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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
6
The article discusses how unseen factors propel industrial efficiency beyond iconic structures. It highlights the rise of the modern machine shop and the critical role of warping or removing excess material with precision tools. High speed steel and its tooling are examined as essential to future manufacturing advances.
A Berlin published book presents Kaiser William as art critic and painter with wide interests in church architecture forestry land planning genre painting stage design and the applied arts. His opinions are candid severe and impartial toward impressionists while his judgment is decisive and often critical of contemporary art matters in Europe.
A Berlin medical journal reports a promising remedy against cancer with authority backing from Prof. von Leyden and Prof. Morton. It claims experiments show the remedy destroying cancer germs and notes hopes for a major advance, while warning against overoptimism. The Troy Times comments that the findings illustrate progress in controlling diseases once deemed incurable.
A Cleveland scientist argues that height gives an advantage by placing the head higher above street germs, an idea not new and echoed by the Indianapolis Star. The piece recalls an ancient notion from fever period in the Wabash valley that illness arose as nature lifting breathing above smoky air.
A colossal replica of a mosquito four and a half feet long is being built for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Two giant insects, male and female, with larvae and pupae, are crafted in wax, wood, celluloid, and glass to exact scientific detail. Each wing vein, leg scale, and the biting apparatus are replicated at 400,000 times their real size, offering an intensely precise, nonfunctional display of the pest and its feeding mechanism.
A lengthy feature describes the Garden of Allah near the Sahara as a coveted private estate of Count Landon. An American suitor from Wheeling sought to buy it but balked at sale conditions. The piece notes the garden spans about 12 acres with meticulous upkeep, irrigation costing 12000 dollars, and compares Hichens’s novel description to reality while stressing the owner’s wish to keep the property away from mass tourism.
An old ad for Puck's School of Crime promotes mail instruction to double income through pickpocketing. It claims high earnings for students including lawmakers, lawyers, and a judge, promising training in theft and even “mine promoting and industrial insurance.” The piece mocks honesty and ends with a satirical note on reflections.
From ancient times the horse has shaped warfare and today its training remains costly for nations. Germany needs a million horses for cavalry and artillery, France requires about a half million, and Britain faced up to 20,000 during the South African campaign. Even in peace, England spends about 400 thousand dollars yearly on mounts, a figure scalable for other powers. Recruits typically rise five years old costing around 200 dollars each, with nations paying from 30 thousand to 150 thousand yearly for horses.
During the sugaring season W. H. Harrison of Pittsfield VI sent his man Hi to learn how buckets were filling. Hi investigated and submitted this report Some is full some half full and some runnin over.
A miscellany piece cites advice on vanity with white fabric for mirror framing, a music pupil struggling with Beethoven and Liszt, dangers of electric lighting indoors, pest risks to wiring, and seed protection using red lead coating before vermin deters. It blends household tips with antiquated cautions and curios.
The article discusses board drains as a long lasting, cost effective solution for drainage on farms. It notes they can last 20 to 25 years in good condition, improve crop yields, and enable farmers to buy modern equipment. It describes a "standard" upright board method and a one man driven post method to install drains efficiently.
The piece argues birds such as swallows swifts and nightingales guard the atmosphere by eating flying insects while woodpeckers chickadees and creepers protect tree trunks. It notes crows larks and other species help soil and crops, cites a rabble of examples including hawks and quails, and defends the crow as a farmer ally in reducing insects.
A simple home method suggests potting one sweet potato and keeping it warm at night. As vines appear, trim them in a window, then two weeks before planting, cut vines into single leaf cuttings and root in damp sand in a warm place. Useful for a family patch.
Spraying alone fails if neighbors do not cooperate. If one grower sprays while others neglect fungus and pests, it will take long to keep an orchard pest free. Form spraying clubs and invite all neighbors to train.
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