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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
5
A terse directory entry lists James F. Ailshiey, N. Sullivan, and George H. Stewart along with James M. Stevens as part of the Supreme Court roster or related prerogatives. The text reads as a fragmented notation of names tied to the court or its officials.
A man from Vandessee born in 1826 grew a beard that started at age 12 and, by 34, reached six inches then kept growing. Years passed and it reached an astonishing 11 feet, draping over his arm and wrapping around his throat in winter. Despite only standing five feet three inches, the beard was twice his height.
The article notes James Madison as Father of the Constitution and recalls early American coinage by Connecticut’s Granby Higley Tokens, Boston’s 1652 mint under John Trous, and the 1664 Dutch surrender of New Amsterdam leading to New York. It mentions Point Comfort’s 1607 naming and New York’s tiny pre surrender population.
The fashion note describes sleeves that fit closely with puffs and trims, waists with basque skirts, scalloped edges, and various finishes. A blue velvet ilish hat with Persian lamb trim is highlighted. It notes a shift to somber colors in imported dress materials and asserts American fur finishing attracts European houses.
A Philadelphia maker cites 1814 as a turning point in spider silk culture with deathly spider fights. It traces British peerage to 1261 and 1400 and notes the Grosvenor and Campbella lineages, plus Scotland’s Mar family dating to 1092. It recounts 12th century Bristol clothiers who devised a fabric later known by a common family name.
Theodore Molkinsen once a crack horseman of the German army plans to break the world long distance riding record by traveling from New York to Chicago in seven days on a single horse. He estimates about 875 miles, needing about 125 miles daily, with rest and feeding breaks.
Missouri W T U leader Clara Hoffman told the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association in Evanston that women have long been treated as door mats and dishwashers in church and government. She urged women to rise, noting men would run churches and cities into the ground if left in sole charge. Dr Frances Dickinson supported expanding intelligent voting in schools.
President Roosevelt received the Russian portrait painter Constantine Makovsky in the cabinet room for a sitting to prepare a portrait. Makovsky, portrait painter to the czar, is in Washington with his wife as guests of the Russian embassy. The article notes light, background, and interactions with officials, plus other society coverage and political opinions.
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