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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
6
Historical notes report experiments at the Clio Mkxporhvont Station comparing sprayed versus unsprayed fruit. Sprayed fruit showed higher market value and kept better despite rot, while overall fruit outcomes favored spraying with reduced losses and faster market prices.
The article discusses buyer preferences for draught and harness horses, noting that good individuals sell regardless of color, geldings are often preferred, and well nourished, fit horses command higher prices. It emphasizes that condition greatly affects value and that many horses fail to meet market expectations due to poor conditioning.
Instructions from L. C. Follo of Michigan Palmer describe best practice for lambs without mothers. Use bottle milk with a small rubber nipple, keep the milk warm and clean, avoid overfeeding, and introduce ground food gradually. Feed about two pints per lamb daily in two meals, plus hay or grass. Train lambs to eat by adding a little grain and sugar to encourage tasting.
The article recounts Charles FL Hands, a sharp correspondent, describing impressions of a rapidly changing New York City and its surroundings. It reflects on crowds in Brooklyn, trolley rushes, and the misunderstood idea of loyalty, with anecdotes about mail and misdirected letters amid wartime confusion.
An 1899 critique quoted in The Reporters' Magazine lauds Cecil Rhodes as generous and benevolent yet portrays him as stern and misjudged by many. It highlights his open doors and influence for those who hate his power while noting few truly know him.
A garbled page recounts a fire and a court scene with Willie Wouks, a pont man, and a rich Mrs Goldrovies, plus a coroner's visit and a preacher reading a hymn aloud. The text shifts to a negro evangelist and an Anglican chapel, ending with an oratorical sermon about the hymn.
The article advises gradual spring conditioning for work horses to avoid overstraining after winter. It stresses using patience and good grooming, proper tack, and attentive care to keep horses fit and prevent performance decline, describing the value of humane handling for a profitable year.
In Mayshallton, EB M Wentworth demonstrated a singing method to calm a cow during milking at the Missouri Dairy Convention. His two boys reportedly stayed with Betsy as she relaxed to tunes like Dixie and My Old Kentucky Home, prompting a foreign visitor to note singing boosts calm and pay.
An examination of sheep breeding trends shows Down varieties losing favor as New Zealand statistics reveal White faced breeds, led by Lincolns and Leicesters, now dominate pure bred and cross bred populations. The Southdown’s earlier market strength appears more fashion influenced than intrinsic quality.
The High Commissioner's office outlines butter quality rules requiring butter sold to contain no more than 16 percent water content. Dairy chief Maddick says proper churning and low temperatures allow compliant production. 12 to 13 percent water is viewed as the proper proportion.
A correspondent analyzes European political thought and the contrast between individualist and communistic mindsets. Demulin's critique highlights Celtic reliance on community and public power, contrasting Anglo Saxon liberty with Irish and French social structures. The piece links education, family control, and emigration patterns to broader political theory.
The article notes renewed attention on Col Lynch MP for Male Way amid possible legal remedies and historical treason law timing. Incoming Natal farmer Mr Handley reports Irish Brigades and Boer ties, with alleged theft of mill property and iron and timber on March 7 as part of a forthcoming charge.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from newspapers recounts Irish banter in a jewellery shop, a witty tailor of insurance and court humor, a jail delivery headline, a doctor and undertaker family tale, and quips about a lawyer and a professor's household.
Reports note the completion of a Von Helmholtz statue in Berlin’s court between Humboldts, Vienna bicycle path plans, a Velasquez-like portrait found after a Spain tour, Ulm cathedral weather observatory, and color debates in The Lancet. Boston parks push outdoor play while submarine mines driftled near Castle Island after storms. Telegraphed Utah wire faults tied to salt crust on cross-arms, delaying lines until washing crews could clear the coating.
Antony recounts Professor Mettler of Toronto University who is an unconscious honorist and tells a Latin class a grim quip about rivers of Hades. Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smith travels from Bryn Mawr station to Bryn Mawr College chapel and encounters a boy in a mask who cites a local lot behind the dam as where boys go on Sunday.
A jumble of literary quotations and author attributions fills the page, mixing lines from George Eliot, Thackeray, Wordsworth, Pope, and others. The excerpt presents reflective maxims on originality, genius, virtue, and the human condition, interwoven with scenes of poets and sages.
The text notes an electrical ambulance at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York capable of ten miles per hour and costing $2,000. It references Franco-German War casualties with 340,000 artillery shots and 20,000,000 infantry rounds, and remarks on Indian population versus U.S. area and rural employment patterns.
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