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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1903
Page
7
A miscellany of playful games and parlor tricks follows, detailing paper and pencil opinions, the Borzoi trick, the lifting by fingers stunt, and a coin and bottle magic demonstration. It also reports on injuries and a hospital recovery tale, plus a simple water cork trick using centrifugal force.
Special correspondence explores Mexico City's enduring beauty amid centuries of change from Aztec roots to colonial streets. It notes the impact of Juarez era reforms, confiscation of convents, and new thoroughfares that shaped the modern silhouette of the ancient capital.
A narrator describes Mexico City and surrounding regions with contrasts of old convents and new houses, tropical ambiance and Latin character. Notes palaces, aqueducts, and Don Juan Manuel street, plus distant Palanque and Tenochtitlan legends. Observes émigré families, foreign merchants, and a charming winter under a clear blue Mexican sky.
A Swiss peasant near Berne set a trap with dynamite to kill foxes harming the district. A passerby was killed by the blast, and the remorseful man, jailed, killed himself with a smuggled revolver just before a judge arrived.
A humor sketch sequence recalls a commander telling an orderly to inform Private Smith his semingle request was approved, only to learn the man had died six months earlier. The passage then shifts through brief witticisms and sketches about daily oddities and social foibles, including a butcher, a wife seeking a husband, and a birthday watch tale.
A brief joke from the Philadelphia Press notes a young lawyer boasting of winning his first suit yesterday and announcing his engagement to Miss Love, drawing a playful parallel between professional success and romance.
In a lively exchange with Mike Ellen and Miss Mabel, Chips of humor fly as they discuss sociable banter. A quip about President Roosevelt and umbrellas adds playful irony, while Mrs. Prissims jokes about marriage and warmth contrasting with Mr. Prissims blunt retorts.
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