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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1905
Page
6
A Collected Oddities page from Challis Idaho mocks politics morality and society with jokes about consent age, glue quality, Panama canal cost, aging, legal cases, and obscure figures. It riffs on Dr Chadwick, Balfour, Morgen, J P Morgan, and Alfred Vanderbilt while lampooning current affairs and human foibles in a rapid-fire, period voice.
A Brooklyn fire marshal faces suspension after engaging in a sexual liaison with a young woman at an engine house. The item highlights local gossip and moral judgment in a period tone, noting whispered flirtations near churches and on the way home from services.
A long examination of professional gambling exposes the heavy costs of a first class house and the meticulous devices used to tilt games. It details electrical and mechanical controls in roulette dice and cards, sleeves for hidden cards, shiners, marked decks, and table coatings that reveal dealt cards, all aimed at ensuring house profit.
The narrator recounts a Jerusalem departure toward Jericho and the Dead Sea, noting the Jericho road’s historic sites, the baptismal ford, and the Way of the Brook Cherith. The journey includes a dawn start by carriage, a halt at Khan Hadrur, and a view of St George Monastery amid a stark Wady Kelt gorge.
A historical journey along the Jordan valley describes pilgrims walking from Jerusalem to the Jordan River for baptism. The scene recalls Elijah’s spring and the baptism rites by the bishop, with boats crossing the river and rituals performed in a rural open air setting amid ancient sites.
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