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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
6
A collage of aphoristic quips and brief notes on society, theater, and politics. It references feminized golf, coffin trusts, Roosevelt, Gates, Carnegie, marriage rumors, d Annunzio, Hamlet, stained empires, and notable figures like Sarah Bernhardt, d’Enn. The text juxtaposes wit about corsets, autopsies, landlords, and high society while hinting at contemporary concerns in early 20th century discourse.
The article predicts a new hoop skirt will differ from the styles popular forty to fifty years ago and notes fashion makers will not reuse old stock. It emphasizes a fresh direction in undergarment silhouettes and seasonal design, signaling evolving tastes in apparel.
A love note from Alonzo Birdsall in Darby to Misa Parkinson, written during courtship near Bay City, Michigan, was found in an elm tree by Birdsall’s brother after a feud and distance separated them. The pair married, moved to Philadelphia, and ten years ago, Birdsall learned of the message’s survival.
A New York Herald report credits Walter Whitehouse with a seasickness preventive a swinging bed that keeps the occupant's body parallel to the horizon regardless of ship motion. The method avoids the digestive disruption caused by the vessel's pitching and rolling.
The article notes ame a malted barley sugar from glutinous rice and midzu ame, a liquefied syrup, discussed by Prof Storey and Mr Rolfe in the Bulletin of Bussey Institution Harvard. It traces the ancient preparation and compares it with modern wort while detailing experiments on popcorn showing popping from starch burst.
A Penang report details a borrower who overpowered a native usurer to escape debt. He fastened a padlock through the lender’s ear holes, leaving the creditor unable to collect. The Malay money lender tore up the promissory note in exchange for the key to the lock.
A New York company starts distributing molasses by 1000 gallon tank wagons capable of delivering in units as small as one quart. Retail price planned as low as 20 cents per gallon. The firm will also ship by rail using tank cars akin to those used for kerosene.
The Sturgis bill's dryness trend in Maine cities spawns a new drink called the Sturgia cocktail. It remains within the law and is not as strong as its name suggests. Made by filling a glass with water and adding a radish as a garnish.
A passenger on a Chicago train meets a well dressed, articulate man who discusses trusts, Japan, breakfast foods, and sea battles with confident views. The stranger appears rich, with a peacock like vest and refined attire, while the narrator recalls their cordial but ambiguous exchange.
A playful piece explains how common expressions arose from animal dialogue. It quotes animals like the Swat, bull, oyster, fox, rattler, rat, hawk, bear, goose, fish, rabbit, fly, lamb and others, illustrating idioms such as butt in, in the neck, catch, perch, soup, bird, lead pipe cinch, drop on you, goose is cooked, kidding, nutty, stuck, finish.
A man was arrested by a constable and arraigned before a magistrate who doubted the speed, while the vehicle owner claimed it ran only six miles per hour and the engine was faulty. The magistrate fined him ten dollars for loitering despite not seeming to exceed the speed limit. The report cites a New York Times account of the incident.
Nearly two centuries after French scientists first measured an arc of meridian in Peru to compute Earth’s size and shape, a modern French commission led by army officers returns to Peru to remeasure the 226 mile arc. The effort, largely untouched since, holds scientific significance due to advances since the initial survey.
Admiral Evans discusses how Japanese adaptability was learned, recounting a story from his New York command and a later visit to a Japanese battleship in Versailles. He notes the quick learning, meticulous habits, and disciplined courtesy he observed, as illustrated by Capt. Kato of the Mikado’s navy.
Actor De Wolt Hopper performed a string of single night shows in a southern town just before supper. At the table he drank a glass of water and quipped to the waiter that it tasted like summer water and asked to add winter, noting his preference for hygienic drinking.
A story recounted by the New York Press describes Police Commissioner McAdoo, when a congressman, visiting a Virginia town near Washington. While his shoes were shined, a pompous figure strode around, then paused. A servant jokes that the man is a grandiose “Kannel George Washington Blustah,” hinting at local politics and race era humor.
A Florida light station keeper reports a rare garfish Regalecus glesne washed ashore after a shark attack near Anclote Keys. Described as a long, silver body with red plumes and a towering dorsal fin, the creature challenges sea serpents lore and suggests garfish reach extraordinary lengths and inhabit deep waters.
In Russia a singing nightingale becomes a teacher of music for neighborhood birds. Owners with fine singers receive cakes from neighbors for their birds to train others. The birds stay quiet at first, then test notes and gradually learn the song, appearing to rehearse internally before bursting into song.
Obituary notes barber James Tibbets who died this week in Brunswick at age 82. He had operated a shop since 1864 and counted many young men among his customers who later achieved national and international fame.
A San Francisco man proposes a novel device to hold a hat by a cushion hung from a yoke. The invention keeps the hat balanced and upright when not in use, preventing damage to the brim and trim. The device can be mounted on a wall or made portable, with a revolving support to adjust the hat’s position.
A rider recounts a near fatal episode after his lamp goes out and he pedals toward a quarry. He crosses a hidden gateway and would have struck timbers if a makeshift springboard-like bounce had not halted him. The scare ends with him abandoning cycles for good.
Able Seaman Hollinghurst earned royal recognition as a credit to Britain for superb gun practice. Using a square canvas target six by eight feet with a tiny bull’s-eye at 1,600 yards, he hit it seven times in ten with six inch shells, a record likely to endure in target practice history.
A curious bequest named Marriage Money attaches to St Cyrus parish Scotland. In the minister's will the interest of a sum is divided among the oldest youngest tallest and shortest married ladies he officiates for during the year.
Charles Elliot of East Barnet Vermont outlines a plan to raise mink for fur. He has placed an old hen house on the riverbank as a start, using a seven wire fence to keep the animals contained and a fenced water area to supply the required water.
The village of Batersdorf, famed for the finest horseradish in Europe, lies about twenty-two miles south of Bamberg along the Nuremberg railway. Horseradish is grown mainly on about 1,335 acres in the valley of the Ree nitz.
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