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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1900
Page
8
The column notes a shift of government funds loaned to banks and a push to increase campaign-fund contributions. It references Mark Hanna, Secretary Hay, and a digressive ad for Chamberlains Pain-Balm with brief medical claims and a local seller J. P. Spalding.
The Republicans claim they have kept all pledges to the country, but most observers doubt the figure and suggest at least a 15 percent discrepancy in the assertion.
A concise note questions why Secretary Hay did not dispatch General Bates to negotiate a treaty with the Sultan of Turkey. It recalls Bates successful negotiations with the Sultan of Sulu and imagines offering Abdul a new wife as a strategic move.
An editor defends newspaper writing as informed and candid. He cites his Osceola Pa paper the Leader Courier praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as magical for coughs and recommends it for households, noting it is for sale by J. P. Spalding.
The passage asserts that Alger initiated allowances to army officers in Guba despite general disapproval, and claims Root continued and bears responsibility for sustaining the policy.
A reader criticizes official phrasing, noting terms like plain duty and supplementary allowance imply subtle distinctions from additional salary. The piece urges using direct language and calling spades spades without euphemism.
The Congressional dispute over oleo heats up with strong interests on both sides. Each faction signals they will press their point or make opponents explain why not in the next election cycle.
D B Johnston of Richmond Indiana suffered rheumatism since 1862 until using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He says it acts like magic, relieving a swollen painful foot after one application. For sale by J P Spalding.
George Smith, a little known man, left an estate that paid 5 million to Great Britain, 3 million to Uncle Sam, and 2 million to New York in inheritance taxes. The Republican House aims to repeal some war taxes though action may stall this session. The stamp tax and beer tax repeal demands collide with political risks as the party balances votes.
The remarks suggest the Vice Presidency contest is winding down to Woodruff, viewed by critics as faint praise meant to damon him.
The estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt now valued at about half its peak when he lived. The remark underscores how a founder’s life boosts fortune size and suggests large fortunes may shrink over time.
A quoted remark blames general Sir Redvers Buller for the unsuccessful actions at Spion Kop. The speaker, identified as Bobs, asserts the Boers played no part in the setback and fault lay with Buller’s conduct.
Questioning whether President McKinley provoked Turkey to create a pretext for sending Dewey back to sea, suggesting possible manipulation of foreign policy to justify naval deployment.
If the sultan fails to look sharp, Theodore Roosevelt will press the issue and a corrective consequence may follow, with a firm warning heard by all involved.
The President asks Congress to extend the terms of military officers in Porto Rico until August. By then Congress will be adjourned and the carpetbag government may distribute franchises to those appointed to posts without Senate confirmation.
The fragment argues the Republican party seeks money to loan to banks in return for campaign contributions this fall, framing taxation repeal as a funding tactic.
Times note Harry Hanna remark about elections echoes as the Republican party hunts a candidate with broad appeal to win in the fall and perhaps push aside the Porto Rican issue. The search reflects scrutiny of a figure who can energize the ticket.
The remark suggests that if Dewey joins the race at all, his path would come from political maneuvering around a bridge rather than a formal platform, implying strategy over stated policies.
The notice explains that the term Veterans now must indicate the war from which graduates served Civil Spanish or Kentuckian. It directs clerks to append the corresponding war designation to each veteran entry in the roster.
The piece lampoons Republican leaders who empowered Porto Rico with broad authority, arguing that big trusts and corporations control the party and will not loosen their grip. It laments the island’s fate under the new governance, claiming undoing the move is impossible and Porto Rico must endure its masters.
A Boston Transcript idea about using a dog in public schools is retold with a classroom tale. A bull terrier named Grip accompanies a slum boy to class, calmly lies by the teacher’s desk, and the pupils respond with reduced misbehavior and more calm attention.
Friedrich Froebel, founder of the kindergarten, argued education begins at home and that the mother is the world’s great educational force while fathers must join in reform and endure ridicule to support a family focused on learning. He urged a general educational union addressing fathers and emphasized reform of family education as foundation for all schooling.
A humorous telephone flirtation ends with a humorous misidentification as Swift. The Paris exposition plans a Hussars exhibit showing deeds by hussars from Germany Austria Hungary Spain and Italy with notable national groups and portraits of bravery.
A voice recalls Dr Conan Doyle’s remark that a promising incident would make a story. After dinner a friend urged him to write it. Doyle answered that he had already done it.
The Church Family Newspaper details rapid first aid for wounded soldiers during engagements. Wounded receive temporary dressings, splints, and self aid kits, then are moved to dressing places behind the line for examination, hemorrhage control, debris removal, and limited surgery before transport to field hospitals.
The Railway Age reports about 4,500 miles of new railroad built in 1899, the largest since 1890. Labor scarcity and higher materials prices limited growth, while older lines expanded more than new entrants. Town leads state mileages with 585 miles. notable expansions include Chicago and North Western 357 miles and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 160 miles. Massachusetts records the fewest new miles at 4.20.
Lord Russell of Killowen argues that oratory is overrated as a lawyer’s primary asset. Fluency must rest on solid knowledge and argument. He notes juries and judges value substance over display and that modern leaders favor well grounded, logical presentation.
A report on a prisoner's sentence for murder of a soldier, with the judge’s remarks detailing the act. The speech condemns the use of a Jerbal Weapon thrust through the bellyband of the soldier's regimental breeches, reflecting royal authority and the crime's gravity.
It is not generally known that the remains of all the czars of Russia since Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel built on one of the islands of the Newit. Each cenotaph is the same plain white marble block, without decoration.
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