This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1904
Page
2
The SILVER MESSENGER notes Aguinaldo’s possible U S visit this summer amid varied items. It highlights Cuba’s reduced army, newspaper ownership of the Washington baseball club, wealth figures for Tom Lawrence and ex mayor Grace, fashion obsessions, and humorous musings on politics, manners, and society with a flurry of names and opinions.
Special correspondence recalls the Rome campagna with its ruined temples and villas, the Baths of Caracalla, and the Ponte Lucano. Shelley's Prometheus Unbound arose near the Baths, while Bernini’s sea horses and Hadrian’s villa showcase color, texture, and history. The scene blends nature and art, inviting artists to capture landscape, ruin, and memory.
G Heming Magnus, a Philadelphia writer, retreats to Harpers Ferry Virginia, chasing solitude and a bank balance, only to fall for Amanda Loudoun, a simple farmer’s granddaughter. After lengthy talks on literature and music, he asks for her hand. she declines, revealing she has not seen his marriage proposal, leaving him chastened and alone as the boat drifts ashore.
A girl meets a tall young man in a khaki uniform and introduces him as Mr Lawton, saying he has been at Santiago and that they have been engaged for two years. Magnus, named G Heming, plans a spring book titled Queen Rose of a Rosebud Garden. his heart is said to be into it.
A peasant woman in Bieloraschek village near Vilna borrowed roubles with the quirky pledge of her lazy husband. After spending the money she returned to find the spinster neighbor had vanished with the husband, and the wife celebrated her sudden deliverance from the ineffectual spouse.
A witness in a suit to enforce alimony testified about the defendant’s mistreatment of his wife, a once-prepossessing blonde. He recounted saving her from a beating and stated he later married her after her divorce.
Miss Susette Taylor, among the few Western visitors, recounts Tibetan manners. She explains the tongue projection by the Mbetan as a polite gesture, compares it to our handshake, and notes temples and a lama admiring a parasol during prayer in Umé.
A fragmentary verse piece extols a handful of lovely girls who refuse to pause for a toast while contemplating love and loyalty. The text laments vows, beauty, and the pull of romance, framing courage and wit against distraction and worldly duties.
An article discusses Russia’s coal demand, noting a 1,000,000 ton import order from Pennsylvania and Russia’s large coal area. It claims Japan exports exceed imports by billions and cites vast undeveloped coal deposits in Hokkaido. The piece argues Russia needs development to boost output.
The combined value of exhibits in ten principal exhibit palaces at the World’s Fair is estimated at 72.5 million dollars by B 8 Hoch, assistant to Director of Exhibits Skiff. The figure relies on current division data and counts only main exhibits in each building, excluding Fine Arts, government structures, and concession displays such as Batare.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.