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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1910
Page
4
Susy Busy dreams to raise money by selling Brown Bess the spirited horse to fund education and home repairs. A twist comes when a buyer offers a fortune, and Charlie Grant proposes marriage, promising a new future if Susy agrees.
A Manchester Guardian correspondent describes General Buller and his staff near the Tugela as British forces attempt to rescue the garrison. Buller moves toward the guns while the right flank bears heavy fire. one of his aides is killed, another horse shot, and Buller himself is slightly wounded.
The London Mail notes two ostrich dishes ostrich soup and ostrich steak, lamenting the bird is mostly bone and massive thighs, which yield tasty soup but are rarely used for meat. Farmers avoid slaughter for larder, fearing loss from fights and broken limbs, preferring live birds for feathers over culinary use.
William A. Eddy of Bayonne conducted an electric test in a blizzard using a six foot single plan kite, tethered steel wire, and grounding rod. Despite heavy snow and gale, the kite stayed aloft and produced a strong brush discharge. Eddy called it the greatest electrical activity he had experienced, comparable to a thunderstorm.
A Canadian development feature notes how free homesteads and cheap land in Central Canada attracted settlers. Yields rose to 40 60 bushels per acre for wheat and 50 100 bushels for oats, with land values climbing from $8 12 to 15 70 per acre. Railways, schools, churches, and towns expanded as settlers prospered, driven by wealth of the fields and government support. The piece urges U.S. readers to consider moving to Canada to become wheat producers and help build a northern grain country.
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