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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1903
Page
8
The Challis Idaho Silver Messenger notes the death of Caribou Brown at 88, a famed Arizona gambler, while commenting on national politics with liberal snips about Platt Hanna Quay and Pennypacker. It rails at post office corruption, tariff debates, and libel laws, urging awareness of federal graft and Panama Canal interests.
Department of Agriculture economists announce a shift in efficiency from 1830 to present, noting ten minutes of manual labor now produce a bushel of wheat compared with three hours in 1830, highlighting dramatic productivity gains.
The passage uses the icebergs metaphor to comment on Payne, Machen, Beavers and associates and their reaction to press scrutiny. It suggests Senator Hanna resists presidential candidates not tightly bound to the Ohio machine, implying political history may repeat itself and the future hinges on past patterns.
A fragmentary column notes disparate sustenance values between flour and oysters and cites a stove of global heat and famine era remarks. It mentions Chinamen enduring heat at stake pits, praises Governor Pennypacker and Baer, notes a European balcony ascent to 10,000 feet with minus 27 degree temperatures, and comments on Mrs Carry Nation and the army order affecting Filipino wives and the morale hit to Army songs.
The article credits President Roosevelt for dismantling Hanna style bossism in the Republican party and rebukes Postmaster General Payne for his long joked about pay dirt, calling it the filthiest sort of dirt.
The Steel Trust reports profits of 25 million dollars across April and May. Critics argue tariffs should stay intact, claiming any modification would harm large industrial interests and reduce a modest trust profit.
A thorough probe into Navy Department purchases could reveal a major scandal similar to postal service investigations, but the ex Assistant Secretary of the Navy will ensure that no naval contracts are opened to public scrutiny.
The article notes Republican editors worry that Democrats fail to field a candidate early, aiming to avoid giving their opponents targets a year before the nominating convention.
Secretary Shaw orders Treasury currency reserve counted after dis honest revelations in the Post Office Department show the books totaling 304000 dollars. Illinois records the latest lynching as officials assure the St Louis exposition grounds sit on high land, safe from Mississippi floods.
A line notes that talk of a coal strike this season prompts people to store冬er supplies early and may raise prices somewhat, reflecting consumer caution and market sensitivity during cold months.
A historical note alleges Jews in Russia cannot own guns and questions the Czar’s claim. It then reports an insinuation that Theodore Roosevelt seeks to replace Mark Hanna as Republican National Committee chairman with a clean, upright statesman named Matthew Tanley Quay.
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