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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1904
Page
7
Details published on extensive cave systems in Stalden district Canton Schwyze Switzerland. A party descended with vast rope ladders acetylene lamps and provisions for eight days. They explored two days underground covering 2500 yards through vast crystal filled halls and great recesses with subterranean torrents powerful enough for industrial use.
A fragment describes Canary Islands women as having Moorish blood to a greater extent than Spaniards, with dark beauty framed by a white shawl over the head. The passage notes the shawl as a defining garment contributing to their appearance.
In August 1851 8 P Richmond of Freetown Massachusetts was commissioned a lieutenant in Company G Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Militia Col Richmond claims to hold the oldest commission in the MV M in that state section. Also notes a 25 foot cross at St Alban Holborn England donated by the Duke of Newcastle.
Mrs Lucy A Davis of Canton Missouri reports a letter from her brother George Butterfield Smith after more than thirty years of silence. The family hopes for renewed contact and updates after decades apart.
Mr. Severance of Greenwich Massachusetts reported two panthers seen playing in his mowing area a few mornings ago. The wildcats are described as increasingly troublesome to local farmers and livestock, prompting concern among residents.
A Norwalk man who just returned from Gettysburg says Connecticut is the only state with a flag lying over the battlefield, claiming the sole honor for his state in the Civil War battlefield memorials.
A struggling author in Paris faced failure with a new work until he used a ruse. He wrote from Marvelilles as “An indignant Republican,” denouncing the book as dangerous to public morality and demanding the author’s imprisonment. Investigations revealed the writer and author were the same person, achieving attention and notice.
A vagrant found half frozen in January at Buda Pesth, Stoeller from Agram, faced punishment and expulsion, now aided by an advocate to cancel the expulsion order after inheriting $150,000 from uncle Salzimre Stoetler and planning to settle in Buda Pesth with improved conduct.
A 4 titled Englishman carved a substantial Derbyshire summer house from solid rock. A fifteen foot high triangular boulder forms the main feature with a large room, a wide doorway, and six windows cut through the walls. The mythic dwelling is described as always cool and comfortable in hot weather.
Hirem Stone grows a rosebush in South Charlton Mass that has produced its third crop of bright red blossoms this season. The plant, sheltered at the home, bore many flowers in June and again in July and is currently yielding more hardy blooms as vivid as early summer.
A historical note describes Japanese cats as largely having short tails. It claims long tails are commonly trimmed to avoid resembling snakes, and asserts the tail structure resembles the standard bone count but with lesser development.
An Eastbrook Maine schoolmarm returning home from duties faced three deer blocking the road. After a lengthy argument she yielded and allowed the animals to keep the right of way, leaving the roadway to the deer.
A fragmentedLines of archaic style text show a speaker addressing an old friend or lost companion. The lines hint at sympathy and credit, and a sense of abandonment or erasure within a personal bond. The meaning remains veiled and speculative.
Joseph Gero of Brockton Massachusetts and his sister Mrs James Ragan of Vassalboro Missouri met last week for the first time in thirty four years. She believed him dead and he had lost track of her.
A survey of Patagonia from the 40th parallel to the Straits of Magellan describes its primal state, late explorers, and the Tehuelche and Ona peoples. It details dwellings, weapons, marriage customs, horse-based wealth, polygamy limits, and a reliance on hunting with small trade with coast settlements. The text notes harsh changes from disease and whiskey, then closes with a quote on modern finance.
Miss Violet Oakley, a leading mural designer and stained glass artist, is chosen to create the five foot deep frieze “The Romance of the Founding of the State” for the new Harrisburg capitol. She will work from her Villanova studio after study in Europe, London, and Oxford, with prior notable commissions in New York and other projects.
A playful estimate states the money spent on hunting in England would weigh a gold coin fourteen feet three inches, and one foot thick, equating in weight to a box holding 1 200 foxes.
A letter addressed to a man in Hiawatha Kansas carried only a fragment of song that has driven many to despair. Post office officials traced the odd mail note to a singing local, revealing its morbid content before delivering the letter to the intended Kansas recipient.
Mrs John A Thomas of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania was severely burned when a box of shoe polish exploded near a cook stove in her home. The blast started a fire that damaged the house as she polished shoes.
Cyrus W. Oliver of East Saugus Mass caught the season’s biggest smelt from the boat club raft. It weighed 10 1/2 ounces after dressing and measured 11 1/2 inches.
Mrs Edith Heath of Center Sandwich reports a successful fall hunt tallying three raccoons one skunk one hedgehog three partridges one deer and one crow highlighting her varied game including deer and small mammals.
Peter of Servia is credited with being the most intellectual monarch the country ever had, highlighting his reputation for learning and wisdom in a historic note.
The article outlines lightning calculators who show extraordinary memory for numerical combinations and unique grouping methods. It cites T H Safford at age six computing barley cores, Buxton solving large figures, Zerah Colburn at nine sighting factors, and Arthur Griffith memorizing squares to 130 and cubes to 100, illustrating innate ability beyond early training.
A writer notes a blue and yellow macaw with a rare cold temper and a blush that signals anger. The passage warns friends that when the bird’s cheeks stay white, attacks are unlikely, but a pink facial glow near the beak signals danger and people should stay away.
A beacon church rises on the Coney Island shore, a sixty five foot skeleton tower above the sandy beach. An electric square at the summit shines with the words Jesus Saves each night, inviting visitors amid roller coasters and noisy amusements.
A recent demonstration shows the equator is not a perfect circle. If a plumb line from Ireland to New Zealand were measured, it would be somewhat longer than a line cut perpendicularly to the equator. The exact difference has not been determined with absolute accuracy.
Horace A. Moody of Cornwall VI owns a Swiss watch once owned by his grandfather Joshua Stockwell, a Cornwall pioneer who died in 1340. The timepiece traveled with Stockwell during the Harrison campaigns of 1812 and 1838, marking a notable historical lineage.
The fishing steamer Leander Wilcox arrived at Mystic Connecticut with 6400000 menhaden in two big seine sets. This marks the largest single catch for the vessel and pushes the season total to 16209000 fish.
A brief oddities item notes a polecat in misfortune, able to flee into an old stone wall as an escape, capturing a quirky rural moment with concise wording.
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