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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1902
Page
2
A former sailor, Simeon Nicks montages a dramatic balloon descent from fifteen hundred feet at Charles Park Los Angeles. He slides down a rope to earth with a 14 inch Italian hemp line, claiming notoriety and ready money from the stunt attracting around fifteen thousand spectators.
Be accompanying him were Arro nant Hilson and Prof Baliwin's late son. At two hundred feet Nick clambered from the basket and, using a log around the rope, began a controlled descent. He slid, paused, and swung, then flipped into a giant arc before touching ground amid relieved cheers.
The New York World describes Nick as a famed daring sailor who served in the American navy and merchant service and became a known figure afloat. Born in Los Angeles in 39 years, he once slid down a 3 inch wire into a British Columbia mine shaft to repair a broken cable, saving miners 3800 feet below.
A minister preached on sunshine and shade for roses and fuchsias. Afterward a woman thanked him and exclaimed she never knew what was wrong with her fuchsias. Her remark reveals the light humor of a simple garden metaphor and a moment of domestic revelation.
Senor Sagasta once Spain’s prime minister and longtime political leader is nearing eighty. He started as a newspaper reporter and, whenever possible, returned to journalism between political roles. To him and the queen regent the country owes much for preserving the throne through crisis.
Poultney Bigelow criticizes press influence in Germany and praises American papers for reporting facts despite potential disapproval from authorities. He notes U S newspapers vary in taste and morals but generally publish facts without bowing to government approval.
In Washington a group dubbed the congressional bridge whist ban gathers including Speaker Henderson, Rep Sherman of New York, Rep Meteslf of California and Rep Powers of Maine. They scan the southern delegation for a member with wealth but lacking skill as they discuss geographic standings and capacities in the game. The speaker is described as a great holder, while noting the far east is not behind.
The piece notes a belief that year end debt liquidation is essential in China, warning that failure risks ruin to one’s credit. It describes a myth where a desperate person may burn his own home to avoid creditors, hoping to preserve honor and credit, as seen in Les- He's Weekly.
The text states that Peter the Great's will bequeathed European domination to a youthful Russian ruling race. It claims his clauses directed Russia to exercise supreme power over Europe and subjugate the continent, guiding czarist policy for over a century.
The article notes the Philippines achieved a record hemp yield of 110000 tons in one year under normal conditions and suggests potential for global demand. It claims hemp requires no cultivation and must be harvested in season, praising native expertise in processing for market. It ends with a simile about spring lamb and youth.
A fragmentary reminiscence blends a sorrowful poem about loss with a biographical military remembrance. It recalls General Louis Wagner born in 1828, his service from 1861 through 1865, leadership at Camp William Penn, and his role in raising 14000 colored troops. It also notes Indiana’s Civil War engagements, including Newburg raid 1862 and Morgan’s raids in 1863, ending with the Palmetto Ranch battle in 1865.
A wartime forager named John A. Mediaton of the Twentieth Timola is celebrated for finding and securing supplies during Sherman's march to the sea. He seized a wagon of hams wine and whisky and handed it to the quartermaster without comment. In another incident he salvaged bread from an almost baked oven saying he would finish baking en route.
An Eastern magazine writer praises the Twenty fourth Michigan for a swift bayonet charge at Gettysburg that drove Confederates across Willoughby Run. Private Patrick Maloney captured Gen Archer and handed him to the division commander after a dramatic melee. The brigade endured heavy losses as officers were wounded or killed in the forested fight.
A Chicago Inter Ocean recollection recalls a Louisville reading room scene where ex Confederates debate continuing warfare. A one armed veteran confronts a dissenter from Tennessee who claims ongoing fighting, while the room shifts to unity at Vicksburg and Chickamauga and the end of the war for ever and ever.
The description, attributed to Captain Mercer, portrays Washington at age 26-27 as tall and fit, six foot two inches in stockings and 175 pounds, with a well shaped head, blue grey eyes under heavy brows, a benevolent yet commanding countenance, dark brown hair, and a large firmly closed mouth. Houdon’s bust aligns with this portrait.
During the war of the rebellion a Maryland regiment captain spoke to his men about conduct in battle. He urged holding the position as long as possible, retreat if the enemy advances unchecked, and to stand firm until the enemy’s fire ceases. He then quipped about starting now, with a Tam o shanter style line.
A California snail ranch near Los Angeles raises escargots for food, claimed to be the only U S site of such production. The operation uses thousands of herbivorous Burgundy snails in pens beneath a windmill tank, feeding on cabbage and grape leaves. Eggs hatch in May or June, with young snails reaching half dollar size. methods include wine soaked bran or cleansing and stewing with herbs. Snails are said to aid pulmonary ailments and a distillate from them is valued as a beauty wash.
The Cryptomeria, famed for Japanese avenues along roads, is celebrated for a Namada to Nikko hike with towering 140 to 150 foot trees. Introduced to England by Fortune in 1844, it is often called a Japanese tree yet also common in China's mountains.
The twelfth census lists the United States total area at 3 690 822 square miles. Continental United States accounts for 2 970 220 square miles, with outlying districts including Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico the Philipine Islands Guam and Bamoa. Continental land surface only. outlying districts include land and water.
Ralph Connor is the pen name of Rev. Charles W. Gordon a Winnipeg Presbyterian preacher. He began writing about the region using two abbreviations Can and for from the Canadian Northwest Missionary Society but editors felt Ralph should be added as a Christian name shaping the signature.
Charles William Eliot, elected Harvard president in 1869 as a young professor, presided for nearly seven decades. He oversaw the university’s longest, most financially and materially successful administration and fostered radical intellectual progress. Public perception swirls around this era.
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