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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1903
Page
6
A collage of witty sagas and global jests from Uncle Sam to distant regimes. Quips on law, politics, aviation, and industry mix with rumors, revolts, and royal musings. Notes ranging from Panamanian speculation to Edison’s auto trials sketch a restless, humorous early 20th century mood.
Ezekiel Halliday, a 92 year old bookseller, mourns the loss of his cherished shop as demolition leaves only stones and bricks where his life’s parlor once stood. Martha Mugg, a steadfast helper, offers tea and kindness before leaving him to contemplate his ruin and changing fortunes.
A weary Zeckel wanders through a transformed London seeking solace along the Embankment. He recalls an old shop and memories of Dickens, his late wife, and a faded peace as the river’s timeless calm contrasts the city’s new streets and intolerance.
George Creighton plans a summer visit to Sullivan county and keeps his photographic gear secured. His landlady Mrs. Hubbard, forgetting, borrowed his rubber trays to drain, moved them into the kitchen, and caused a smoky rubber odor that misled her about a supposed chicken disaster.
Francis Rousseau, born in Auxerre, traveled the East before settling in St Domingo in 1692 and inventing sealing wax. A Lady Longueville introduced the wax at court, prompting Louis XIII to use it, after which Paris adopted it broadly. Rousseau reportedly earned 50 000 livres in under a year. An old seal with a red wafer ties to a 1624 letter from Dr. Krapf at Spires to Bareuth authorities.
Lord Byron laments a parting moment in verse, acknowledging deep affection and lingering ache. The speaker describes the tearless, steady gaze and the enduring bond that transcends distance, while questioning whether speech can fully convey the heart's longing.
Thirteen women in Chester Pennsylvania reject fate by regularly occupying table number 18 at St Michael's church social events. They hold thirteen person parties and recently after a reception hosted by chairwoman Miss Mamie Duffy they dined at thirteen minutes before nine and rose at thirteen minutes before ten.
An incorruptible Newport Nebraska postmaster boasts that a postal investigation will not ripple the office. The item notes two cats’ umbrellas left in the post office, and urges owners to call to retrieve them in a matter-of-fact Newport 1 Republican style.
A Missouri reader reports three fine horses dying from a hot weather linked illness after distemper. It describes symptoms, cautions against aconite and baking soda, and prescribes careful supportive care including injections and oils, while warning unqualified use of strong drugs.
Bulletin 73 from Arkansas Station prescribes a mineral hog mix kept in a weatherproof box to aid bone building and parasite control, detailing charcoal salt ashes wood smoke and water. Howard County Missouri court levied a $200 daily tax on Uncle Tom's Cabin style shows to curb the performances.
A Missouri bulletin explains Hessian fly brood variability from two to four per year due to temperature and moisture. It notes the fall and spring broods are most destructive and that eradicating a brood often yields one free year. Methods include late sowing of winter wheat to force eggs onto grass, removing volunteer wheat, burning stubble, deep plowing, rolling the field, and leveraging parasitic insects plus dry heat to reduce pest pressure.
The Massachusetts Experiment Station reports that natural phosphates can yield profitable crops on many lands, potentially saving money versus dissolved phosphates over years. Turnips and cabbage do poorly with natural phosphates, while South Carolina rock, Managua ore, and phosphatic slag show similar economics. Florida phosphate performs worst, suggesting mixed use with dissolved phosphates is best.
Barnyard millet yields 12 to 18 tons per acre on main land farm in good condition. Outside reports reach 95 tons per acre. Our experience shows 12 to 14 tons per acre on medium loam with adequate fertility. Drilled 15 inches apart yields about 60 bushels seed per acre, averaging 86 pounds per bushel. broadcast sowing yields 90 bushels per acre. Hatch Experiment Station report.
The second annual convention of the National Nut Growers’ Association will assemble in New Orleans on the last Wednesday of October 1903 at 10 o’clock a.m. Arrangements aim for two or three days. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in this industry in Louisiana and New Orleans. Nitrogen the dominant ingredient to wheat barley oats corn rye and other grains.
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