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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1904
Page
2
A garbled collage of names, places, and events from a world page. Figures like Admiral Kamimura and Sir Thomas Lipton appear amid fragmented remarks on divorce, journalism, and politics. The piece blends foreign and domestic references with satirical asides and stray anecdotes.
Newport social notes describe a new fad among local belles led by Mina Anita Shade and band, greeting friends with a military salute rather than bows. The trend includes charming features and a dazzling brunette named Sands, amid gossip of marriage to Francis Potter, Bishop Potter’s nephew, after a long engagement.
An American journal recounts its humorous attempt at German English, praising a bold linguistic effort. It notes a hotel visit in Baden Baden, a four sheet woolly country paper, and mentions German legends and guides of the Black Forest.
Wan Teo attempted a billiard ball bite stunt on Stiles Street and swallowed the cue ball. He later choked, required hospital care, and doctors worked hours to remove the ball using tools while he remained alive.
A lone fésqute weed introduced from the northwest and planted in Honolulu in 1873 has proliferated across the Hawaiian Islands. The article notes the plant’s vast desert growth, its impact on foothold erosion, and the transformative spread of mesquite across regions. In Kentucky, near Cynthiana, Lula Devers predicted her own death, declining food and medicine until she died after ten days.
A proposed mausoleum costing $10,000 is to be built in marble sheds at Montpelier and Barre Vermont. It promises a unique design with an interior open space and stands as a notable regional architectural project.
A fragmented tale describes an angler betting with a frog over a daylong linger and back scratching. The frog leaps, is coaxed back, and is repeatedly cast into a lake as lines tangle and a back-scratch bond is teased between man and amphibian.
A fragmented 19th century clipping recalls a Chicago frat house barn near Wolf Spray Between the Takes and the river, describing a 12 foot square room with seats and display items. Mentioned are Gen George, Michael Pes, and references to Mead and wine at meals, with local lore about a Meant to mark a historical gathering.
A long, fragmentary travel and sport column discusses luxury big game hunting trips from Philadelphia to British Columbia and Arizona. It contrasts modest camping gear with expensive English shotguns and rifles, detailing costs, gear, and the allure of wilderness escapes versus civilization. It weaves in travel notes from Pacific and Adirondack regions and touches cultural observations about natives and explorers.
A court heard a case about a clandestine postcard correspondence revealing a secret affair. The stamp on the postcard partially detached from a pocketbook, exposing Vered as the card carrier. The documents describe a minute hand and the involvement of Mong and his wife in the hidden exchanges.
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