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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1902
Page
6
A Paris Temps interview with sculptor Carlos, back from Utrecht, portrays President Kruger as calm, strong, and devout. The dialogue notes his daily Bible reading, steadfast faith, and belief that a great nation will rise from misfortune, while admitting limited awareness of recent Transvaal peace events.
An essay on why American millionaires settle in New York City with a focus on Fifth Avenue social life. It argues wealth, social prestige, and exclusive networks attract capital holders to the metropolis, while noting Washington draws some to its high society. The piece links finance, breeding, and status to the pattern of elite residence.
A Rochester rumor in the New York Tribune tells of a young Episcopal rector admired the bishop’s robes after the bishop left them with him. The rector, known for leading a prominent parish, was found wearing the full vestments in the vestry, eliciting amusement among social and church circles. Details of any discussion between them were not disclosed.
Calamity Jane, famed western pioneer, faces potential placement in the Park County poorhouse as aging struggles grow. Associates in Butte report a movement to raise funds to support her in old age, noting her past kindness and influence on early western life despite current hardship and fading tours.
A London writer quotes Charles T. Yerkes on apprenticeships to 40 and business men ten years beyond that, portraying the former Chicago traction magnate as pallid and refined. The description calls him a quiet scholar with white hair and a soft voice, a stark contrast to a brutal, fighting past.
Professor Birkeland leads six companions on a voyage from Copenhagen to study auroral displays. The project aims to observe related phenomena as they winter at Matolshkin Syar in a Russian government built house.
A Baltimore boy Leon Wallace finds $45 in a frozen cake of tea given by a free lee distributor. After thawing, the bills appear chained together. the family counts the money and shares a modest supper with the extra dollar.
An old Gloucester fisherman on the last voyage of the Joseph H Cromwell is lost at sea. The schooner returned with his body after a swordfish struck near Georges Bank. Fisherman Boucher lowered a dory to guide the line but was injured during the ordeal.
A London journalist claimed to have seen the deceased man in a London club days after his death. Andrew Lang recounted meeting a man he mistook for a university friend in the street, only to learn the next day that his friend died hundreds miles away at that moment.
A Kingman county farmer planted a single circular row of corn in a 50 acre field, starting at one edge and ending in the center. He and a sister completed the circle, creating a row about 5 miles long. Cultivation followed the same circular pattern, but the yield appears comparable to ordinary planting.
A unique residence built to resemble an elephant boasted free air flow under the rooms and ample light. The legs housed stairways and the trunk carried water pipes. A fire consumed the mansion, and the owner, while calling it a success, never again built an elephant shaped home.
A larger Indian cave than the Harwinton find was discovered on B A Anderson’s Stanwich Connecticut farm at the highest point. It extends over ninety feet with openings at both ends where natives hid plunder. Artifacts include arrowheads pottery and a crude bracelet made from colored flint pieces. A legendary fish tale from Kansas City follows. A letter from a sister in southwest Missouri claims a six pound bass jumped from a pond into a boy’s jacket pocket as the horses drank.
North Lansing postmaster Roswell Heardsley aged 93, long serving since 1828, suffered his first burglary loss as stamps and postal cards were taken from Beardsley’s store cellar. total loss about $50.
The village of Strong Massachusetts stands out for a single industry, toothpicks, supplying the majority of United States toothpicks. The town’s fame rests on this unique craft that defines its economy and regional identity.
Three hundred miners at the Glyncorryg colliery near Port Talbot in Wales refused to descend the pits saying the mine was haunted. Reports claim a woman with a lamp was seen and a woman’s scream heard in the workings. The season then turns to festive sport with an older spinster correspondent at the resorts.
The article describes Joseph Chaguut of Torrington Conn patenting a water reservoir and dual bait holder rodent trap. It explains how a tilting platform drops the animal into the reservoir, plus quotes a George S Chase of Springfield Ma heat generator that uses radiant heat and a chimney to circulate warm air in a room.
The article notes light pressure was measured, sun earth repulsion about 1e11 dynes outweighs gravity, and cites Prof Woodward on human fixation on past myths over present certainties. It compares his view with Dr Langley on the nonexistence of absolute laws of nature, urging readers to consult both addresses in Science.
A description details a captive balloon observatory with a buoyant car carrying long cables and a mechanism to draw the balloon down for anchoring. The car uses a divided reservoir to maintain buoyancy if a section punctures, enabling repairs while passengers are aboard. Joseph Greta of New York is named as the inventor, with notes on power needs and a central observation platform opening.
A patent style device is shown that can attach to a wall tree gas fixture or furniture. It supports an ordinary book on a shelf with a sliding clamp to hold pages. A telescoping rod and crimped joint allow angle adjustment for comfortable reading.
Electricity in Britain moves forward with the Stone of the ToUnGaUON station laid by Sir Frederick Bramwell. The project, Nature's second bulk electricity scheme in Great Britain, covers about 1000 square miles including factories and mines. Five stations will house 16 000 horsepower three phase dynamos all steam driven. Fire engines on trolley cars to Springfelt mass. The car is burning and a half inches high and the tracks enter one end can be te mor and the engine run upon it.
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