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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
2
A column of clipped dispatches traverses Berlin Rome Oklahoma City and Chicago noting railwired dreams treason treks and marriages. It mocks mining horrors beer bans lawsuits and high society gifts while tisking ministers financiers and editors with wry humor.
In Manila the farewell party for the Fifteenth Kansas dissolves into memory as Captain Dick Johnston and Anita Amarido clash over a future together. Back in Topeka, a staged wedding ends with Johnston dead, a letter to his friend Jack reveals a doomed vow, and Nita’s spirit haunts the tale of love, guilt, and vengeance.
Dr Herbert W Spencer recounts meeting a Scientist who boasted faith could move mountains. A week later the man arrives with a swollen jaw from toothache, admitting pain and disbelief in faith curing a cavity. The anecdote contrasts faith with medical science.
A Chicago woman recently received a $10 birthday gift from a friend. Accompanied by a note about not finding a tasteful purchase, the letter recalled bygone days. While the mother cried softly, her young son hugged her and asked if the money was good.
A man buys three pounds of meat for his wife to cook. The wife eats it. The cat supposedly eats the rest. The husband weighs the cat and asks where the meat is, implied by the paradox of three pounds. This Harper's Magazine riddle hinges on logic and misdirection.
A humorous club discussion portrays wives praising and poking fun at their husbands habits. One woman notes her partner never drinks or swears and claims he has no bad habits, while others tease about smoking and appetite after meals.
St Paul dispatch reports Minnesota butter can compete with Danish butter in British markets despite sea voyage influence. State Creamery Inspector B D White notes prior exports, including Albert Lencon, found ready sale in England when prices allowed. He cites high home prices since, preventing resumption unless profits return.
The article argues that dairying increases farm value when livestock and proper feeding are used, while selling milk off the farm without returning manure impoverishes soil. It warns against overgrazing fields, endorses returning manure to land, and cautions that removing soil fertility year after year bankrupts the farmer.
The piece extols silage value by its preserved succulence and digestibility. It notes dried corn lacks the original succulence, while silage fed year round maintains milk output when summer feeds fail. Some dairymen build silos to store well fermented ailage for year round use, avoiding fresh silage in severe seasons.
The Minnesota dairy commissioner reports 26 percent of cows do not pay for their feed and should be butchered. Owners remain ignorant of the waste, wrongly believing profitable gains. the Babcock test reveals feed efficiency, but negligence blocks adoption.
The dairy schools of Russia have advanced the country to the forefront as a major producer of butter cheese and milk globally.
A regional note details the Kasanka Duck origin in Asia with drake and duck behavior during breeding, plumage, eggs, and incubation, praising its elegance. It also highlights Black Tailed Japanese Bantams with unique tail shape and coloration, including wing and leg features. A practical column warns farmers to candle eggs to avoid market bad eggs and protect private trade.
The piece argues that poultry raisers who fail blame their birds or lack of money, but the real cause is the raiser’s own knowledge or effort. It stresses learning by experience and study, condemning laziness and reliance on poultry as an easy living.
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