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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1903
Page
6
A Berlin inventor argues railways should add a rear end crash car on all trains to cushion wrecks and save lives. He also designs a rapid deceleration device with a sloped track section and sand cushion to absorb kinetic energy in high speed collisions.
The article outlines a buffer car design for colliding trains and a double ended version to handle rear car coupling. It cites Morphinium Care cases by Dr. Margaret B Halleck reporting four successful abrupt morphine cessations using strychnine hypacine and codeine, with cautious remarks on relapse. It also describes a lethal toy mouse trap and glass engraving with gelatin, plus gas engine developments and a Scottish power scheme to transmit electricity from mines to Glasgow.
The piece notes Boston’s colonial homes, though decayed externally, hold internal charm and rare details. It highlights irreplaceable purple glass panes, old mantels, and craftsmanship surpassing modern design, with some houses surviving as dignified remnants.
The article describes a horse bit lever system with pivoted plates and a jaw strap to constrain a running animal. It then reports on the Pollak Virgin telegraphy system testing at 50,000 words per hour using punched paper, a vibrating metal diaphragm, and a light mirror reader leading to deciphered messages. It concludes with M. Pierre Bounier’s theory of audition calling the inner ear a hydrodynamic manometer, and an extended discussion on Boston architecture from colonial builders to a shift from English to American styles.
A tale recalls George Augustus Sala gifting a London publisher a Bible with Barabbas misreadings. A Budapest arrest of thieves mirrors the episode and the Bible verse contamination. The review process produced garbled changes from robber to rottor to publisher.
A two bodied catfish joined at the breast was captured alive in a shrimp net at the Cape Fear river mouth North Carolina. The Siamese like pair shared a hollow flexible joining skin and swam together with the larger fish taking the better share of food.
In a New York Times passage a young man asks a merchant to stop calling him a trusted employee. He fears being viewed with unjust suspicion after recent events and requests a change in how he is addressed amid tension and social strain.
The White House stands for the president’s persona to Americans while symbolizing political aims to politicians and epoch making choices to historians. For the public its most evident role is domestic, not official work, as the house is famed as the president’s entertaining residence.
A new warming system is being tested to heat passenger compartments on English railways. The method uses cylinders charged with chemicals to generate warmth.
The 2 cent tax on each pack of US made playing cards raised about 1,000 dollars per working month during the Spanish War. About 15,000,000 packs, or 730,000,000 cards, were made annually with a fixed deck size of 64. Population around 76 million means roughly 10 cards per person annually. Ohio led revenue with 140,000, New York 90,000, Michigan and Illinois 40,000 each. Four states dominated card making in the United States.
English paper reports Lipton hopeful after Shamrock II accident. He remains confident in refitting speed and performance for the upcoming race off Sandy Hook. Lipton calls the yacht the most wonderful boat built in the country and says no postponement of the cup races is needed. Sir Thomas notes Fife praising the vessel’s trials before the accident.
Ex Representative Jefferson M Levy of New York who owns Jeffersons former home near Charlottesville Va says the White House is increasingly resembling Monticello The architects asked to borrow mirrors from Monticello and Levy offered they may be copied He notes the mirrors were bought in France by Jefferson
A discussion on poisons notes that external poisons have no internal effect and internal poisons have no external effect. It cites that even deadly snake venom can be swallowed with impunity as stomach juice decomposes it, rendering it harmless.
Japanese traders in Tokio hang English notices with odd phrasing. A street shows “Restaurant shop, European nourishing cakes” while another reads “Photographer executed.” A barber calls the photographer a headcutter and wears a white nightgown as a uniform.
Notting Haw, England sees ongoing municipal development over four years including water, gas, electricity, tramways, baths, and cemetery improvements. The program aims to reduce resource usage while expanding essential services and public facilities across the town.
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