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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1903
Page
3
Gov H Barr, a cheese instructor, warns against feeding cows impure water or weeds from dirty roughs and ponds and against rye, rape or turnips as they taint milk. He outlines proper cooling, cleanliness of udders, and straining milk to prevent sourness and ensure quality cheese production.
The Finns face stiff Danes in butter exports to England now challenged by Siberian and Russian backed competition. Finland’s senate aims to build three refrigerated test steamers from Hango to England in four to five days, a state backed effort to protect butter markets.
The Farmers' Review notes the rise in swamp land conversion to tilled farms across Indiana and Illinois. Bogus soils, though rich in nitrogen, yield poor ears and lodging oats. kainit, a crude potash fertilizer, improves these lands. Indiana trials show high returns with kainit, though cost and application vary by patch.
The article surveys All Souls observances in Rome and notes the vigil on All Saints Day with candles and prayers around Campo Verano and the Catacombs of St. Cyriacus. It contrasts Rome’s burial customs with Genoa’s famed Staglieno cemetery, highlighting statues, terraces, and sculpture as a living gallery of death and memory.
Indiana Experiment Station Prof Troop reports 185 correspondents across 86 counties. Seventy three counties say the Hessian fly causes damage while thirteen report none though accuracy is uncertain. Forty six counties note damages from 15 to 75 percent of the crop with twenty four counties noting only slight damage. In Decatur county fifty two larvae were found in one plant. Wheat sowing before September 25 correlates with fly presence in sixty five counties, eight counties sow after September 26 show limited damage. Twenty seven wheat varieties are grown in infected districts with no variety clearly resistant.
Wreaths mark graves as sorrow manifests in many forms. Evening lights glow on tombs, turning the Campo Santo in Pisa into a beaconed memorial. Cast earth from Calvary into the tombs underscores Pisa’s historic burial rites and architecture. London Christmas weather remains mild with no skating since 1892.
The article argues that neglecting agricultural education has long-term costs for farmers, noting that ignorance has incurred higher taxes on farms than those paid to town, county, state, and national governments combined.
A fragment describes a rural nocturne with crickets and frogs as the chorus and notes a simple guide to making paper roses. The piece intertwines nature imagery with step by step craft instructions, mentioning tissue paper, colors, cutting, and rolling with a hatpin.
Instructions describe curling paper to form a rose. Fold and roll petals tightly as shown in figures, secure with cotton ties, add petals to reach a good-sized bloom, then wrap a narrow green paper strip around the stem from the rose outward to taper and finish the stem.
A varied companion piece surveys Persian carpet weaving by boys aged 12 to 14, noting memory driven designs, handwork, and natural dyes. It explains a glass air experiment, a water and air displacement demonstration, and a playful dancing fisherman jack used to fish in calm waters.
Fill a glass with water without removing it from its vessel. Invert it under the water until ready to use. Then take an empty glass and place it mouth down into the same vessel of water. No
A collection of wordplay and humorous questions from a past period, including lines on beef prices, the moon, soldiers, preachers, and moral maxims. It weaves puns about Ohio and Christian emblems, while sparking curiosity with jokey, often nonsensical answers.
Instructions describe cutting a dish from stiff paper, shaping a circular hole in its center with a narrow channel to a tall stake. A fish is laid flat on the water, the upper side dry, and a single drop poured into the hole makes the flag swim unaided.
Create a decorative doll box using a cardboard container covered in flowered wallpaper inside and out. Attach a cover with garter elastic so it stays open. Add a doll outfit, place a small doll inside, and optionally a mirror on the inner cover. Use paper or cloth and paste. inexpensive home project for children.
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