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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1902

Page

5

Supreme Court S x Charles Stockslager case notice

Custer Lodge No 21 I O F holds regular meetings each Saturday night at 7 at their hall in Challis. Visiting Brothers in good standing invited. Silver Leaf Rebekah No 27 I O O F Challis holds regular meets on 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights. Visiting members welcome. Miss Mabel Jose N G Milas Cuba Trusler Secretary.

Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No Custer C.F Odd Fellows Challis Robert Morrison P. Geo. E_ Keyes

Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Snippets

A collage of quips from renowned papers, highlighting puns and wry observations. It catalogs jokes about knowledge and power, manners, and domestic life, featuring brief lines from the New York Sun, Chicago Daily News, New York Herald, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia Press, Glasgow Evening Times, Boston Transcript, and Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.

WN. Y. Sun Chicago Daily News N. Y. Herald Bobbie Glaegow Evening Times Deacon Jones Mrs. Grimes Boston Transcript Emsworth James Pittsburg

Bad luck superstition and a rail wreck tale

A smoker scene with a drummer and a man obsessed by luck recounts a superstition about killing the first snake of the year. Their ride ends in a wagon wreck with minor injuries, amid notes on insurance and odd beliefs. The piece also mentions Lincoln era flags, the McKinley lineage in Ireland, and railroad work across Death Valley.

Detroit

Parrot Purchases Bring Woes to Mrs Charley

In a Detroit Free Press tale a woman buys a parrot to keep company while her husband Charley is away. The parrot talks after a fashion but later dies amid suspicion of foul play as neighbors and a peddler warn against talking parrots. Charley faces suspicion as the household mystery unfolds.

Italy Anys Detroit Free Press Charley Preeta Pella Polly Pally Chanticleers Abe

Father of cork screws unearthed by Carnegie Museum find

Carnegie Museum in Pittsburg has acquired four large fossil specimens from Sioux County Nebraska under Dr. W J Holland. The nearly ten foot spiral shapes taper from four to two inches, with a conelike tip encased in soft stone. The long curved object resembles a gigantic eel and defies definitive identification despite expert examination.

Carnegie Museum Pittsburg Sioux County Nebraska W. J. Holland St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kew Product Vegetstine From Cocoanut Prepared in Marseilles

A Marseilles firm prepares a new product named Vegetstine from the coconut. It is a kind of butter suited for bakers and confectioners. The article says it is harder and whiter than ordinary butter and obtained by refining the oil of the coconut.

Marseilles

Science and Industry Notes From The Era Of Open Air Health

In the United States 282 medical journals exist with 24 on hygiene. Utah doubles its manufacturing plate since 1890 from 530 to 1,400. A German naturalist warns that a single pair of field mice could yield 200 by autumn. In Britain 13 of 100 units of work are manpowered. Ozone can be manufactured to purify air in tunnels and towers. Germany reports success with open air tuberculosis treatments, expanding 60 hospitals and 5,000 beds. Sir William Crookes announces vietorium, an element between lutetium and terbium, weight 17, with UV spectrum. An instrument measures spectrum to one hundred thousandth inch. A Strasburg astronomer reports an eagle at 3,000 meters and other birds at 900 meters. In 1890s records, larks at 1,000 meters observed. 1,400 meters for balloons, crows. birds rarely above 1,000 meters.

United States Utah Great Britain Mmanpower London Germany William Crookes Seat Royal Society

Fright and Faith Cure: A Tale From Louisiana

An old New Orleans resident recalls superstition and a remarkable case from north Louisiana where a cripple reportedly walked again after fright. Mr Hampton carried his charge on a black servant’s back when the pair encountered pig thieves. the servant fled thinking a ghost and Hampton, frightened, began to run and later walked 200 yards, with doctors unable to explain the cure.

New Orleans St. Charles Hampton

Indiana Mall Tree Post Office At Chetwynd

The village of Chetwynd and nearby residents now receive mail via a tree post office. A large elm at the crossroads holds 17 delivery boxes plus a government mail box for money orders and letters. About 120 people use the tree mailbox. the tree stands 100 feet tall with none of its limbs within 30 feet of the ground.

Indiana Chetwynd Cross Roads Indianapolis News

Britain’s Remarkable Locks of Fate Across History

A Sydney paper reflects on Britain's luck shaping events from colonial Canada to Crimea and China. It credits English general Elliott as pivotal in Gallipoli defense and notes various near-misses that averted European-wide wars while regional conflicts raged.

Great Britain Britain Sydney France Spain Canada Gilimiter Elliott Europe South Alerica

Also Mentioned on This Page

Supreme Court Ralph P. Quark S x Namieata Charles Stockslager K. L. Perry Cal J. Sharp A. Hodgman Custer County Henry F. Powell Jesse G. Finnell Silver Leaf Rebekah NO Henry Heitfeld Iibois Congress Robert W. Philps Hall O& Sotsuldu Mtulnatroet Wil & Mw Ipano R. A. Pierce Attorney-Al-Law, Chattis Idaho W. J. Lamme Tpano Dan Seeds D. HM, FERRY @ CO Wamanta Beford Union Chicago Til Atlanta Loni Dating Tex San Francisco Cal Buckingham & Hecht Custer Cogg Anona Uuuuu Nickerson Jhallas Tda HO Challis, Idaho Don. Rowles Prop Zation Ate Winchester Eumanywr Winchester Repeating Arms Co Winchester Ava New Haven Robinson Bar Warm Spring Creek Salmon River Clayton Superior Medical Properties D. Williams Baltimore Oleraing County Antrim McKinley Ireland America W. McK Dernock House William McKinley Coleraine Dernock Death Valley Science and Industry
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