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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1900
Page
6
A Belmont fashion item costs narrative lists 25,000 spent on Mrs Mia Belmont outfits, with hundreds of garments and accessories detailed. The New York Journal notes prices for gowns, capes, fur, gloves, stockings, lingerie, and jewelry, highlighting luxuries of “fashionable women.”
The notice advertises cheap excursion fares from Utah to Chicago via Union Pacific and connections, with daily trains and deluxe Pullman cars. It details routes from Salt Lake City to Omaha and Chicago, with return options and special prices, plus mentions scenic byways and the appeal of faster travel.
The Paris Exposition hosts more than 200 congresses on topics from horticulture and hygiene to deaf mutes and women’s rights. Attendees profit from reduced fares and official favors, with the Congress Palace built on cooperative principles by workers. Also noted is a Danish phonograph using a steel band for long message transmission and a Wolseley anecdote from Burma.
A Pittsburg Press tale recounts a pug named in a Allegheny home chewing a two carat diamond stud. The dog bit off a quarter carat, requiring recutting and resetting. Jeweler August Lock notes the case proves dogs can bite gems and warns keep jewelry out of pets’ reach.
Grasshoppers halt a railroad train while enakea or ocls are drawn into a water pipe with disagreeable rasuita. The note discusses unusual animal and mechanical interactions observed in the area, highlighting the strange causes of disruptions and the peculiar terminology used in the era.
A historical note surveys famous stones and jewel lore. It cites an 815,000 cost, a huge blue white gem found at Jagersfontein, two oval linked pieces after cutting, and no buyers yet. It mentions the Orloff diamond, Koh Nur, and 192 carat Persian stone, with warnings about diamond cleavage and color changes.
The 1870 census shows 38,111 illiterate white voters, rising to 44,420 in 1880 and 49,570 by then. An average increase of about 800 illiterate voters per year yields about 21 percent of the white voting population illiterate.
A recently issued patent covers a motor driven car designed for warfare, described as a battleship on wheels. It is an armored automobile packed with firearms and capable of electrocution via electric charging to deter boarding parties.
A historical note estimates China’s land forces at 300000 on peace footing and about 1000000 in wartime. It insists the army lacks unity, cohesion, and proper discipline overall.
The notice invites housekeepers and food lovers to try Friends Oats and save the trademarks for a premium list including silverware and books. It urges readers to request the full premium list from Muscatine and to buy the product from grocers. The Navy Department issues a general order increasing shore pay for naval officers in Porto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska by 10 percent.
The notice promotes Chicago Great Western rails for the 1900 Prohibition and Democratic conventions with vestibuled trains and single round trip fare. Tickets go on sale June 26 27 and July 2 4 with agent details and office address in Chicago. It also reports arrests of Santo Domingo government leaders including Nollo Garcia.
The snippet combines consumer ads for Allen's Foot-Rare and Foot-Ease with scattered notes on foreign workers in China, a Winslow claim, and a European trip by Secretary Reitz. It also mentions the Netherlands Railway’s expulsion of 1400 employees from the Transvaal.
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