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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1905
Page
2
French writer describes a cemetery for books at the National Library in Paris. He notes France is represented by 300 000 volumes in the institution.
A jumble of clipped notes on tea and commerce, land in Argentina, and domestic life. It references arable land, crops, and varying tea usage, then shifts to remarks on beauty, romance, and Balzac. The piece blends ad like fragments with literary reflections and questions about spending on tea versus coffee.
A fragment presents a quote attributed to H. Cillem about life being composed of small acts. It emphasizes that daily smiles, kindnesses, and small habitual duties win the heart and bring comfort.
The text outlines a northern forest belt from eastern Labrador north of 60 parallel to Alaska, extending about 3000 miles northwest with an average width near 600 miles. It notes vast timber and reservoir potential, using vivid phrases like tea-taper and nada as imagery.
A quirky column notes the difference between good tea and tea, claiming both grow on the same bush and offering odd insights. It mentions seasonal barber tips, late summer heat helping hair products, and a playful aside on hair tonics and massages. It also touches on Korean currency, noting many nickel varieties once circulated, many spurious.
The Santa Fe Railway placed a large order for 75 locomotives, 6,300 freight cars, 60 passenger and postal coaches to be delivered within four months. The mix includes 15 Atlantic type balanced compounds, 30 Pacific type balanced compounds, and 30 Santa Fe type engines, costing over 5 million dollars to boost handling of growing traffic.
An aged king commissions Tift the painter to craft a true portrait of virtue. The canvas reveals not a single face but every human facet within one form. The artist warns that in each figure lies the hint of the divine, a truth about human temples and the God within.
A fragment from Longman’s Magazine notes cats fear death and exhibit human like anxieties. It recounts a nefarious cat named Gyp who feared dying, escaped to a roof with a cold boiled chicken, and a Kensington case of a dying cat seeking solitude. It also mentions a drawing room cat nursing her kittens with help from a kitchen cat and remarks on cat snobbery.
The New York Sun notes that spirit of adventure makes reckless automobile racing and its fatal accidents draw thrill seekers. It argues danger fuels sport across pursuits like racing, riding to hounds, steeplechasing, football, and other outdoor pastimes, driving seekers to seek risk for excitement and rebellion.
A Mississippi senator’s grandson recounts a humorous exchange after a school day fight. The boy explains he is a seven and a half versus a tenner, then jokes during a thrashing how mismatched odds reflect his age and weaponry. The tale ends with a paternal rod moment and a philosophy of odds.
The tarpon, a famed game fish, migrates widely along the Gulf coast from Tampico to Pensacola. It appears on the east Florida coast early, reaches Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi, then spreads through Texas and the middle gulf region by midsummer. Its southern breeding grounds and northward move with warm waters are noted, though detailed migration patterns remain uncharted.
In the town of Stow Mash Chauncy Fitch, an eccentric prankster, visits a farmer with sausages and asks the wife to cook them. She serves them as he devours many, noting their quality. He replies that they come from her own pantry.
A Newark man endures a storm bound trek with an ice bound umbrella. Doors close on him and he struggles through sleet and snow until he seeks refuge in a saloon to thaw the frozen shield, proving the stubborn endurance of a temperate walker.
The Western Medical Review urges 1905 Hall of Fame ballots include five medical heroes Rush Ramsay Warren Sims and Holmes. It proposes voters select two or three physicians, with Warren favored for anesthesia's impact and Holmes praised as a pioneer in infection protection.
A historical lament on child labor describes one million seven hundred thousand children aged under fifteen working in mines and factories. It portrays harsh conditions, neglect, and oppression, with cries for pity and a better life, contrasting the lost joys of childhood with grim toil.
In Weymouth Massachusetts Mays parish rector Nne Parson Smith’s daughters Mary and Abigail face his disapproval over their chosen bridesgrooms. Mary selects a substance rich suitor. Abigail defies him by allying with John Adama a young Braintree lawyer amid sermon critique.
The readable fragments describe a tangled scene with names and phrases that suggest a misread historical text. Characters and actions are unclear, but the tone hints at a dramatic or ceremonial event.
A fragment describes pouring tar of roses from an earthen pot and mentions attar of totes in mage, referencing Piet and Bellara in a poetic, archaic register. The readable text centers on aroma, vessels, and a ritual pouring.
The readable lines reference a distorted local item from the Somerville Journal mentioning Holland and Dutch themes, a catalog, and an Ohio male context. It hints at an agricultural measure with 220 bushels and a record breaking line, but the text is garbled and partial, offering limited clear facts.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Tessamy 160,000 Ibe Teosinte and Balver's Superit Pol ariel Juicy Inder, claiming high yields and plantings in Australia. It also references Lunacy in Egypt, Berat, and a lunatic asylum with 10,000,000 peas and 56 beds, all in unclear context.
A garbled passage discusses a woman and a Gentlewoman, mentions Carlyle and Mr Thomas Carlyle, and references Pro's Cure tar cough remedy. It includes misquoted phrases and stray names, with a sense of social commentary and casual advertisement from a torn newspaper fragment.
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