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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1903
Page
6
A fragmented column in the Silver Messenger mocks lawyers and politicians, notes rising prices on diamonds and summer stock, and jokes about Lipton, Olliver Iselin, and Halti. It comments on trusts, the Turko-Bulgarian debate, and Africa, with quips on Buffalo Bill, Doyle, Sage, Brecher, and Hetty Green. The item blends satire and current events with aphoristic snippets and social commentary.
A father recounts in humorous tone his Easter wedding plans for his daughter. He lists costs from caterer champagne punch to florists daisies and lilies of the valley, choir fees, and carriage, noting steep charges and lessons learned as he aims for a home wedding on 720 street. He jokes about the gullibility of tradesmen in the wedding economy.
Excerpt from Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer, offering managerial maxims on hiring, firing, praise, and staying connected with staff. Emphasizes reading character, avoiding threats, and daily correspondence with salesmen, with practical cautions about authority and dignity.
A waitress explains she will discuss only weather while dining and recounts a couple's stalled engagement over in laws and children. They eventually rented a house across the street to keep the peace, a solution seen as workable for irreconcilable relations according to the Ledger.
An economic note reports land values in the Orange River Colony have doubled on average since the war, reflecting a broad rise in property values across the region.
A historical note states that cotton and wood have the same composition, implying a surprising or disputed fact about their chemical makeup and material properties. The claim contrasts natural fibers with wood's organic structure, inviting scrutiny by scholars of botany and chemistry.
Vague lines describe a cunning thatching and a brittle brood hatched in a once concealed place. Winter harpies disrupt the hiding spot, catching the reader with mythic imagery and unresolved tension.
Hugh O Rourke meets a grown woman who appeared as a girl and claims to be the long wronged banshee of his house. They pledge love and marriage, she lifts her curse, and they sit to shared bread, wine, and honey as a wedding feast in a ruined hall.
In a sunlit morning scene Hugh O'Rourke appears with happiness as he leaves with Ife and a companion. An hour later his body is found in bed with closed eyes and folded hands. The serving men recall the night farewell and declare all is well with him at last.
The text surveys diverse sworn oath practices across cultures. It notes Chinese witnesses may endure threats or symbolic penalties, while other groups use methods such as lighting a flame, cutting game, or placing hands on sacred items. It cites Hindu, Abyssinian, Brazilian, Aracan, Indian hill tribes, Ostrake, Persian, Jewish and Muslim rituals, ending with the Ganges region water oath.
A Philadelphia Ledger comment argues that bright men fail by sticking to routine workday limits, avoiding extra effort or beyond the bond tasks, failing to seek additional labor, arrive late or leave early, and accepting easy, genteel clerical life without ambition.
Count Batthyany a twenty six year old Tolstoyan is confined in an Austrian insane asylum at relatives’ urging. Friends say he is sane and seek his release. He allegedly preached anarchist ideas to tenants on his vast estate and translated Tolstoy into Magyar.
A brief, curious dialogue unfolds between a sweet girl graduate and an elderly woman. The youngster asks if her face will change with age, and the elder nonchalantly suggests aging will alter appearances and hints at indulgent appreciation of youth.
A wise medicine man jokes with a village gossip about her fatigue. He replies with a quip suggesting Ave drops of chloroform on the tongue every half hour, delivered with a wink.
The bacilli growing on clover roots can extract nitrogen from the air, enhancing soil fertility after clover crops. This natural process explains higher field productivity following clover cultivation.
A fragment notes Bess Young Callaboy as an exceptionally good teller though with an impairment in his thoughts, leaving the overall assessment uncertain about ability or reliability.
A terse dialogue fragment presents Kerwin claiming a method to best his wife in an argument. Farker counters by asking to be next, while Kerwin notes his mouth is about to be opened.
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