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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1903
Page
3
A vivid account of June Maryland jousting tours where knights on varied garb chase rings on a green field. Crowned queen of love and beauty is chosen from among watching maidens as marshals, dais, and grandstands frame a romantic old world spectacle with diverse costumes and fanciful knight names.
A New York Herald item describes a novelty fan shaped like an animal face that also functions as a mask. The user replaces the missing edge feature with their own face, producing a grotesque hybrid look. The device, with a handle and drawable surface, promises amusement as the animal features differ in realism.
Fred Stone of Windsor discovers an old leather fire bucket beneath the flat roof of the L of the house on State street occupied by Mrs Marcellus Barber. The painted bucket bears the name Cotton indicating use dating back to John H Cotton who died in 1850 as Windsor fire chief. A Chicagoan in China offers a sketch of Chinese parents and a caption about a fairy tale. The ripening years.
Norma Hildreth receives a letter from K. B. Langford a college mate now alive and seeking marriage to gain fortune. She contemplates using him to save her family finances while facing his proposal and past heartbreak. During a carriage drive Langford explains their broken engagement after debt and distance, revealing enduring feelings and a possible rekindle.
In a heated scene Langford declares love to Norma, challenging Beeste for a share of Roger's will money. Norma reacts with a rush of emotion as Langford asks to wed, promising to make her his wife and snuffing out earlier business matters.
A writer extols Japanese infant girls as radiant, gentle, and delightfully playful. He lauds their beauty, quiet nature, love of toys and sweets, and the elaborate hair arrangements with lacquered boxes, rouge, and well tied gowns, portraying a treasured image from a foreign land.
A traveling account describes Somali aversion to a wart hog tusk harvesting. A Midgan woman chops tusks with a hatchet after bribe, aided by adoks as tongs, while locals refuse to touch implements. The ayah supposedly plays to the gallery, showing cultural prejudice.
A clipped verse dialogue explores marriage and female influence. It presents contrasting readings where happiness, freedom, and deceit are weighed against the woman’s sway and the man’s contentment. The poem implies men may seek bliss through submission to a wife.
A traveler describes corncob sidewalks found in several grain shipping towns. He notes initial roughness but claims the cobs compact into a smooth walking surface after being trampled down. The account appears in the New York Tribune.
In a dry district item, Rodrick the druggist devised a scheme involving soaking straws in alcohol and making customers taste liquor in their soda. Van Albert questions the plan, and Rodrick explains the trick as a misperceived glass touch.
A Glasgow slum inspector testified before the Municipal Commission on the Housing of the Poor describing scenes of families sleeping in cellars or under beds with only a mattress and a layer of children’s clothing as bedding, illustrating extreme poverty.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls the quaint old church with roses, memories of joy and sorrow, brides and matrons, shadow and memory drifting through time. The piece preserves a faded print voice from the Chicago Tribune.
Skeletons of a hunter and a cougar found together on Mt Gibraltar near Republic Washington suggest a savage fight with both man and animal dead. A rusted rifle, pumped out and lever down, and the bones indicate a fierce encounter. Two local men vanished years ago under similar mysterious circumstances, one headed toward Meyers Falls.
Minneapolis man Peter Johnson claims a nine month diet of nuts and a raw tomato saved him from death after paralysis and Krupp’s disease left him near 240 pounds. He reports rapid weight loss to 170, increased activity, and credits the tomato and nuts with his recovery as recounted by the New York Herald.
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