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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
3
An article blends a home front poem about a mother and son with a Navy rustle of retirements. It notes officers retiring for incapacity or disability, promotions recommended, and transfers from volunteer service as districts adjust to the retirement laws.
A chaotic scene unfolds as Governor Yaten staff colonels parade in new uniforms before departure to Chicago. A Newport pier crowd laughs at the multitude, a private salutes endlessly, and a corporal notes the illegitimacy of many staff colonels. The anecdote highlights ill‑fitting titles and mock regalia among officials.
A report notes officers retired on regular or early terms under rules. Twelve officers completed twelve years and one twenty four attained inactive status while eleven reached next higher rank on active list after ordinary retirement.
A military duel dispute in Berlin ends with Lieut. Ruger fatally shooting a captain to prevent a duel. The act is viewed as premeditated murder by public opinion, while Ruger faces a harsh punishment amid the era’s military etiquette.
Orders authorize repairs to the gunboat Bennington in Hongkong rather than returning to the United States. The Asiatic station repair policy faces Navy construction corps opposition, who argue cheaper immediate costs would be offset by poorer long term work and higher overall expense.
An evangelist seeks converts in a New Jersey church during a protracted meeting but no one responds. A weary veteran in the back seat finally shouts a blunt demand to draft the unwilling, provoking local laughter and a sharp call to enlist.
In a recent interview General Joe Wheeler remarked that today’s soldiers face harder work than in the Civil War era due to fewer autograph seekers. He noted younger troops endure greater demands and pressures as compared with the past.
In Belgium dogs are used to pull small milk wagons along city streets. The growler could not be operated in connection with a less harmful rink.
The piece profiles Hart Grey 44, an aristocrat who seeks temperance measures and governance of the South African Charred Company. It notes his north country estate, London residence, and influence with the late prime minister, alongside broader remarks on coal, steel, and shipbuilding economics and labor tensions.
The Atlantic essay notes coal strike tensions arise from fierce competition between anthracite and bituminous coal. It traces 19th century price, capital, and wage dynamics, showing overcapitalization and wage suppression via company stores. It links rising bituminous output to labor strife in Pennsylvania mines and broader industrial unrest.
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