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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1899
Page
3
Twice weekly trains and express passenger service between Challis and Salmon. Connections at Salmon to Bedrock Gibbonsville and other Lembi and Custer county towns. W Raddicker, proprietor, Salmon Idaho.
P Spalding of Challis advertises the C C and C Stage Line as the cheapest shortest and most direct route to Bayhorse Clayton Bonanza Custer Stanley Basin Seafoam and Sheep Mountain carrying U S mail and express services.
Two young Eskimo sisters Artmarhoke and Zakshner live with foster father Wimner W. Trace in a West Thirty Ninth Street brick house. They celebrate a New York blizzard by rolling snow, baking ice pies, and enjoying cold weather with caps of warmth. Their bear curiosity at the Museum of Natural History adds to the frosty welcome.
Paris police grapple with a rising gang in the Charonne district. The Silk Hat Band, dressed as fashionable dandies, enters homes in daylight with false keys and clever disguises, stealing money and bonds while leaving notes to victims. Over 40 burglaries are believed committed last week. Chicago Evening News reports the trend.
A reflection on the rapid spread and universality of the typewriter as a substitute for the pen. It notes its reach from Africa and polar expeditions to European courts, with mentions of Russia Spain and other realms, alongside a fragmented exchange about a doctor and a boy in Chicago.
Herbert Esrscliffe of Los Angeles urges fog capture as a water source for arid California coast. He proposes simple mechanical collectors to intercept fog droplets near plant roots, inspired by natural drip observed on Table Mountain and Pike's Peak. Monthly Weather Review notes the concept as speculative and potentially costly.
A 19th century column urges prudent housekeeping through economy of money, labor, lime, and health, noting decorative yet simple furniture can look fine without high cost and warning against crowding rooms. A doctor touts onions as breath sweeteners, stomach aids, vermifuge, and sleep aids, with onion hearts roasted for earache and cough relief. A joke closes about a missing jewelry claim and a playful reply.
A hotel visitor reveals a tale of a major arms supplier to Spain in 1897 connected to Cuba orders and a Maine attack. The firm allegedly received payment delays, then ignored the bill as Havens harbor events unfolded. The company fears public prejudice if the claim is pressed.
Dr Gill reports Cuba hosts two blind freshwater fish species adapted to caves and related to deep sea forms. He notes gar pike resembling alligators with tough scales and other Cuban freshwater species linked to Americas, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. Porto Rico has few known freshwater fishes and limited indigenous land animals besides bats. The Fish Hawk is surveying Puerto Rican waters, and Porto Rico adds little to the fauna list.
In a North State streetcar after six pm a stylish woman entered the crowded car and refused a seat, declaring she would stand. A laborer offered a seat later, but she again declined, insisting she would get off at her corner anyway.
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