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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1899
Page
2
Nonsense and wry lines fill a Silver Messenger page from Challis Idaho. The piece mocks public figures and society while recounting brief anecdotes about politicians, soldiers, and royalty including references to Aguinaldo and the Spanish king. It blends satire with detached commentary on culture and current events.
A clipped essay foresees Europe and Asia merging into a single continental sphere under imperial influence, noting Britain and Russia shaping borders and power. It cites Roosevelt on work ethics and critiques social belief, contrasting old and new capitalism with a London art collection presented as a bank offering thirty years of prosperity.
Reports from Chicago claim a vast egg fleet in cold storage across six plants totaling nearly 700,000 cases, about 168 million eggs, worth over a million and a half dollars. National estimates show New York and other regions storing tens of millions of eggs, with New York City alone around 45,286,000. Last year’s New York egg receipts exceeded 90,001,000 dozen, while the first half of this year shows a notable decline. The article notes diverse buyers from calico printing, coffee roasters, photo graphics, crackers, and chemicals, illustrating grocers competing with multiple manufacturing interests.
Onley Notes discusses Canada's rapid rise as a dairy exporter and government actions to protect product quality. It notes U S firms making butter and cheese of dubious character, potential Canadian market invasion of U S home markets, and English reactions to oleomargarine enforcement. It covers pasteurization effects on butter flavor, Sweden and England views, and warns about unsafe butter substitutes.
Officials have notified producers that any further sale of water and casein rich butter will face full legal action. The investigation shows some batches contained nearly half water. It is noted that a few individuals knowingly undermine the market for temporary gain.
Prof Thomas Shaw extols sheep as weed controllers advising turning a small flock into weed infested land to improve pastures. He claims sheep eat 76 of weeds while horses 82 and cattle 56, with sheep digestion destroying weed seeds and returning nutrients to the soil to aid future crops.
The doomed search for Robert Luke continues as William Luke dreams of his brother and a mysterious woman in a hut. A perilous dig uncovers Robert Luke's remains, prompting police action and a wide expedition across rugged terrain to confront Baynes and his wife in a remote wilderness.
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