Weather, politics, and jokes from Challis era page
A fragmented Challis Idaho page mocks weather forecasts, Halley’s comet, labor strikes, and social curiosities. It parodies journalism with remarks on New York shirtwaist protests, Chicago snow, and American industry while tossing in Hamlet quotes and odd opinions on education and public affairs.
Keen Noses as Salary Makers
The city of Washington faced a need for a market inspector with a keen sense of smell to detect meats past their prime. The piece notes scent-driven roles in perfumes and gas leak detection, mentioning mellers and amellers, with wages from $20 to $35 weekly in perfumery and up to five pounds weekly in Britain for leak finders.
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Washington
Queen of England
Great Britain
Amellera
Living Expenses and Cheaper Cooking Alternatives
The author argues high living costs can be cut by households through practical cooking changes. He urges avoiding ultra high priced meats in favor of economical cuts like round steak, which can be nutritious if properly prepared, and criticizes reliance on anti food monopoly investigations as unlikely to reduce prices. A collective effort to reject waste and cheaper cooking could lower domestic expenses more than federal actions.
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Washington
Passion for Junk Collecting By a West Factory Official
Walt Mason recalls a west factory official famed for hoarding junk iron nuts and bolts. He gathers tiny pieces everywhere, even in evening dress pockets, storing vast mounds in a barn. He cannot stop collecting and claims he will keep going until he dies.
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Walt Mason
West
Caring for All Dumb Creatures Crusade in Chicago Schools
A Chicago school superintendent urges teaching children to feed animals in need and protect horses from cold and abuse. The letter argues for broader kindness to dogs, cats, and horses, urging kids to report cruelty and blanket animals left uncovered to prevent injuries from streetcars.
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Chicago
Qualities Tending to Make Ideal Foundation for Swine
An expert argues that a strong foundation herd requires superior breeding stock. Emphasis on selecting quality boars, proper body conformation, digestion, and reproductive organs to ensure growth efficiency and market-ready pigs. Also notes risks of poor foundation and faulty limbs. Include animal size, lungs, heart, and bone structure as key traits.
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Bb, Henderson
Prevents wagons jamming tongue linkage method in Missouri Valley
S M Konkel explains a wagon hinge setup to prevent rear wagons from jamming. A tongue connects via eight clevis pins through a loop, using a chain or wire around the coupling pole. A second chain around the rear hound plate links to the tongue. a log chain passes around the front rear axle and wagon hammer. The tongue should sit mid distance from bed to ground to avoid breakage.
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S. M. Konkel
Missouri Valley
Meat meal quality and risks in poultry feed
A historical critique by Joultey Valentiing outlines how dried poultry meat meal is made from hotel scraps slaughterhouse refuse and waste. It warns of tainting before cooking high fat varying protein claims and possible wool or hair contamination. It also notes brand variation and uncertain analytical guarantees versus lab results.
Duroe boar Famous Tiptop Natcher dies in Ohio bred
The famous Tiptop Natcher, a 1902 Ohio bred Jersey boar, died recently at the St. xposition. Sold to a syndicate for $5,000, he was renowned as a Duroe inner of the frei.
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Ohio
Duroeinner
Frei
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Baltimore reader notice touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. The testimonial cites relief from displacements, irregularities, indigestion, and nervous distress, urging others to try the remedy and contact Mrs Pinkham for health information.
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Lydia Bham
Baltimore
Mrs. WB
W. Franklin St
Lydia Eham
Lydia
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