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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
5
A list from the land office records names Neal J. Sharp W A Hodgman Henry F Powell Jesse G Finnell E C Chamberlain and others to various transferees including Miss Alice Felkver Martha Keenan Le Johnston Michael O Donohue and Geo E Keyes with associated parties and witnesses.
Lelia Staunton travels from her brother in law’s Florida town to claim a German neighbor’s abandoned homestead. A rival suitor, Mr Wayne, pursues the same land on a fast horse but helps her after a sprained ankle. She enters first. Wayne confesses plans to practice law there, and they part with renewed interest.
A new cottonseed utilization projects the hulls join with flex fiber to strengthen paper. A Niagara property deal backs mills in the south to collect and prepare cottonseed for high grade paper with superior finish and strength, cheaper than dedicated raw materials. The plan leverages existing cottonseed production and mills, expanding downstream industries. The Times notes this as a key mechanical progress step.
A New York Post piece explains that meerschaum pipes cost not from the raw material but from labor and shaping. It notes imports from Austria and Asia Minor, several grades, and that most brittle material must be soaked before modeling. Shavings become cheaper ship meerschaums, while flawed bowls are discarded.
Instruction by phonograph aids correspondence language schools through record-cylinder exchanges for practicing pronunciation and inflection. The piece also surveys Berlin cab meters, noting precise charges and low fares, plus peat wood’s use in paving and sleepers, highlighting durability and rot resistance.
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