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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
6
A collage of quirky items, social trends, and oddities from the era includes jokes about kissing laws, a Russian beetle cure rumor, a $100,000 chair for psychic research, airship aviation talk, whispered fashion among Berlin aristocrats, and a Clacton veteran’s 50th anniversary plans. It highlights sensational snippets, from a Brooklyn kiss damages case to a drinking man’s milk mania and antique book sales.
A traveler’s lively sketch from The Hague and Delft detailing The Hague’s Central hotel and beer garden, churchgoing crowds, and Queen Wilhelmina's thrift. It notes Scheveningen’s beach chairs, SetsViningen villagers, windmills, canals, and Delft’s Church of St Ursula with William of Nassau’s mausoleum and a dog’s memory.
A doctor laments never getting away as patients call him for aid even on holidays. A mountain trip is interrupted by a dying passenger and a grateful patient who insists on paying. He sends a small bill to New York monthly, a year later.
In Williamaport a ten or twelve year old boy named Wille Rogers used a penny line and a worm bait under the Third Street bridge to land a 16 inch trout. While a crowd of anglers with costly tackle tangled lines, the boy’s quick cast produced the fish, with another ten inch trout later caught downstream.
A quirky overheard exchange centers on aeroplane costumes and fashion. The speakers remark on beauty and ugliness, noting Mise Kellerman’s attire, and mention champagne being spilled in France. One mocks the ground's ache next morning, while others remain unsympathetic.
Denver Field and Farm explains how a crust forms beneath surface mulch in dry regions, hindering root growth. Deep plowing of ten to twelve inches and maintaining a mulch improve moisture access, reduce crust formation, and support profitable crops. Rolling raises conductivity but lowers moisture hold, influencing crust development.
The Stark apple is a vigorous Delaware County origin stem with deep green leaves and mid to large fruit. It bears reliably and stores well though not as highly colored as Rome Beauty. quality is superior and preferred by buyers who value taste over brightness.
The passage defines the best table fowl by meat weight on preferred cuts. Heavily muscled breast and thighs indicate quality, as strong muscles in the fowl’s wing and scratcher produce firm, fine meat with minimal fat. The emphasis is on proportions and muscular development for table value.
The hand wheel hoe aids date vegetable growing on hills and rough land. Single wheel hoes suit uneven ground while double wheel hoes work faster on level soil. Seed drills also pay for Brent growers. prices vary from 4 to five dollars.
Sweet peas do well when sown thickly and thinned to strong seedlings. Plant when soil is good and enrich it if possible. Ensure steady moisture and light for vigorous growth.
A fragmented editorial notes the lack of essentials for a home on the Making Day Farm. It emphasizes milk, cream, butter, eggs, grain, and livestock as core income sources and argues that diverse production stabilizes a farmer’s finances against storms and pests. It stresses the need for butterfat, creamery sales, meat from a butcher, and careful grain use to reduce waste while sustaining the family and enabling credit-backed improvements.
Rhode Island correspondent notes in Rural New Yorker the value of coal ashes as absorbents and soil amendments. He observes variations by coal type and mine, cites testing credulity in analyses, and recalls Nicholas Longworth's vine planting and leather-fed boosters, illustrating conflicting conclusions about phosphate enhancement.
A farmer notes a Poland China Chester White cross sow delivering multiple litters since 1909. She bore 16 living pigs in August 1909, 19 total in March 1911 with four dead, totaling 61 living pigs over six litters. He plans to breed to 12 to 1, sells offspring for income, and highlights demand for her progeny.
A writer argues the crossbred wild turkey shows faster growth and leaner flesh than domestic stock. The article notes yellower skin, stronger breast, and greater hardiness, claiming crossbreeds are tamer than pure domestic birds. Examples include a seven year old wild bird and a twelve year old hen described as vigorous.
Advice for fruit growers on pruning new canes in blackberry and raspberry patches. Remove growth about 180 bleh to prevent crowding and ensure strong fruiting canes for the next harvest. Emphasizes keeping patches clean and not letting canes become too wide or thick.
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