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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
2
A reflective sermon urges weighing idle words and omissions. It cites the parable of the talents and the wounded man to warn that neglecting duties and failing to comfort or help others is a sin of leaving things undone. The piece challenges readers to act now, fulfill daily tasks, and avoid life’s blanks at journey’s end.
Local discussion reflects mixed views on mosquito eradication efforts. Professors Loeiler and Lorne mshma note uncertain effects while a New Jersey legislator pushes a $10,040 pest extermination appropriation despite opposition from a skeptical lawmaker.
The Fox Bay squatters of Antivosti Island who moved to Manitoba mostly abandoned farming and returned to the Atlantic coast. Jas Osborne notes these settlers struggled with the climate, monotony, and homesickness, leading to weakened health and a westward drift back to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
A New York Observer reader shares a method to refresh wilted lettuce and keep it crisp. By chilling in a large dish, covered lightly and left to stand on a cool cellar floor, the lettuce regains firmness. The writer notes this works in summer as well, reducing ice usage while preserving salad quality.
A mix of trade figures and social topics covers England and the United States. It notes England’s cattle or poultry statistics, New Zealand meat exports to Great Britain, and the value of last year’s mutton. hop production in the US with 240 009 pickers and 72 million vines. a British lady planting a roses hedge in the Isle of Wight while urging others to follow suit. cabbage and potatoes vs carrots as food values. It also reports on Col Lynch MP’s rent prosecution in Ireland and a Waterford Star case under the crimes act leading to fines and imprisonment for Mrs O Mahoney and the editor, with further cables about fundraising for coercion issues and Irish MPs’ fates.
An excerpt from Dairy World (England) extols hot milk as a superior energizing beverage. It claims warmed milk digests quickly, provides rapid revived feeling, and offers lasting sustenance for exhausted workers, reducing reliance on alcoholic stimulants.
The Horse Breeder urges liberal feeding for brood mares carrying foals to keep them in good condition. Do not over fatten them. Check ribs and hips to judge meat under thin mares. Increase grain and high quality hay so foals are not starved before and after birth. Poor condition reduces milk and foal quality.
A Chicago and Northwestern Railway gang near Appleton Wisconsin fed moldy bread to a cow. The animal died from convulsions and the farmer won $40 in an action for the animal’s value, proving moldy bread can poison bovines. Past experiences with moldy feed illustrate similar dangers to cattle.
The American Cultivator notes that substituting sheep for milch cows on run-down pastures increases soil fertility. Sheep droppings and constant grazing reduce weeds and brush, gradually enhancing pastures over a few years. Authors contrast rapid if costly methods with steady, long term progress.
A late Tribune Farmer issue notes that an early uniform moult boosts winter egg production. A Rhode Island Red pullet may begin laying by October if hatched in April or May, with careful feeding and housing. A West Virginia Experiment Station method aims to condition hens for early laying.
The piece parodies congressional debate with Mr Dooley and Mr Hennessy mocking a Senate stalemate. It lampoons Aldrich and the Elkins bill as a clash of power, money, and rhetoric, praising “Sinitoryal courtesy” while lampooning parliamentary chaos and comic Shakespearean irony.
The London Daily Express reports the first appeal under the new Licensing Act. Lady Lawson seeks relief against Sir Charles Livyson on grounds of habitual drunkenness and desertion. The Divisional Court dismisses the appeal with costs, noting desertion requires no reasonable excuse.
The Dreyfus affair resurfaces as a parliamentary issue led by Jaurés and Pressense amid Conservative doubts. Critics warn opponents may use the motion to rekindle anti republican campaigns. François Coppee’s tax dispute leads to auction of his furniture and sale of his manuscript Luthier de Cremone at public auction.
Princess Henry of Battenberg is due back from the Isle of Wight and will reside at Kensington Palace. Her rooms have been refurnished under her supervision with modern comforts while preserving old-world air. The apartments feature thick rugs, quaint furniture, chintzes, nick knacks, and numerous family photographs.
May Huffman relates a method to stop egg eating in birds. By trimming the culprits’ beaks after exposing the birds with an egg trial, the habit is broken as sore beaks deter further egg pecking and the birds soon forget the behavior.
The Senate approved the Cuban reciprocity treaty with Foreign Relations Committee amendments to placate beet sugar interests. The vote favored the amended treaty, but concerns about Cuba’s ratification and the timing threaten the exchange of ratifications. The measure promises U S sugar and tobacco access while granting Cuba preferences that may be denied to the United States this year.
Mr. Bryce spoke to the Irish Literary Society about Tara as the historic center of Irish monarchy and government. He described its height, location, and the life once thriving there, lamenting private ownership spoiling a national heritage.
Frances Jane Crosby, aged eighty three and totally blind since infancy, has penned over 5009 hymns and travels to evangelistic meetings to lecture. Her home is Bridgeport Connecticut. Among her famous hymns are Safe in the Arms of Jesus Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Saviour All the Way My Saviour Leads Me I Am Thine Oh Lord I Have Heard Thy Voice. She reads raised letters and says hymn writing is her life work with little desire for sympathy.
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from various sources. A Seattle heaven quip, an Irish witness mispronunciation, a Count Ethel joke, a wedding crook, and playful asides about judges, actors, and a Chinese servant with feet in a dishpan.
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