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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1900
Page
5
A reflective poem recalls bygone days by a fireside, hearing a master’s voice and a distant brook. The speaker yearns for schoolyard echoes and maiden replies, as winds, shadows, and memories blur into a soft homage to youth.
A cobbler recalls a Parisian lodger named M Lafitte and his family, a singer daughter Lori, and a stiff aristocrat husband. The tale links a lost diamond, a guillotined ancestor, and social fate in a ramshackle London house.
In a crowded shop tale set before Christmas, a poor cobbler recounts how a French singer Mile Justine captivates a rich suitor, Edward Pendleton. The plot twists through a diamond hidden in a jacket lining, family revelations, and plans to return to France, ending with Pendleton gaining the Lafitte estate through cunning and affection.
A collage of humorous quips and saucy one liners pulled from various papers. The items showcase wordplay on theatre plays minor officers and family banter with brief setups and punchlines. Includes lines about a phantom party and a scale incident.
A columnist laments American complacency as households hire diverse foreign workers. Chinese cooks on the West Coast and Japanese valets, English coachmen, a Japanese butler, an Alsatian valet, and Turkish tea service illustrate the growing mix of nationalities in New York homes. The piece notes efficiency, neatness, and strict duties as expected from these workers.
During a Danube palace audience Francis Joseph decorates a blacksmith for inventing an agricultural machine. The smith asks for the king’s portrait and signature for remembrance, noting his children will value it. The king signs a photograph instead and the exchange ends with a light laugh when the smith asks for his power.
A colorful tale of a clever Hindu law student at Lincoln's Inn who impersonates others with similar dress and accessories to pass the bar exams. The piece jests at deception and identity in a colonial legal setting.
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