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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1904
Page
3
A curated mix of poems, tales, and science curiosities recounts Ancient Greece Spartans and Amyclae, a plucky Georgia story of Alexander H. Stephens, fishing tricks with jugs, eye strength tests, and a candle in water illusion, all styled as vintage reader notes and experiments.
A magic note describes cutting an orange half to create a hollow peel cup, boring two holes in its bottom, and inserting it into a tumbler. The cup is pressed to fit and held in place, then wine is poured to let the liquid run into the cup.
A boy near the stove hears a talking piece of wood claim it began as a seed. It describes winter snow, spring growth, being cut by a woodcutter, placed in a wagon, then brought to the boy’s house by his father. The tale ends with the wood asserting its journey from seed to firewood.
A surgeon tends a bulldog’s broken arm and a second dog’s broken leg after pawing at his door. He splints the limb and it heals. another dog arrives with a pin in its fourth limb, which the surgeon removes. The tale ends with a note on incombustible celluloid.
A quick guide to building a sailing toy using a sharpened bow, a deck hole with a screw eye, three sticks as a sail frame, and a tethered balloon to lift the sail. The balloon pulls the craft to skim the water and shift tacks as the wind changes, offering a simple, playful boat that sails readily despite its crude build.
Fragmentary text mentions a cradle song with nautical imagery and eroded lines. It alludes to a poet named Lord Tennyacn and shifts between lullaby phrases and garbled lines. The readable bits resemble a poem or quotation about winds, seas, and a dying moon without clear author or context.
In summer calm a farm feud between Dick Scott and his widowed neighbor ends when a thousand bees swarm Farmer Scott. He begs his son to marry the widow to ease the pressure, but the bees trap him as they sting and drive home the new reality. Dick urges humor as the swarm pins the father to a peach tree, turning the crisis into a comic reckoning of marriage plans.
An excerpt from Charles Crawford in the Boston Globe depicts a tense family scene with a father and son, a widow, and threats over marriage and funeral. The dialogue reveals conflict, stubborn pride, and implied social pressures of the era.
A deputy collector in a remote inland port on the Cana dian border reported collecting $4 for tonnage on two tons of hay. An investigator found no seaport changes, prompting questions about the meaning of tonnage and the accuracy of the report.
A sensational tale recalls a half crazy Moravian minister known as Ranting Ranker in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. He alarmed villagers with a dramatic fire in hell warning as the bell rang from the Moravian church. The crowd watched as Ranker declared fire in hell and warned of eternal burnings to spur conversions. The piece also notes the death of Theodore Bredikhine, a Russian astronomer who led Moscow and St Petersburg observatories and studied comets tails with an electric theory.
The Sierra Club of California erected a memorial to geologist Joseph Le Conte in Yosemite Valley. The lodge is strong and simple, measures 25 by 36 feet, features a large stone fireplace, and has small rooms on each side of the entrance at the opposite end, located at the upper end of the valley.
Princess Irene of Prussia, wife of Prince Henry, was born under a unique sponsorship. Her birth drew support from soldiers of Hessian regiments forming part of her father’s cavalry brigade, with about 4 900 servicemen serving as sponsors at her christening. The scale of sponsorship underscores the remarkable attention she received from the military community.
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