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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1905
Page
6
A miscellany of witty asides on society, sport, politics, and culture. Items reference Peru Venezuela Philadelphia humor, poetry, and a jab at Columbus being a humbug after forty years of study. Notable lines touch on baseball chatter, yoghurt, frostbitten tobacco, and youth in New York births.
An ex ranger discusses why cowboys do not carry guns in hip pockets. He notes practical holster placements, preferring a left arm holster for a discreet yet ready firearm, and explains how a quick hand motion can draw a pistol without showing it openly.
The New York Sun notes Major Pierre Charles LInfant lies buried in an unmarked grave on Green Hill outside Washington. He designed Washington as the City of Magnificent Distances, yet received under $2,000 from the government. Proposals seek a monument at the grave with a public way dedication, asking Congress to appropriate $500.
The text notes L Infant offering up to 2500 dollars for a capital plan of a twenty five acre site. George Meredith completes a small charming home then a visitor remarks on the contrast to his novels. Meredith answers that words are cheaper than stones.
Mrs. Annie L. Zimmerman serves as surgeon-in-chief to wax figures in Minneapolis show windows and also works as a taxidermist. She balances delicate repair of wax figures with mounting elk heads, supervising assistants who help with heavy tasks.
In Success Magazine the article states that U S pig iron produced in a year could form a column twice the Eiffel Tower in height and bulk. It imagines rails uniting into an 81 foot base, a mile and a fifth long, with coke and manganese quantities forming vast colossal columns.
A Rhymney South Wales resident reports a haunting at the Salvation Army barracks. Descriptions portray a tall yellow clad woman specter with ghastly face and gleaming eyes. A female captain fears entering the place and a lieutenant trembles after a sighting on the stairs and kitchen.
Captain Frederick Muller of the Rough Riders speaks in Santa Fe about a sea captain's arrogance. He recalls a passenger who asked a simple question and was met with gruffness, then tells of a friend who outwitted the foul fellow by jokingly asking the captain’s own ship identity and calling him the cook.
A harsh frontier scene unfolds as Evan’s wife, angered by Sterling’s seduction and betrayal, seizes a quirt from a safety pin and wounds Sterling. The tale links lonesomeness, trust, and blood in a stark Western moment tied to the fate of Evan, his wife, and the wealth of sheep and pelts.
A discussion extols regular physical work to cleanse the body. Walking, stair climbing, hill or mountain ascent, and cycling are praised as best forms. It cites English authorities on daily work equal to ladder climbs, notes dangers of sedentary living, and lists health risks rising after age forty with pneumonia and heart disease prevalent in older adults.
A leading life insurer releases fifty three years of statistics from 1845 to 1898 covering 46 525 deaths. The data summarize average outcomes rather than individuals. Skilled physicians employed by large offices assess applicants and investigate death causes in policy holders, revealing that the chances are about the
A fragment describes an Anti-Tuberculosis leaflet urging travelers to carry cards warning against spitting and to abstain from offense. It mentions hygienic measures and a health campaign, followed by experimental recipe ideas including salad sandwiches, toasted granose, fruit juice, baked bananas, and orange sauce with detailed steps.
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