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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1903
Page
2
A fragment from Country Life in America describes Ruth Schwartz of Dallas as possibly the smallest child for her age, standing one foot nine inches and weighing 16 pounds. Despite tiny size she speaks and composes, with piano talent and a clear mind beyond five years.
A blast kills nitroglycerine shooter Joseph Shaffer near the state line as his sleigh explodes with 100 quarts of glycerine. Minnie Martin saves a passenger train after a rockblocker is washed into a cut, earning $60. A ferret aids electrical work by threading wires through manholes. Prehistoric fossils surface in Schuylkill County as railroad earthworks advance. A seven foot seven inch Italian conscript, Battle in Ugo, is rejected for height.
A fly in a cup caused the death of Samuel Wagner, 79, while seated at the dinner table. The incident occurred when he asked his wife for another cup as a fly landed in his coffee.
An inquest revealed Elsie Stone, eight, died from brain pressure due to an unusually large brain. The doctor noted the brain weighed 48 ua, about 2 percent more than the average adult female brain, indicating extreme brain swelling as the cause.
Correspondent reports the capture of the Moro fort at Maciu in Mindanao after a sharp Octill engagement. American forces under Pershing, McNair, Mangum, and Morrow employed siege tactics and heavy artillery to breach the walls, while lantakas and improvised defenses were used by Moros. The fort's fall ends a protracted struggle as Moros retreat toward Pandapatan with casualties on both sides.
Dr Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio receives formal address as requested with proper courtesy and title.
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