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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
2
The piece extols Alice Freeman Palmer's life as a model of disciplined, persistent labor. It cites Prof. Palmer on her vigor, endurance, and belief that continuous work sustains health, noting her death from an acute, unforeseen illness and her life as a testament to strength and duty.
A bureau bulletin notes the United States excels in many manufacturing areas yet laces, especially finer varieties, are not developed here. Americans bought lace worth about 60 million last year, over 90 percent imported. Old-world lace makers profit abroad while US cotton supplies could support more domestic fine cotton products. The report urges Americans to consider expanding lacemaking and related industries.
The article notes Britain favors legislators over lawyers in public life, cites Asquith as a premier lawyer and figures like Disraeli and Balfour for non-legal paths, and compares English practice with U S conventions. It also reports an appeals court ruling that tips count as wages when openly given and received, in a dining car accident case.
A geologist once noted that nations with coal and iron will rule the world. The speaker urges Americans to conserve coal, forests, and other natural resources, warning that careless waste endangers future power and prosperity.
A discussion contrasts will and intellect as sources of wrong in conduct. Some stress stubborn will while others echo Socrates, arguing intellectual insight must guide action. Imagining temptations clearly reveals harm to health, reputation, and dependents to deter wrongdoing.
Practical guidance urges honesty, frugality, and upright living to build a solid foundation for a career. It emphasizes tracking income and expenses, avoiding debt, and earning respect through diligent work. The article affirms opportunities exist in America to own a home, educate children, and prosper if one begins and lives rightly.
Emily receives a large orange lampshade as a gift from a generous donor. Matilda belittles it and plans to give it away or return it, while Emily treasures the shade and uses it secretly at night. At Henrietta Hudson's wedding the shade’s presence is suspected, but the sisters keep and recover the prize, ending with Emily safe in her secret treasure.
A simple construction method for a cool outdoor cellar tied to a windmill pump is shown. Built of reinforced concrete with steel rods, it stays cool in summer and can double as a storm cave. It costs about 50 dollars including labor, keeps pipes accessible for repairs. It suits dairymen with cows in areas where natural cooling is impractical.
Practical guidance from Prof Thomas Shaw on gradually changing calves from whole to skim milk. Begin with small withholding amounts, increase daily, and add skim milk equal to the withheld amount. Use linseed meal or old meat to match fat content, stir meal into milk, or feed as jelly to aid digestion, a practice once common with separator milk.
Short dairy talks praise a cow and sow combo and skim milk feeding. Dairying seen as a reliable money maker with Holstein and Jersey cows delivering steady monthly value. warns against overworking butter and overchurning. Notes the Jersey and dairy cows bred for this purpose and the yield potential for butter, buttermilk, and milk products.
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