rafts to plantations.
In a fishmonger shop an oyster trapped a rat by closing its shell after the rodent’s tail slipped between the shells. The rat struggled to retreat to its hole as the oyster clamped down, creating a surprising scene in the shop above.
A Swiss mountain Rocher de la Closette is said to topple into the Travers valley at any moment. The Jura valley, with towns Notrague Le Fucil Closette and Champ du Moulin, the Jura Simplon railway, and the Reuse river, would be buried. Experts warn of imminent collapse. dry weather slows, wet speeds the event.
Two gentlemen returning from a temperance meeting were thrown from their conveyance in a dark lane. The local paper carried the report ending with fortunate sobriety. One man demanded an apology, and the editor responded with a concise note restating the incident and the hoped-for sober outcome.
Famous billiard performer Robert de Bremont debuts a novel act named the "William Toll." On any standard billiard table he strikes a lit candle with a cue ball, sending the candle over the flame in an arc, yet without the ball touching the holder, causing the candle to go out.
A satirical exchange cited from the Baltimore American features the Interviewer asking the Sultan of Bazoo Island about benefits of assimilation by a civilized country. The sultan concedes and adds a jab about receiving $1000 in damages from swallowing a missionary’s false teeth.
A Dublin doctor diagnoses a patient with stomach cancer and contemplates revealing the news. The Irishman asks if the doctor can cure it and, hearing he cannot, laughs and leaves with a joke on the surgeon, while the doctor reflects on offense caused.
A man praising Gibbs as a capable and honest candidate tells a crowd he once saved a man from drowning. The other man urges secrecy, saying never let anyone know Gibbs saved your life, then pressures the crowd to support Gibbs. The exchange reflects local campaign chatter from a London Tit-Bits vignette.
The New York World notes bicycles are rarely bought as records are broken daily, while sales and fees for wheels steadily decline indicating dwindling demand and higher cost pressures for riders.
A quirky montage of comic snippets and dialogue from various papers. A desperate suitor plots by poison and a malarial mosquito, a cyclist Mrs. Spinner and her tandem, a mob in tar and feathers, a fade color complaint, and a farmer gag about scarecrows on rail lines.
In Newport the Blue Devils owner Charlie quips that everyone will own an automnobite while Willie of the Black Ghost adds that after a while there won’t be any horses to scare. A sly exchange about marriage follows with a punchline about invalid friends and a sick room.
An Ohio State Journal item reports Carelens John confronting a milk dealer over milk sold as watered down. The milkman, addressing his son nearby, questions whether the cows were given a drink before milking, highlighting tension in a small dairy encounter.
A young couple at Randolph Street and Columbia Avenue in Philadelphia greet each morning with a kiss as a crowd gathers to watch. The tall, handsome man and the affectionate woman part briefly, chat, then share a lingering kiss just before the whistle. Residents heckle with quips, yet the couple remains unfazed, drawing growing attention each day.
Quick Sales Expected. Penn jokes about tombstone markets while a family visits relatives. A Chicago well-paved block prompts questions about city aldermen. A boy reports a sister as a pig over peach greed while another lineage notes Americanization through travel.
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