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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
2
A fragmentary verse reflection on prayer inspired by James Montgomery. It contemplates prayer as the contrite sinner's voice and a bridge between earth and heaven, urging the believer to seek God in all aspects of life.
Simeon and Joel Smith, florists, juggle a joke about removing Annie from the shop. Simeon departs to vacation but discovers Joel has moved and secretly married Annie, ending their quest to get rid of her. The awkward story unfolds with playful banter and college-age mischief in a family business.
In a tense conversation Simeon and Joel weigh getting rid of a young female employee over minor errors and wages. They debate tactics from wage cuts to quiet dismissal, unsure how her loyalty and performance affect the trade.
A young lawyer questions a rural man in a horse deal tale and presses on whether Mr. Smith, junior sold the horse or any item to the plaintiff in June last. The exchange unfolds with playful insistence on the sale and the mare.
Dinenn Ball Rhetoric quips about epigrams as sounding good yet lacking meaning. Mr Cumroz questions the concept while recalling a childhood dinner bell from a former job.
The playful quarrel between two fowl characters turns on who is more important as one quips they would rather be stuffed with their own status than with potatoes. The exchange uses humorous wordplay about anatomy and ego.
A. J. Balfour retires after a long tenure as opposition leader in the House of Commons, ending a century of influence in British politics. The piece notes his role, power, and the shift as Bonar Law becomes Unionist leader, with reflections on England’s political landscape.
In Cleveland Ohio a crumbling skull found beneath sand on St. Clair avenue amid boys playing football. Rumors circulated of a long-hidden murder until Judge Thomas K. Dissette, living nearby, said the skull dated back 85 years to a township burying ground, cooling the chatter.
Frank Bock was attacked by a flock of blackbirds in a vacant lot at Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield New Jersey. He sustained painful injuries to the neck face and hands.
The speaker urges forgetting injuries to neighbors and recalls a stubborn memory that keeps resurfacing. Museum patrons complain of hard times as a self-styled deified man comments that hardships have always existed for him.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a brief exchange about getting a gift for a wife as a man rushes around, hinting at holiday or special occasion shopping. The anecdote captures a shopper seeking presents and potential offers.
A garbled text collage blends quotes from Mark Twain and Ophelia with slang and mock dialogues. It threads misheard lines about church games, phrenology, jokes on Sambo, courtroom chatter, and literary allusions. The fragmentary draft reads like a collage of mid century slang and misread OCR.
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