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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1905
Page
2
A noisy column of cheeky notes and satirical quips about money, crime, society, and public figures. It ranges from bank notes and tax jokes to Edison, Rockefeller, and fashion hints, with pointed takes on politics, war, and culture across American life.
The Old Portage road, completed by Pennsylvania in 1834, ended the coach and six era with a toll road linking Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The line featured 2700 foot peaks, ten inclined planes reached by British engineering, and canniboats hauled over the mountain. By 1854 the state sold the line to the Pennsylvania Railroad, amid rumors of legislative bribery and missing funds.
A Cape Town bound voyage aboard the Armadale Castle reports a second sea serpent sighting tied to Kipling. The creature, struck by the bow, measured about forty five feet from mark to stem with a broad eight foot girth and greenish brown coloring. It sank after exhaustions as engines reversed, leaving passengers astonished at the scene and Kipling aboard.
Poetic tribute to a free spirit who rejects bondage and defies tyranny. The speaker extols a man unbound by foes or fate, whose mind soars like Samson, guided by nature and moral courage. The verse praises independence, self mastery, and the joy of a life unfettered by unjust power.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a Senate edict banning tips to pages and stopping the sale of speeches from sessions. Pages may not accept gratuities from senators, ending typical monthly earnings of 10 to 15 dollars. The practice of selling tariff speeches and taking commissions on writing instruments is also forbidden.
An historic merger unites American and European Presbyterian bodies in India creating a national church. Eleven Presbyterian groups compose 33 presbyteries and 832 churches serving nearly 26 000 communicants. A provisional general assembly was formed in Allahabad after adopting faith, constitution, and canons.
A sun formed silhouette on the north wall of Boston’s Devo ynahire street post office interior walls shows a likeness to Uncle Sam. The sun’s daily path from 11 am to about 12 pm casts a striking shadow, photographed by a elevator boy as hundreds observe the effect.
Settlement in Otsego county leaves the ownership of a buried pre revolutionary china set resolved for the Burdick heirs. Marion Cheeseborough uncovered eighty dishes on the Burdick farm near West Edmeston in 1903, with disputes once in court though no factual trial occurred. The four Burdick grandchildren now hold the valuable collection valued at five to ten thousand dollars, per New York World.
A scolds' bridle housed in the Balla bury museum uses an inverted N shaped nose piece and a chin fitting. it is fitted to the neck and padlocked to silence the wearer until contrition is shown.
Workmen removing December pile of sawdust from a portable saw mill at East Hampton Connecticut found a warm interior and uncovered hardy hollyhocks and highbush blueberry bushes budding and blooming at the bottom, a surprising plant growth beneath the debris.
A Mississippi constituent asks the House if it controls a weed named Adam's apple and where to obtain the seed. The letter opens with a formal greeting and requests guidance on locating or acquiring the plant material.
A garbled dinner gathering in Providence, R J Droughton hosts a rough scene as punch bowls and dishes are disrupted. The cover lifts amid a noisy finale, with a startled reaction noted in a crowded setting.
Mrs Edgell found a cottontail rabbit sitting behind the stove after entering the Thoroughfare Nock farm home. Nellie Edgell tried to coax it out but it darted around until Mr Edgell lifted a log and the rabbit emerged from the hollow log. The winter’s severity left many animals dead from exposure.
In Auvergne France M Hestor Granet a former notary and archaeologist keeps his dead father’s body for fifteen years sealed in a zinc coffin filled with alcohol and coated with cement a small glass port shows the mummy whose hair beard and skin allegedly exhibit remarkable changes from contact with the spirits.
Miss Roza Websted, now on exhibit in Cologne Germany, claims the title of the world’s tallest woman. She stands over seven feet tall, is 24 years old, and well educated.
Urgent appeal describes a cow with a bell roaming the Sunset District nightly from dusk to early dawn near 21st Ave and Latr south of Golden Gate Park. Residents report inability to rest despite police contact and ask Humane Society Secretary Holbrook to intervene and catch the animal.
An Austration representative describes a peanut and combination wagon that blends a miniature lunch wagon design with a push cart. It offers weather protection, no permanent booth or transport costs, and a drop floor for the vender to stand, with a leading wheel and a rear leg extension for easy pushing.
A large whale caused a transcontinental undersea cable break between Seattle and Alaska. The creature became tangled in the raised cable, its jaw and remnants of wire insulation snagging the line and triggering the failure.
The excerpt shows Napoleon lamenting exile and calling on the Bourbons while condemning the French and English actions. He claims an English banishment to a tropical island would be a worse fate and asserts loyalty to his church, army, and role as first consul, as documented in The Surrender by Atma land.
An ex sheriff from Beattie City Kansas discusses Dodd's Kidney Pills and Bright's Disease claims. He states kidney pills prevent progression by curing kidney disorders early and praises their effectiveness. James Scott of Scott County reports using eight bottles and endorses the medicine as best for kidneys.
A Waterville barber exhibits a contrivance described as a device about two and a feet in diameter that allegedly works like the face of a clock. The machine, operated by a barber pressing an electric indicator, allegedly causes a numbered sequence to advance as customers sit for a shave.
Mary M. F. Fox from West Miss reports cutting edge relief from eczema with Cuticura after eight years of suffering. She describes severe facial sores, scabs on the scalp and failing lashes, noting a dramatic first day improvement and near complete recovery in a short time.
A fragmentary notice from a historical paper hints at a village scene in England where tea, a tree in a garden, and a curious custom are described. It mentions medical students, a gruesome bone sight and a skeleton cart, with scattered references to Alma and Waddert Inghamshire and a local cow related feast.
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