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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1904
Page
3
A bear on a moving train forced guards to open a door as it clashed with passengers. The beast injured one man and clawed a door, while others watched from iron-sided compartments. An attempted capture ensued, the animal moving through the car before being restrained. The incident left weary travelers and a tense interior.
An unclear OCR snippet mentions a wooden sllyy with a short pin and a notch and handle. It references a bore, tool noises, and a device, plus hints at an Aerotech tier and card Kes. No clear event or person is identified.
An Adirondack deer hunt recounts buck fever as a guide and hunters pursue a wary buck. A tense stalk ends with a near miss as the deer escapes into pines while the camp lifestyle unfolds with makeshift shelter and rough, communal living in a primitive outdoors setting.
An excerpt from the New York Herald describes observers using lights to reveal deer at the lake. They observe deer feeding on mes and roots, hear them in the talor, senses sharpening, and a deer drawn close enough to be almost touched before retreating into the woods.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt recounts a humorous tale where a spring poet seeks publication at The Sunny Smile. The editor rejects the piece, then jokes of a benefactor who would pay little to save the muse, revealing a man who weekly carts away their waste paper.
The piece discusses Bantos Dumont and an inventor named nerastats creating a balloon craft with a vertical center of gravity system. A rope hangs from the front, a weight shifts to tilt the craft, and steering is attempted by rudimentary lateral motion and a complicated control mechanism. It reads like a period curiosity about experimental flight devices and offers a stream of technical jargon and speculative capabilities.
The Kentucky state board of health will indict railway officials over plush upholstery in sleepers and day coaches. Leather and cane substitutes are preferred. linen seat coverings offer removable sanitation. The move aims to curb disease germs by removing plush fabrics, potentially influencing other states' railway practices.
In Dublin, Dr Jaes E Kelly recalls an eccentric old physician Del Murphy known for long practice and blunt honesty. A patient with a bad paying reputation asked what could be done for his case, then demanded the fee in advance, showcasing human folly and fee expectations.
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