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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1909
Page
6
A miscellany of overheard remarks and fragmentary musings sits in a city page column. A poet muses on notes and champagne, a woman debates slang with a purist, and a ledger item notes the Colchester cattle market committee’s warning to a local offender.
A homely exchange muses on destined marriage and patience as the true guide to happiness. A baker’s boy puns that “home mon” equals der keyhole on a clock, mocking time and claiming more wood than poetry is needed for warmth. The Enterprise adds preferring plain wood over poetry for real effect.
Elizabeth and companions recount a moonlit smuggling night near a cliff cottage. Jewelry, a sphinx key, and a ruby ring vanish into the sea as conversations turn to danger, longing, and possible divers to recover the gem. The chapter closes with a cold, uneasy night and the missing ring.
In a dated anecdote a shaved chin by Louis VII provokes horror among nobles and leads to divorce from Eleanor of Aquitaine. She marries the count of Anjou, who becomes king, sparking a century of conflict that devastates France and allegedly costs 4,000,000 men.
Samos, the autonomous island under Turkish suzerainty, stands as a notable birthplace renowned for its ancient naval power. It birthed the first bold Greek mariner who sailed from Gibraltar to the Atlantic, and it gave birth to Pythagoras, whose legendary Pythagoreum college drew students from Crete and nearby lands, famed as a lighthouse guiding the Levant.
An Ahakeapenro club performance in New Orleans features a social celebrity in a garb as lords in waiting fade. the queen swoons prompting corrections as the ring unfolds. The stage manager halts the scene amid laughter and a final comic line about a pun.
A humorous exchange blends a shy marriage proposal with social advice and epigrams. The piece critiques dowdiness as bad taste, celebrates attractive attire for women, and includes a broker quote about capital and fortune, contrasting personal romance with financial wisdom.
A dialogue contrasts parenting expectations with modern medicine. Father questions pursuing Wil Me as a doctor amid many new doctors yearly while Mother cites the expanding realm of ailments and health challenges. The exchange reflects concerns about career choices and medical demand.
Fragmented OCR text notes kidney trouble symptoms and claimed relief from Doan's Kidney Pills with testimonials from a Mrs Camden and references to Allen's Foot-Lan g and Druggists. Mentions May day era figures and Irish kings in a mix of historical and medical notes, with the New Press cited.
A fragmentary exchange features a Realist and a poet joking about realism and wit. The lad manipulates a punning misreading, a grocer and a boy debate payments, and playful boasts about being wealthy versus godlike, all in a clipped, humorous dialogue style.
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