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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1900
Page
5
A Temple Bar poem contemplates human strife and enduring hope. It speaks of three angels—Hope and Patience with Love—as steadfast guides through barren days, promising that patience deepens life and may bring beauty even as earthly fades into the eternal.
An elderly bachelor, Mr Oddie, falls for Miss Hexham, the daughter of a deaf or mute widow. He watches from a distance as he tries to be introduced, noting her sweet face and his own fading hairline. He crafts wary, formal approaches while the restrained landlady offers little help.
A shy, elderly suitor Markham Oddie sends a bouquet to Agatha Hexham, unaware she is deaf and dumb. The note leads to a visit where Mrs Hexham reveals Agatha is indeed her daughter. Oddie vows to marry Agatha, and Mrs Hexham approves, sending a telegram of joy: Love from Agatha and Markham.
A London man in the West End complained to a waiter about a subpar veal cutlet, calling it an insult to every self respecting calf in the British empire. The waiter apologized, saying he did not intend to offend.
The German Anthropological Society collected statistics from 6,000,000 school children to compare blonde, brunette, and mixed types across the empire. Blondes constituted 31.8 percent, brunettes 14 percent, and mixed 54.2 percent, with regional variation. In Oldenburg blondes dominated while southern regions showed more brunette influence and Italian-style traits appeared near Worms and Speyer.
In a Upper Peninsula town a new mayor chaired a reception for a delegation of Eastern capitalists seeking mining and railroad prospects. He proposed a novel idea to impress the guests by letting them climb the town’s new standpipe for a view, sparking bipartisan debate before approval.
Ian Maclaren warns that church organists resist criticism, seeing themselves as refined artists above reproach. The minister and congregation share blame when trouble arises, but handling an artist requires tact as rough treatment will force resignation and public sympathy for the organist’s fragile ego.
Dr Roberta discusses knowledge for November and presents a photograph of a nebula with a dark rift exposing the starless void beyond. The piece argues against the view that infinite space would be uniformly bright from infinitely distant stars, noting uneven star distribution contradicts that premise.
A quirky England soap firm donated halfpence per cake to the Travarnal war fund and already sent £1000. The passage mentions Barriog the Raypuans as ancient Mayas in Yucatan, claimed as the greatest pyramid builders the writer has seen.
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