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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1901
Page
7
A fragmented OCR note criticizes tooth brushes with soft bristles that fail to clean and mentions fake currency. It warns buyers to trust reliable druggists and avoid low quality goods and counterfeit money circulating among consumers.
A fragment quotes Brother Dickey reacting to a race member’s prison sentence for forgery. He says that illiteracy and addiction explain the crime, declaring he will never read or write and praising divine law. The remark reflects historical oral dialect and social attitudes.
Ad offers Allen's Foot Base powder to ease tight or new shoes and relieve swollen hot feet. Claims include ingrown nails corns and unions with trial package free by mail. Mentions practitioner and shop details. Diameter of the Earth noted with precise measurements 7,926 miles equator 7,899 miles pole to pole.
A historic ad item describes Santa Fe Railway summer excursion prices from Salt Lake City and Ogden to Staruleville and other destinations with seasonal dates and daily departures. It also promotes a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway illustrated guide from Aberdeen to the Missouri River and offers a two cent stamp for a copy, plus a ten cent private mailing card. The piece ends with a note about Arundel castle ownership and potential parliamentary seating for a rich buyer if the Howard family faces financial pressures.
The Chicago Journal details Peten's harsh conditions in Guatemala, noting a population around 8,000 with most Indians, rich soil, vast forests, and scarce transportation. Agriculture dominates yet is inefficient. cane for panela and crude rubber are present. Latin American heat, alcohol abuse, no roads, and Belizian trade shape daily life.
The piece urges carnations as ideal hospital flowers due to their clean scent and warns against jasmine or lily family blooms when a patient is in danger. It notes hospital etiquette and a tourist mispronunciation issue, citing impressions of Americans as rude by Mexican Herald.
An earthquake struck Aulton Muh rea and Zapothon causing building damage. The tremor disturbed a large lake, making waters agitated before gradually subsiding and disappearing. The quake left a figure in the lakebed as it subsided.
A quirky feature asks who can uncover the ancient Sarcene secret to forge blades like those of old, notes the loss of paste diamonds versus modern synthetics, and argues most modern mortar and cement cannot match ancient formulas. It warns that many modern structures will crumble in 600 years while Greek and Italian stones endure.
The London Chronicle notes a paper by William Allingham urging inspection of ballast underloads, warning underloading dangers in tramp steamers and large vessels. It cites 22 British ships vanished on inter-ocean voyages 1390 to 1900 and suggests adding an underload line to current safety rules. Chinook salmon growth evidence shows marked fish reaching 24 pounds in four years and up to 40–50 pounds by age four to five.
In recalling the revival of Patience at the London Savoy theater, Sir Arthur Sullivan once received a charming insult. While Barrington sang Windy Waly in 1881, Sullivan, then less known, whistled along in the dress circle and an irate gentleman told him to stop his noise.
The mud wasp nests hold a single egg per cell with the rest filled by captured spiders and insects. The mother confines these prey items as food for her larva after hatching.
Ex‑Attache in New York Tribune explains the royal household’s special tribunal the board of green cloth with authority over offenses within royal palaces and grounds. It notes the lord steward delegates power to judges, and details the Privy Council’s Law Lords tribunal for appeals, exclusive to the United Kingdom.
An article cites physicians warning that very cold drinks and frozen condiments worsen kidney diseases. It argues hot drinks relieve thirst better, aid digestion, and that beverages should not be served below sixty degrees. It advocates higher temperatures for thirstier individuals and cautions against ice cold beverages.
A vivid description praises a new Filipino hat as the coolest masculine headgear in years. The cane-like, plaited crown rests on a light sea green fabric liner with a steel band and silk cover, keeping the head untouched while allowing air to circulate.
The article notes a vast difference between mail service and passenger travel. It cites a Pacific railroad that runs a combined mail and passenger train over mountains, then cuts mail cars when level country is reached. A coast passenger can mail a letter on the train and reach Chicago to find it delivered at his hotel.
The Duchess of Cornwall is said to have a broad set of Christian names to choose from should she ascend the throne. The list includes Augustine Louise Olga Paul Ine Claudine and Agnes, reflecting a liberal assortment of options.
In a thirty day period gifts to colleges art museums and libraries in the United States surpassed 20 million dollars. Projections for 1901 indicate total benefactions may exceed 100 million dollars nationwide.
Belts come in many shapes with white calf and patent leather among the options. Buckles vary from simple to double sided and some are covered. Suede and velvet belts feature metal studs. A note mentions atmospheric observations and sea temperature near the equator at depth.
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