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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1901
Page
5
An elegant young woman boards a Brooklyn morning train and clashes with a polite young man. Her Goatan bag spills coffee through a Boston bag lunch, staining his new coat as she apologizes and cleans up.
A Pittsburgh Catholic feature profiles Hon. Father FB Hayes a young priest with a parish spanning parts of Montana North Dakota and Wyoming. Ordained May 17 1809 in Cheyenne he logged over 10000 miles in his first year baptizing a child after a 143 mile train 25 mile stage and 215 mile horse journey. He also rode 500 miles to reach scattered Catholic families and walks 15 miles to Masses on Sundays through rugged mountain trails.
A collage of wry lines and quips from old newspapers. Snippets include humorous exchanges about age in the militia, quick-witted banter at social gatherings, and a phantom party that left guests amused yet under spirits.
A historic listing names Supreme Court figures Ralph F Quarles Bullivan and others with roles such as Register Receiver Land Office Probate Judge and County Officers. It includes Neal J Sharp A H Hodgman Ravenel Macbeth Henry F Powell Jesse G Finnell and more, noting school superintendent and county attorney among the officials.
An Alaska Miner report recounts a Klondike escapee describing extreme cold in January freezing flames, whisky, and milk, with tales of deaths from frozen liquor, cows giving frozen cream, diamonds sold by a clerk, a man freezing on impact, smoke freezing in chimneys, and daylight lasting six months.
Mongoose introduction in 1572 brought initial colony gains but later caused widespread destruction of ground nesting birds poultry and crops. Insects rose as mongoose preyed on their predators while increased ticks and other pests harmed livestock. Jamaica now sees nature’s adjustment. dogs shoeing for prairie hunting and porpoise leather footwear noted.
In Tallorat shop assistants work about 50 hours weekly. Most shops vote at six pm on the first four weekdays, Friday at 1 pm, and Saturdays at 10 pm, with tobacconists fishmongers and hairdressers exempt. Majority open 8 am for cleaning before staff start work.
A London Express report notes bank clerks face strict rules on smoking and dress, with clerks often earning around 30s weekly. It describes limited salary prospects, compulsory fund subscriptions, and long hours including Saturdays, arguing the workload and restrictions erode any real leisure.
A London notice markets an Egyptian royal mummy as a saleroom curiosity for £10 10s, while other brief items report a stingless bee honey in Sinaloa Tepic, weekly papers preferred by English women, and meat tainted by tobacco smoke.
A mix of foreign domestic staff trends and humorous European anecdotes. The piece notes cooks from China and Japan, East Indian waiters, and other nationalities in cosmopolitan households, then adds a Hungarian king misadventure and a humorous tale of a law student from India who impersonates names to pass exams.
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