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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
2
A garbled column of quips and quotations notes random subjects from entertainment to politics. It jokes about inventors, language, politics, fashion, and social habits with dated references and wry asides. Notable lines cite Paraguay, Massachusetts, a book deal, and social trends while lampooning public figures and societal norms.
In St. Louis Mr N C Nelson described as a millionaire against his will says the hardest job a man can have is tying up to a fourfold income. The remark appears offhand but hints at financial pressure and ambition.
Fragmentary quotation discusses moral duty over wealth or glory. It contrasts leaving wealth and ease to help the Weale and lame, urging honest love of neighbors above praise or punishment. The line references a lord and includes a signature-like attribution to B. Kiser.
Olive Randalls struggles with leaving a mountain retreat as Curt Burrows pleads for her to stay in the West. A returning eastward plan clashes with a fellow rider's insistence that freedom and work amid ranch life offer true fulfillment and health. An Eastern teacher joins the scene sharing a contrasting life view.
In a calm valley scene Burrows guides Mia downward and speaks of reconsidering a case. Mia, smiling yet misty, seems moved as he references Talbot’s contentment and a hinted mind reading. She seizes the chance to change her ruling after his tentative remarks.
A Pawtucket rookie German officer soon after assignment to Pleasant View district reports a hanging scene. Frightened, he seeks a drugstore to call police HQ, and when asked if he cut the man down he replies in broken English that the man is not dead yet.
Hezekiah Butterworth recounts an old aunt living alone near the Merrimac river who longs for companionship. A Christmas effort to comfort her with gifts ends with her sorrowful reaction as she longs for people, not things, expressing her lonely heartbreak.
A Baltimore American fragment recalls a minister urging Lenten self denial. After a sermon a man pledges to give up his dearest privilege, contributing no more during Lent, and leaves the rectory crying with emotion over renouncing giving to the plate.
A damaged OCR fragment from the Boston Transcript presents a poetical lament about mourning the dead and the reach of love. It references a child’s words and the pattern of little feet, a minister’s sorrow, and a call for solace through sorrow and memory.
Speaker Cannon, fond of green corn, hoards at the Arlington with a Minois farmer. He dined on seven ears, stating the hoard cost six dollars a day. The farmer asked if boarding at Avery stable would be cheaper, suggesting alternatives to his lodging.
Fragmented musings on hardship and charity. A reflective voice laments cruelty and human burden, urging kindness as the journey continues. The piece references time, memory, and the idea of remains on the path, ending with a note of endurance.
A Pittsburgh boy boldly enters a bank to deposit a single quarter and is treated with utmost respect by the president. The tale tracks his later success as a manufacturer and the small acts of charitable savings by strangers to aid a child's future, including a New York mother and a Midlown widow.
At Salem Baptist Church New Rochelle the Sunday school underwrites more accessions than any local institution. Each pupil wears a button advertising modern business methods and acts as an agent to recruit new members. The program includes improved instruction, singing, and a paid up policy to carry them through Christmas, with a dividend during the summer excursion period. John R Heyeman, head of a life insurance society, encouraged pupil involvement and solicitors to recruit attendees.
A farm boy spots dark specks on hill slopes that move into a herd of baboons. Two large males appear near a pond, then the herd approaches in a cautious, scattered sequence as the boys observe their behavior and movements.
A late night tale from a suburban New York town describes a wealthy old woman who keeps three female servants and no men in her Colonial home. An alarm pan event ends with a loud din and frightened townsfolk, while memories of the incident linger years later.
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