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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1904

Page

5

Challis Masonic Meeting Notice and Officers Listed

The text lists officers and attendees for Challis lodge including Charles Baker John Fitzpatrick Jesse Finnell William Bowen and others. Regular meetings occur Saturdays at 8 o'clock at their hall with George McGowan as N G and J G Fruxelli as secretary, inviting visiting brothers in good standing.

Charles F. Baker John J. Fitzpatrick Jesse G. Finnell William J. Bowen William Elder Geo Challis George L. McGowan N. G J. G. Frxxelli

Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge Meets Twice Monthly

Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 27 Challis holds regular meetings in the Odd Fellows hall on the second and fourth Tuesday nights each month. Visiting members in good standing are welcome. Mrs. Eudoka Hofman is Noble Grand and Mary G. Dorgan serves as Secretary.

Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 27 Challis Odd Fellows’ Hall Alwayve Eudoka Hofman Mary G. Dorgan Guster C.C.F Odd Fellows William Elder Finnell

Pungent Paragraphs and Quick Quips of the Press

A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. Items poke fun at laborers, society, poets, and city life with humor about appearances, jealous lovers, misread motives, and a car chase interrupted by a puzzled motorman. Includes Punch and Boston transcripts and several playful exchanges.

Bridal Photographs Through the Camera Craze

A Chicago Tribune view on wedding photography notes brides are less eager to have their postnuptial beauty recorded. Photographers lament awkward poses and fading enthusiasm, saying four dollar brides and overdramatic posing often spoil images. The piece recalls a time of spotless white gowns and formal couples, observing the current decline of the wedding photography craze.

The Chicago Tribune

United States Navy League Aims at Naval Strength

United States Navy League formed to secure a navy meeting the country’s needs. It seeks public attention to naval standing versus world powers and to generate opinion favorable to naval expansion before Congress. Cites nonpartisan models abroad, notably Germany, where the league spurred naval affairs with imperial support.

United States Navy League Congress England France Germany Italy Naval League New League Scientific American

Life in Metals A Lunatic Notion Or Genuine Breakthrough

An Italian scientist allegedly finds life in metals and the possibility to kill a metal like a person. The piece mocks the idea, recalling Huxley and London Sketch, and jokes about a future cruelty to metals act with penalties for improper handling and shaping.

London Huxley

A TRUE FINANCIER

The St Louis Post Dispatch notes a tale of bargaining over a mule in Millersburg. James Stewart faced a stubborn buyer who finally agreed to pay 145 dollars after a long day of haggling. The anecdote illustrates the idea that pricing real value often requires patience and shrewd negotiation.

Saya St. Louis Post-Dispatch James Stewart Millersburg Jim

Protecting River Banks and Mountain Dangers Abroad

A Globe article notes river levees reinforced with mattresses on banks along the Missouri and Arkansas to protect towns. It recounts Leslie Matlock of Heppner Oregon warning flooded villages like a second Paul Revere, while Swiss climbers endure a night in snow on Piz Aéla amid rain and avalanches. An English tourist on Monte Rosa falls, saved by a guide holding the rope for six hours as others seek help.

Missouri Arkansas United States Missouri Valley Leslie Matlock Heppner Ore Paul Revere Switzerland Piz Aéla Monte Rosa

Not Located Prodigy Pig With Seven Feet Draws Attention

A farmer named C. Nelson living east of there raised and sold a pig to a traveling agent this week for exhibition at fairs. The animal is described as a remarkable freak with two extra front feet arising at the knee of one leg and three at the knee of the other, giving five front feet while the hind feet are normal.

C. ©. Nelson There

Tug of War Ends in Mule Victory at Segovia Farm

In Segovia Spain two farmers settled a dispute of animal strength by a tug of war between a horse and a mule. Harnessed to a cart the mule pulled with force driving the horse from its legs and escaping with the cart.

Segovia Spain

Flora Macdonald and a Loud Holler at Moore County Train

A traveling grocer recalls mistaking a man for Joe McCann in a Moore County hamlet. Flora Macdonald is invoked to explain the local Mac family ancestry and the frequent use of “Mac” names. The piece shifts to a science note on electricity, Crookes, Stoney, and electrons, and ends with a line about raindrop fall rates.

Moore County John Gilbert New York Sun Joe McCann Mac Jon McCann Flora Flora Macdonald Prince Charney Weill North Carolina Fayetteville Mace—Macleods Macdonalds McBrides McNeils Macphersons McCrummonses Maciver Crookes Stoney

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