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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
3
A humorous sketch portrays Boston pedestrians and manners from streetcars to statues. It highlights a corset display near Washington Street, Daniel Webster statues with nervous buttons, and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company’s yearly drills, noting crowds, hats, and local quirks.
An unruly, fragmentary montage shows a boy named Freddy and his mother discussing an outing on a windy day while a river trip and a school trip hover in dialogue. Scattered notes mention coins and numismatics as a youthful interest, including old American coins and exotic money types.
The article describes a spinning toy with beveled blades and weighted ends to resemble a boomerang, plus the Magic Egg trick showing floating and sinking eggs in brine and water. It also observes robin parental habits, noting consistent feeding routes and perch choices, and ends with a puzzle about house ownership in a street scene.
Arthur, a boy with a square chin, boasted at dinner about finding a four seat clover as a sign of popularity. His sister May laughs, the elder brother claims Marjorie Brooks is the girl in question, and Arthur asserts Marjorie is his. He argues over Marjorie’s affections with his father present.
The Earl of Rosslyn plans a U S season under the alias James Erskine. He has spent about 1.5 million dollars and pursued careers as a church singer organist traveling salesman and female impersonator.
In his first message to Congress, President Roosevelt emphasizes preserving forests. He calls for planting and protecting trees so new ones continually replace those cut down, highlighting the nation’s commitment to sustained forestry.
On a railway DEF with two sidings DBA and FCA connected at A a shared rail segment near A holds a single wagon key or Q while not fitting an entire engine like R. An engine entering a siding must reverse to exit. A small block P colored to resemble a wagon marks B.
A description outlines a method using block R as an engine to interchange wagons P and Q without shunting. Steps include R pushing P to A, returning, moving Q to P in A, coupling, drawing to F then to B, uncoupling P, returning Q to A, pulling P back to C, and repeating through F to complete the swap.
The piece surveys boxing eras, noting Fitzsimmons as a possible oldest active fighter and listing ages of prominent pugilists born in various places. It compares Australian and American boxers, mentions Corbett as the oldest Yankee, and includes a table of names, birthplaces, and ages. Also touched are Ward the distance runner, a stork story, and origins of the Jimtown break in horse racing lore.
A fragmented passage traces the term Coons to track traditions and notes the English Derby's long history. It mentions Burgoyne, the Derby estate, and the Earl of Derby’s role in founding both the Derby and Oaks, with a focus on historical naming and racetrack lore.
Sporting men debate Arthur F. Duffys 100 yard time of 0.0935 at Intercollegiate meet. James Sullivan of the Amateur Athletic Union says Duffys burst could break 60 yard and related marks. Evert J Wendell hails the Georgetown star as a historic cinder path talent and predicts records for 50, 60 and 75 yards.
Lee M. Boda, manager for George H. Ketcham, planned Cresceus exhibitions this season. Cresceus earned $142,000 last season and will tour the West and South this summer and fall, ending with a major Havana meeting in Cuba in late November.
Charles Pell of Drake University, hailed as Iowa’s best allaround athlete, won the hammer at the Western Intercollegiate meet in Chicago last month. The Iowa Collegiate Athletic association declared him professional, voiding his fourteen state-meet points and noting an earlier open race with amateurs only. Orrin Hickok’s Career is noted as long-standing, with St Julian’s 2:11 record achieved twenty-two years ago, earning him the label Talleyrand of the turf and status as a top trainer and driver in the first class.
Miss Bertha Borgett 02 shattered the American record for college side throwing at the Mira College annual field meet by throwing the baseball farther than the previous 18 yard mark.
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