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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1899
Page
2
A jumble of aphorisms, quotes, and stray notes from the Silver Messenger of Challis Idaho. The page threads through literary, scientific, architectural, religious, and horticultural musings with scattered names and opinions, presenting a collage rather than a single coherent story.
A historical profile details Pedro Fernandes, a Mexican regarded as the world’s most skilled pickpocket. It explains his methods, gang structure, and the planning behind thefts at fairs and large gatherings, with tens to hundreds of dollars pulled per score. It notes his self view that becoming an artist required years of practice and hints at his hope to stop crime through invention.
Bellefonte Pennsylvania correspondence reports Alfred Larcas of Clarence Center County fought a bloodied wildcat attack while protecting his dogs in a forest gorge. After a tense chase he wounded an old tom with a gun and knife, then killed it as dogs captured the kittens. He added four pelts to his collection.
A Springfield correspondent reports Captain Perkins received a letter from a young woman eager to enlist. She proclaims strength and stamina, asks if girls can wear boys clothes to pass examination, and whether she could serve as a nurse if not a volunteer soldier.
The body of George Simpose was found in a Murray City hayloft with a broken neck and rope marks. Two men seen near the barn before the discovery have been arrested on suspicion. The Chicago Record notes a theory that Simpose was hanged as a joke and the perpetrators tried to hide evidence. Also сообщs on burglary methods, a Batanca case, and a Paris craze over a violin playing monkey in Chicago.
At Redmount Station in interior South Wales near the Barrier Ranges, Mr. Charlee Hall and family live a contented rural life, awaiting his return from Melbourne while swagsmen and station hands toil in the heat. Mrs Hall yearns for news, their daughter Mary aids her mother, and Jack, the elder son, jokes through chores before supper as hints of distant city intrigues drift in. The narrative sketches a frontier homestead amid vast plains, scrub, and lagoons, with a focus on family dynamics during shearing season and a pending reunion.
A dramatic late night scene unfolds with a weary group at a rural hut. Young workers, a worried husband and wife, and a tense atmosphere hint at ongoing strain. The Hon appears late, a rough day behind them, and the narrative closes with a trembling question. To be continued.
Agnes Carr’s history of the nursery rhyme recounts the old chap-book tale of Jack Horner and the plum in the pie. It describes a legend where a monkish abbot aids Henry VII after a crafty Horner steals deeds from a pie, then claims they were given by the king.
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