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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1900
Page
5
A physician buys a kitchen table from an Irish woman for two dollars to replace her century old mahogany piece. The tale cites rampant insect damage and urges residents to seek free entomological guidance from the Hatch Experiment Station at Amherst Massachusetts, funded partly by the state, to prevent losses from pests.
The author describes the path to the American pavilion at the Paris Exposition. A tour via Avenue de la Tour Maubert leads to Pont des Invalides where the pavilion sits at the Quai d’Orsay. The American pavilion, set among Pavillons d Etrangeres on the rive gauche, welcomes visitors with its inviting steps and water view, a testament to the commissioner general’s tireless work and the U.S. exhibit’s planned grandeur.
The article describes how extreme cold causes energy loss, drowsiness, and mental torpor leading to stupor and death. It notes blood oxygen issues at very low temperatures, intoxication-like symptoms, giddiness, and indistinct vision, with cases from the Moscow retreat where frostbite victims reeled as if intoxicated and could not be aroused.
A Washington Star recounts light banter at the White House about putting on overcoats. Senator Beveridge of Indiana jokes that older age makes one refuse help, while Senator Elkins notes Hawley’s quickness to accept aid signals youth. Jerry Smith adds colorful local flavor to the anecdote.
A Bird Lore account describes widespread killing of terns along the coast, with Cobb's Island harboring up to 40,000 birds slain in a single season. The piece condemns fashion for promoting the practice, urges appeal for wildlife protection, and targets women who wear tern quills on bonnets as disrespectful to humanity and taste.
The Lowon Mail notes New Year as the national pay day in China when accounts are squared and debtors may face bankruptcy. Creditors may enter homes to seize assets, prompting families to compromise to protect clan reputation. Pawn brokers surge as people redeem clothes and pawns to cover debts. Red is symbolism for luck and prosperity, seen on cards, invitations, and door inscriptions, with children receiving presents wrapped in red.
The article catalogs leading zoological parks: South Africa’s vast gardens in Lebomba guarded by Kastirs housing every native species. Bronx Park’s 300 acre complex with natural enclosures for South American fauna. Yellowstone as a major US preserve. London, Berlin, and Paris menageries housing thousands of animals. It notes Egypt’s Nile region as rainless.
Three miles south of St. Joseph on the King Bill road lies a Missouri state fish hatchery notable for being the only place in the state or country where goldfish are propagated and distributed. Citizens may obtain goldfish for a mere thank you. From October to January, four goldfish are given to every citizen while supplies last.
The annual report of the English labor statistician for 1695 shows 711 strikes and lockouts in the United Kingdom. total working days lost numbered 15,298,475 with 253,007 workers involved. Of resolved strikes 4,549 favored workers and 120,667 favored employers.
A Transvaal dispatch rider arriving October 29 dodges danger with calm and quick thinking. He carried dispatches in a brown paper parcel in his coat, offered two sandwiches to 20 Boers, and avoided search by presenting calm courtesy. The Boers advised him to keep his food and seek safety, and he rode on.
Municipal Affairs criticizes Prussian practice of using well known beer halls for elections. It notes liquor is allowed in the room with voting and judges may drink during balloting. Economies come from low rents and revenue from visitors, but increased drunkenness at city elections is possible.
A London political club member found his umbrella taken by a peer and posted a notice in the hall asking its return. The committee questioned the act citing possession by a peer, but the member replied the club is made of noblemen and gentlemen and that no gentleman would take his own umbrella.
Water Cycles by a Canadian designer a water cycle with little resistance to water. The float which supports the propulsion uses two long small diameter cylinders with ends bent to reduce drag.
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