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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
4
A vivid notice of Manhattan at dusk, detailing river and harbor lights. The downtown and uptown buildings, ferries, ships, and bridges glow with electric illumination, creating a poetic cityscape that contrasts busy commerce with quiet river reflections.
A compact satire notes smart people who fail to prove it and riffs on waves, acts of folly, and social quirks. It jokes about bashful romance, riches, and the duty of quiet to a man, ending with a quip about diplomacy and genius.
The Baltimore Sun reports a National Magazine view that city workers toil hard yet gain little leisure, while farmers enjoy a truer happiness. City life is seen as narrow and fatiguing, with many professionals ending life with scant pleasure. The farmer is claimed to have the real happiness and contentment.
Report on two 20 inch guns cast in 1567 for the monitor Puritan at Fort Pitt. Captain Wise proposed names Satan and Lucifer, provoking a Presbyterian pastor’s protest. Wise argued naval tradition uses mythic names to signify power, citing Jupiter Juno Vulcan Venus Juggernaut Inferno Lucifer and Satan as examples. The churchman’s objection, echoed by clergymen, failed to sway officials who noted the practice of christening guns.
A writer describes crop seed preservation methods by saving ears of corn in a crate raised off the ground to allow air flow. The crate is covered with a board, air dries the kernels, and the saver notes ample seed stock. The account mentions attempting seed saving in a previous year but continues with current technique.
A long list of real estate transfers across Middleton Nampa Caldwell Emmett and Payette shows numerous parcels changing hands with values ranging from 1 to 4200 dollars. The Rigby Star highlights a cabbage harvest story with W K Abercrombie delivering 4245 pounds from fourteen 80 foot rows, selling at wholesale 75 cents per 100 pounds and locally at 2.5 cents per pound totaling 106.12 for a tenth of an acre.
Every Tuesday evening at 8 16 o clock a lecture series is offered. December topics include Man and His Relation to His Conceptive Self December 1 Man and His Relation to Jesus Christ December 8 and Man and His Relation to Food December 15. Admission costs a small donation to support the hall and the speaker.
American Falls area farmer William Black plans a froggery at the China garden west of the city to raise French frogs for Boise and Portland markets. He notes frogs bring seven cents each in local sales, and envisions fencing part of the Weiser flat creek area to supply a year round crop with favorable prices.
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