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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1905
Page
4
J D Whelp Joy discusses Europe’s growing population wealth and power as a mystery, noting emigration to the U S and rising European density. He cites trade, foreign exchange, and a large American role in supplying agricultural goods, raw materials, and food to Europe while supporting European industry and shipping.
A physician recalls Mrs Smith dying after her husband failed to convince her to cut her hair. He hid shears by the pillow and tried nightly to sever the long braid, but the sleeping woman protected her hair and he relented. The tale closes with the husband abandoning the plan. A second vignette depicts a young woman denying a cousin a dance yet sharing gossip about a prom night extra.
Admiral Rojestvensky was lately reported coaling the squadron at Angra Pegema on the African coast a favorite resort of Confederate commerce destroyers for similar purposes. Woman's Swimming Record Mine McLaughline set a new world record at Glass Bay on November 25 swimming 50 yards in 37 seconds, one second faster than the previous record.
The article describes the sparkstotting sled from Norrland as a light Norway spruce contraption used for winter locomotion and racing. It weighs about 30 pounds with two runners and uprights, steered by a horizontal bar, capable of speeds rivaling a trotting horse on good snow, with pushing or dragging for ascents.
A New York man who surfaced after a Massachusetts report on English industrial life insurers now heads a firm with two peers, pledging to pay over 2 billion dollars to more than 10 million policyholders. The industry disburses about 500 thousand dollars weekly, with average policies around 100 dollars and accumulated reserves near 150 million.
An old dinner table exchange contrasts an artist and the present writer. The artist deems the modern paper “too good” to read at certain times, noting he cannot read in the morning after breakfast or in the evening after lunch due to other tasks.
Report of the Chalmette, once City of Vicksburg, sinking after striking a snag near Natchez. Passengers and crew evacuated to the levee as the vessel broke in two. a festive, improvised picnic formed on shore with cooks rescuing provisions and river hands singing ragtime as aid arrived.
A Berlin report notes Prof Stentzel observed since August 22 large and numerous sun spots in the southern hemisphere. The August 27 28 activity formed a garland rosette with a total length near 69 489 miles and anschließend extended 34 740 to 38 601 miles. In England motorcars rise with 1896 seen as year of common use and registrations surge past 14000 by year end.
A Philadelphia Press item notes a physician who reportedly endured eight days and nights without sleep and another case of a person who did not sleep for several days. It mentions Napoleon allegedly riding for days without rest, with no reliable confirmation of the sources.
At the society’s annual meeting it was disclosed that the Mount Auburn cemetery corporation paid over more than $900,000. The split stems from a 1834 agreement after Mount Auburn’s 72 acres were developed. $300,000 was turned over to the Horticultural Society from the sale proceeds.
King Edward VII has granted consent to Princesa Alice of Albany to wed Prince Alexander of Teck. The piece notes an Act of Parliament gives the king power to prevent marriages of George II descendants except those through princesses married to foreigners. It reflects on royal prerogative and its awkward social implications.
The Boston Advertiser calls British Honduras England's worst colony a remote Central American domain with a rich seaboard. It lacks regular contact with Britain, receiving news months late via banana steamers or logwood schooners. The colonists live hermit-like, hear major events belatedly, and marked King Edward's coronation long after it occurred. They reportedly prayed for the king's recovery and may soon react to the Boer War's end and the Venezuelan blockades.
A stage heroine, adept at piano, finds a way to showcase her skill. In a desert rock setting a piano is placed at the foot of rocks, the heroine discovers it and declares the piano her solace as she plays a short selection amid tragedy. Plus a line about electric power usage in U.S. manufacturing.
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