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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1904
Page
2
The SILVER MESSENGER from Omallie presents a stream of quips and musings on topics from war in Tibet to baseball and fashion. It lampoons bankers, lawyers, and social habits while noting curiosity about public figures and current events with light sarcasm.
A detailed barn plan 30 by 50 feet with stalls for horses and cattle is described, including a 16 foot mow above the horse area and a 22 foot cattle mow. A 1897 example cost $110 in carpenter work. advice covers brick interior walls, hollow spaces, and sawdust ceilings to keep cellars warm and dry.
The old Boston state house, erected in 1748, now appears dwarfed and insignificant amid towering nearby skyscrapers. Five modern towers, four at 126 feet and one at 186 feet, line the streets surrounding the relic, whose cupola once rose above all. No nearby building from the town house era remains to rival the now diminished landmark.
Dark rocky chasms in Idaho attract attention as creeks and streams vanish into ancient lava tubes. Fissures formed by cooling lava left tubes that rivers once filled, with roofs collapsing to create openings where waters plunge out of sight. The origins and exact swallow points remain unknown.
The guidance notes that well rotted yard manure mixed with poultry manure is the best fertilizer for potatoes, with ashes also beneficial. New land is suitable if plowed, harrowed, and planted with potatoes using a hop. Lime warms and mellow soils but is not a fertilizer. it aids structure and makes plant food in manure available, correcting acidity.
The Seine and Marine department in France reports that trials of oil and patroleim as a dust and mud preventive failed. In summer 1902 tar was applied to seven road lengths and after twelve months dust and mud vanished while maintenance costs dropped. The tar forms an elastic skin that dampens traffic noise and reduces resistance with no greater outlay than oil coating.
Instructions explain constricting the walls with an eight inch space filled with dry sawdust or straw, keeping the tee six to eight inches from inner boards, and tamping. The roof must stay cool for meat. place the tee above the moat and use a separate refrigerator section shipped in ready to assemble parts.
Construction notes discuss wall thickness for an 80 by 40 foot stable and two 40 foot walls with 7 foot inch height. It suggests 18 inch footing, 9 inch above ground wall, large stones at base, and pyramidal limestone fillers. Two 40 foot walls at 16 inch base and 7 inch top would need 17 barrels Portland cement.
A new woman in Indianapolis attracts attention as she parades in a blue coat and skirt fashioned as a kilt that ends above the knees. Knickerbocker-style garments, thick woolen stockings, and low shoes complete her attire. The Observer notes the reaction of passersby to this bold fashion statement.
Marriage brokers in Italy operate as a regular institution with offices maintaining books of marriageable girls in the district. They travel about trying to arrange engagements like ordinary trading, and their payment depends entirely on their success.
A long-forgotten tale from Elizabeth New Jersey recounts how Mrs H H Sleeper lost her mother’s wedding ring in chips and sawdust. Years later the ring was found encircling a large potato that had grown on the property, the decayed refuse once used as fertilizer allowing the vegetable to envelop the ring.
Filipino women craft pina gauze from pineapple spikes by soaking under stones, sun drying, and repeated beating to separate fibers. Fibers vary from cream to white, then stamped with blocks and hand finished with embroidery. The process yields durable, chiffon like fabric.
A marble shaft for John Godwin bears a moving inscription by Horace King, former slave and skilled bridge builder of Godwin Bates. The text notes King’s love for his former master and hints at his later freedom after proving remarkable engineering talent.
In a Germantown Police Station session before Magistrate Fitzpatrick, Cecil Grant an Indian boy arraigned prior to return to Carlisle school, gave an oral pedigree with names Black Bull White man's name Cecil Grant father Mr Skunk mother Mrs Skunk brother Lame Arm, leaving the judge puzzled.
A Constantinople correspondent to a Paris paper describes the sultan treasury collection. The turbans of sultans since Mahomet I include gems of purest water. Also the Persian throne seized by Turks in 1514 and the Suleiman I throne feature emeralds and pearls. The emerald on the caliph's throne hangs four inches deep and six inches long.
Apros kie, once confined on Robben Island for eight years as a leprosy suspect, was recently allowed to return to his family as non-affected. A former shipwrecked sailor who found success at the Cape, he was ruined financially after his property was sold for his children's upkeep.
By Earl Pratt of Oak Park Illinois this column urges workers to save expensive stationery and use it only for work. He recalls a manager warning that wasteful letterheads harm large concerns and notes that even small personal habits can cost employers dearly, urging disciplined writing and respect for company supplies.
Constable Doyle auctioned the trunk and contents of Mrs. Mollie Smiddey near Vine Avenue after an attachment. A bisque doll, once cherished by the little girl, drew tears as officers pressed bids, until the doll was spared by a deputy who chose compassion over sale.
A dramatic tale from Moffett's Careers of Danger recounts Captain Conkling who directed a dangerous dam leak stoppage at Holyoke. He sacrificed his life, entering the flow in a full diving suit and securing the rescue rope to save others, dying to save the dam.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a father posing for a photograph with a stand-up collar and bouquet, the family’s patient gaze, and the weight of imagined roles from soldiers to poets. The narrator reflects on the imagined grandeur of men in portraits and the day his father’s image took shape in a fading memory.
A Commerce and Labor Department report from Washington lists Antwerp as the third largest world port by total tonnage of 1,011,000 tons loaded and unloaded. New York ranks second with 298,008 tons. the leading port is first with 17,004,108 tons.
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