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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1904
Page
6
Scrambled items note politics culture science and travel. Mentions Japan Armenia Baltimore protests and Yale library fragment. Quips on lawn care advertising Carnegie and a Dowager Empress portrait. Contains reflections on education transit and a free ride for children to see the liberty bell.
A London theater manager praised Alfred Austin for an anonymous one act play sent earlier, deeming it capital and accessible. The note expresses pleasure that Austin is capable of writing such material.
A contemporary speaker muses that future travelers will assess life rafié and life preservers before facing adventures. The writer contrasts cautious attitudes with careless behavior, suggesting people take things for granted in modern life.
The Society of Colonial Wars in New York sues over rights to its distinct book plate used in volumes of its history. The print, adapted in 1898, centers on the society seal with the early New York beaver motif and royal crown, an emblem now sought after by collectors and rival patriotic societies.
N W Woodrow describes Joseph's Well at Dothan near upper Palestine as a venerable traveler’s pool. The surrounding scene features a lone Jew on a barren hill, a few mud huts, a puffing steam mill, and vast bleak Syrian scenery in dull blues grays and yellows.
A Boston draft was recovered from the Connecticut River near Lynn harbor after high water. Frank Ladue found a paper bearing the name H A Davis of Bethel VI, recognizing the owner and returning it to the rightful holder who confirms it was one of his canceled Bow ton drafts dumped earlier.
Freeman Lane, 80, was attacked by a hawk on his farm in Bayville. The bird swooped, struck him in the face, knocked him into a gully, then continued pecking with six wings until he could not move before flying off to its young.
A report notes the gray wolf called Welven is highly destructive to cattle in Montana. Traps to capture the animal have repeatedly failed, with the wolf evading all devices and continuing to prey on strong steers. Authorities describe the wolf as elusive and difficult to contain.
The piece recalls Carlyle’s biting judgments on Darwin Newman Ruskin and Disraeli contrasting them with rare magnanimity toward Dinroel and noting how personal interactions could soften or sharpen his tone. It also touches on conscription in Europe tracing its roots to Napoleonic armies and Prussia’s tactics shaping an armed continent.
Physiologists praise the Japanese for their physique and health, attributing it to eating sparingly and simple, nourishing food. A visiting Japanese observer notes Americans overconsume, especially the poor, while meat is a luxury even for the well-to-do in Japan.
The Boston Globe notes Russia and Japan issue bold peace signals after key moves, while observers doubt an easy win for Russia. The piece reflects on war risks, diplomacy games, and the old saying catch your hare before cooking it.
The piece argues that poor spelling is a broader issue than student writing. It notes college essays show frequent misspellings like writting and dinning and cites professors and candidates who misspell terms such as salary. It urges schools to teach spelling to improve overall learning and impression.
From Pennsylvania high court an opinion warns attorneys that massive paper books do not influence judgment. The court urges concise, clear briefs and notes excessive wording weary lay readers. The Springfield Massachusetts Republican cites the ruling as a timely reminder to practice brevity.
The Grand Army post at Kittery with Marines from the navy yard honored Spanish prisoners buried in Portsmouth harbor. Flowers were laid on Cervera's sailors graves as a band played Spanish aria and a priest led religious services. The act drew praise from observers, including the Boston Globe.
The article notes two wartime international issues to be settled by governments and added to international law. It cites the treatment of wireless telegraphy and the use of floating mines at sea as new problems from the Russia Japan conflict. It suggests more may appear and that international lawyers will work on these matters during or after hostilities.
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation extols the sea and soil as vital friends to health. It argues that contact with nature lengthens life, sustains strength, and restores nerves, noting sea waters, winds, and foliage as healing. The piece links health to humility and contentment, citing Shakespeare.
A New York paper reports a Japanese cook who, when his mistress spread a newspaper for cleanliness, snatched it up to protect a Mikado picture and declared My King with tears. The item ends by noting a biting quip about a billboard placard on a whiskey bottle and veterans of the Rebellion, suggesting a nod to patriotic pride.
A New York physician who has traveled abroad notes farmers stand straighter today than 30 years ago. He attributes this to modern farm apparatus, saying the man with the hoe has no stoop since using a cultivator mounted under an umbrella. Savannah News.
A fragmented portrait of jockey George Odom notes his high earnings and long career. The piece contrasts his frail appearance and late-life weariness with the public acclaim and lavish attention he receives, suggesting the paradox of a celebrated athlete who feels underpaid and overburdened by the spotlight.
A golf day ends with a dinner where Mr Smith misreads his cup as tea and sweetens it, prompting Mrs Jones to correct him. Smith, a prudent man of means and wit, replies he prefers bouillon, exposing a humorous mix up and social awkwardness at the table.
The piece argues that disease cannot exist with pure blood and urges eating nutritious food, proper exercise, fresh air and sunlight, and daily cold water baths. It notes that an even body surface temperature prevents colds and recommends brisk walking or running with deep breathing when possible, including avoiding unhealthful postures in crowds.
Dr Wada, a Japanese surgeon in a provisional field hospital for wounded sailors, advocates disinfecting wounds and washing bodies before battle. He notes shells cause infections and urges a navy rule to keep fighters in clean uniforms and well washed, citing army practices and the saying that teams fight and die as gentlemen.
Fragmented tale describes a clergyman father and his daughter walking hand in hand after a sermon about divine wrath. The girl receives flowers, is kissed, and shown gentle fatherly affection as they share a peaceful moment in a garden. Also notes de Crequy’s memoirs and Osaka’s cotton industry with child labor details.
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