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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
2
The Silver Messenger column surveys public figures and literary names such as Sarah Bernhardt and Henry James, mocks fashion, and parodies early 20th century concerns. It riffs on peace, forgery, sports, and weather with humorous asides about fools, professors, and epidemics while citing American crops and public notices.
Fragmentary verse recalls a distant land longing for a homeland and a pure rest. Images of desert sands hills and a promised earth mingle with hope for a perfect heart and a just world. The speaker laments displacement and yearns to trade earth for a truer home.
Grace, weighing two suitors with strong political ties, selects Homer Crofton over Harry Sommers for a life aligned with higher ideals. She distrusts Sommers after his machine politics stance and a bribe scandal surfaces involving Crofton during a public work dispute. Grace tests honesty with a future pledge contingent on Crofton proving integrity.
A heated council exchange reveals the mayor denying support for a new siting plan while Crafton warns of burdens to a syndicate owning vacant land. A later confrontation ends as Crofton exits in anger, and Sommera informs Grace that her decision has been reversed, inviting her to meet tonight.
Twenty five volunteers descended a burning Clyde colliery pit at Hamilton to rescue seven imprisoned miners. Six saved after three hours below with smoke diverted into a new air channel. one lad suffocated. Relatives gathered, a loud cheer greeted survivors.
Fragmentary verse describes a man who shot himself, writing by candlelight fourteen times in a sonnet, lamenting hollow words like honor duty and virtue. He questions the value of such pretenses and resolves to die if life holds no meaning, reflecting despair and a critique of poetic pretensions.
A 1779 John Paul Jones commission, signed by John Hancock and attested by Charles Thomson, is sought by purchase. The document, believed genuine, is held by a Philadelphia woman who inherited it from her mother, whose father was Commodore Guert Gansevoort, with lineage to Gen. Peter Gansevoort.
Scholastic record notes John Smith of Coylton by Ayr Scotland has celebrated his jubilee as a teacher. His predecessor John McClymont served fifty two years, and McClymont’s predecessor Hector Walker held the post for fifty four years. In total the three men occupied the Coylton schoolmaster position for one hundred fifty six years.
San Francisco Board of Health released a list of over 100 local butchers alleged to treat meat with dye and chemicals such as plum sulphite to simulate a fresher appearance. The notice targets shops using additives to alter color and mislead buyers.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker unsure about spending the summer at Ocean. The other person mentions plans to visit next week to test the experience after a prior failure.
A witty exchange questions doctors urging patients to exercise, noting the advice is sound yet patients rarely follow it. The dialogue highlights the clash between medical guidance and public adherence, reflecting evolving attitudes toward fitness in daily life.
Joe Hoffman of Slesholtzville reports a seven foot black snake tripped him, wrapping around his boot and a tree while he attempted to kick a stick from his path. Passersby doubted the incident but the creature reportedly carried a piece of stovepipe as it slithered away.
The article describes a revived four wheel bicycle act with two pairs of wheels on a single frame staged above a loop the loop. Performers ride in the usual saddle while a cushion on the upper frame braces them as the upper wheels contact the structure.
French inventor M. Garchey of Lyons unveils ceramo crystal, a melted glass paving material claimed to rival Belgian blocks in hardness and durability. After paving a busy Lyons street in 1898, he asserts the product can be manufactured cheaper than existing European or American materials and is practically indestructible.
History honors the loving cup as a cherished trophy with triple handed vessels in gold or silver. A recent brass and copper banded tiny cup offers decorative value for a den or library, providing brightness amid subdued furnishings at a modest cost.
Apfelbaum, a Viennese man, is sentenced to twenty four hours in jail for dining at his intended bride’s home for two months and then not marrying her. He faced a charge of obtaining woods to false pretences.
The announcement proclaims Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as an absolute pure remedy for women’s ailments. It lists Blue Cohosh Black Cohosh Lady’s Slipper and Golden Seal, notes no alcohol, explains glycerine extraction, and offers confidential medical correspondence from Buffalo New York.
A motor driver in East Wolseley England was fined 115 for passing a cart on the wrong side. The notice frames the case as an example of strict enforcement of traffic rules and emphasizes the legal consequences of improper passing.
The late Guy Boothby, famed novelist, was known as a mechanical author who collaborated with the phonograph and rarely used pen or typewriter. Bodies of his work and philosophy of writing reflect a dependency on devices over handwriting.
A Salt Lake City agent advertises rail travel options for summer trips at low rates. The message promotes the Santa Fe line as safe and fast, noting the agent F Warren as general agent for the A T & S F Ry. It also includes a moral remark about taking credit and heredity influences.
An OCR fragment notes the Hot Lakes district of New Zealand contains seven lakes ranging from thirty one to three? aquari miles in area with many smaller lakes nearby, alongside mentions of local grocers and various teas and spices.
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