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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
5
A reflective poem praising the motherly bond and the transformative power of motherhood. The speaker contrasts tender affection with the harshness of time, noting how maternal love tempers age, inspires selflessness, and shapes character across generations, as described in Ida Cole’s Farm and Fireside feature.
The Lake Superior Silver Islet mine near Thunder Cape, once the world’s richest silver site, was abandoned after its steamboat captain drank to excess and the vessel iced over. Pumps failed, the mine flooded, hundreds were left unemployed, and a once-bustling town decayed while efforts to restart pumping and salvage the ore continued without success.
A collection of curious notes covers salt in Crania Persis, lone islands near the Eddystone lighthouse, miniature shears in Sheffield, and the varying dates of vernacular Bible translations from Spanish 1478 to Chinese 1820. The piece blends trivia on printers, lighthouses, and linguistic history.
European makers hesitate to adopt wood rims hindering trade as Maurice Cordang sets a 24 hour mark of 615 miles and 340 yards at Crystal Palace. Chicago sprinklers allow cyclists four feet clearance while Mayor Harrison bikes. Tioga track features four men on a quad beating six fresh-running horses by under five yards in under ten minutes. A Philadelphia to Atlantic City road resort markets lots at 10 to 17 dollars with credit for meals and lodging after land payment.
The piece describes latest Russian blouse styles with large velvet collared epaulettes and fur or braided borders. It notes dressy black satin mufts, black velvet mutts with bows, a lace bordered dress with violets, net fabrics spotted with chenille, and a trend toward blue veils and spotted blue gauze in England.
The piece contrasts European women by nation, praising Russian linguistic skill and adaptability, noting French aristocrats who study public schools but lacking in accomplishments, and criticizing Italians and Spaniards for laziness and poor dress, with beauty as their sole redeeming point.
Practical household notes advise cleaning breams by dipping in ammonia water and keeping oyster shells away from stoves to prevent clinker buildup. It suggests airing grease spills, having a box of sand ready for gas fires, and lifting candle wicks to avoid smoke.
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