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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1905
Page
6
The item surveys light, humorous clippings from a 19th or early 20th century American press. It notes social quirks, fashion, marriage, crime, and oddities with satirical jabs at public figures and locales such as Challis Idaho Boston New Jersey and Louisville. It mentions figures like Sarah Bernhardt Maxim Gorky and Luther Burbank and riffs on themes of love work and daily life.
A bachelor remarks that many young women see life as a grand waltz with treats like ice cream and new gowns during a breathing spell. He suggests after marriage a man feels embarrassed to explain the cynical remarks made when a bachelor.
A dramatic tale of theater life unfolds with Yaco the fool and a princess as they navigate love and illusion. The prince, unmasked offstage, schemes for control while the fool proves steadier and wiser, culminating in Yaco’s true prince reveal and the princess’s bond with him.
A historical note outlines a plan for a small drive house with two box stalls, vehicle space, and a hay loft. The design specifies 24 by 39 foot barn dimensions with a loft over head, side walls of thick boards, posts and girders of 2x4 and 6x6 timbers, and joists 12 feet long.
Plan details a timber framed barn with a post foundation and a driveway layout. Bill of materials includes 54 pieces 2x4 12 ft for sills and plates, 30 pieces 2x4 12 ft for studding, 12 pieces 2x4 8 ft for partition studs, 22 pieces 2x4 16 ft for rafters, 4 pieces 2x8 12 ft for joists, 1,500 ft of inch lumber for exterior walls, 1,030 ft of sheeting, 1012 squares of shingles, 50 ft of inch lumber for upper joists, 1,440 ft of 2 in planks for flooring, 300 ft of lumber for partitions, and a 6x6 inch center sill 80 ft long.
A well 85 ft from a barn about 100 ft higher, 25 ft deep, serving 30 cattle and 6 horses. An 8 ft windmill under average wind yields about 175 gal/h with 1 1/2 in pipe and 1 inch cylinder. a 12 ft mill yields about 340 gal/h with 1 1/2 inch pipe and 1 3/4 inch cylinder. Manufacturers can advise stopping the mill when the tank fills.
The cement veneer adds about 300 dollars to the frame house cost bringing total to roughly 2800 dollars. Basswood is good when well seasoned for interior finish while butternut is attractive and beech is harder to work. Wood should be stored in an open shed for one or two years and then kiln dried.
A stream six feet wide with depths from six to twelve inches drops one foot per ten. With a dam and turbine, the water could raise power. An overshot wheel would yield about 16 horsepower, but a turbine is better for low head. A 86 inch turbine at four foot head and four thousand cubic feet per minute would produce about 20 horsepower.
The passage discusses filling house walls with sawdust and slaked lime to deter mice. It suggests five bushels of planet shavings to one bushel of slaked lime as payment to create a dry, durable packing. It notes sawdust or planer shavings and lime are effective, aiming for a mouseproof wall.
Mrs Nexdore notes her daughter’s first chance to play the new piano, while Mrs Pepprey recalls a pleasant evening and airs grievances about callers who left early, with light social chatter echoing in the room.
A Washington Star item outlines obsolete U S coinage from 1857 to 1880 including half cents two cents silver three cent pieces and the large dollar notes that were retired by acts of Congress The piece notes millions in retirement and asks where the coins have gone while recalling the era of the one dollar piece and the gold dollar
Dispatches from San Francisco report Captain Ronald Amundsen has found the northwest passage, signaling fulfillment of generations of sailors. The piece traces the commercial drive behind polar exploration, notes Franklin era tragedies, and highlights Nordenskjold's successful northeast route via Vega to Yokohama in 1879.
A 22 year old world’s smallest athlete from India, Sing Hoop, stands 34 inches tall with a 22.4 inch chest and 22.44 inch hips, wearing a stylish 1905 hat. He dazzles with gymnastic feats under Capt Weltzien, speaks several languages, and eats prodigious quantities, including 3-4 eggs for breakfast and many oysters. He owns a gold bracelet gifted by Miss Loie Fuller.
A fragmented poetic reminiscence contrasts men of old with contemporary restraint and virtue. The speaker laments lost contentment, praises steadfast character and charitable acts, and urges readers, even in death, to honor enduring/noble duties. The text evokes memory, time, and moral resolve without detailing events.
Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus of the Armour Institute in Chicago meets with Dr. Lorenz for guidance on an affliction. A reporter overhears the exchange and asks if there is public significance. Gunsaulus replies there is none and hopes are dashed in a brief, controversial moment.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a marriage notice mentioning names and a date but is garbled. No clear individuals, organizations, places, or events are identifiable to form a factual summary card.
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