Oddities and notices from the Silver Messenger of Challis Idaho
A miscellany notes Budapest’s languages, a Addison Maine farmer’s two fleecer sheep, Russian military kite tests, and historic metric adoption dates. It mentions a London cab with a third wheel, Berlin Unter den Linden’s electric street lights, an Alaska violin resemble to Persian instruments, gender views, an Ohio man’s coffin anecdote, and a Passamaquoddy red-haired Indian named Sopfel Haney shunned by his tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Unter-don-Linden
Ohio
Passamaquoddy
Pleas Ant Point
Mantport
Sopfel Haney
Hin Tribe
Covington preacher Metz Joiner draws crowd then attack
A Covington Georgia report notes Metz Joiner, a 9 year old preacher, drew a large enraptured audience before several in the crowd attempted to bite him. The piece then shifts through a string of diverse items including a probate estate dispute in Canton Ohio and long-lived veteran James Farrell in Barboursville West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Metz Joiner
Mien
Board of Appraisers
Probate Court
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
James Farrell
Barboursville
W. Va
United States
Mr. Farrell
Mexico
Jefferson Davis
The Search for the Pole The Arctic Knowledge Expands
The article reviews 19th century Arctic exploration by English and American expeditions. It notes Nansen and Fram findings, Peary and Astrup advances to Independence Bay, and the Jackson-Harmsworth and Baldwin discoveries near Franz Josef Land. It discusses mapping coasts, Greenland, and uncertainties about the northern extent of Greenland and polar islands.
Expedition Under Duke of Abruzzi Maps Franz Josef Land Reach
The Italian expedition led by the Duke of Abruzzi extended the northern reach of Franz Josef Land, with Captain Cagni’s dash to the far north proving absence of Sherard Osborn, Petermann, and King Oscar lands. Cape Pilegely at about 81 degrees forms the northern limit of the group, marking the farthest north land known on this side of the Pole. Through Swedish Arctic studies, progress is noted as explorers push beyond coasts onto the polar ice, reaching 86 degrees 33 minutes N on April 24, 1900, while Greenland remains the unresolved target near Fram and potential unknown lands north of the American Arctic Archipelago. Baldwin suggests eastern extension of Franz Josef Land, but the Fram expedition’s findings dominate the most critical questions, with further discoveries anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of
Abruzzi
Sie Franz-Josef Land
Cagni
Sherard Oatierne Faland
Petermann Land
King Oscars Land
Cape Pilegely
Rudolf Fand
Pole
Spitzbergen
North Siberian
Arctic
Polar
Greenland
Baseball English. Contribution to Literature That Ought to Live Long
A vivid game description on the home grounds with Yale Record style flair. The crowd roars as a fastball duel unfolds. A dramatic late swing sends a homer into the stands while the batter and fielders theatrically interact amid fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Phoebe
Bali
Frightened Friar of Man in Pisa Torpedo Tale
Edith King Swain relates a comic ascent tale in The Ladies' Home Journal about testing Galileo’s height method on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A friar passing below was nearly struck by a falling torpedo, causing shock and a spectacle of fear and astonishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith King Swain
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pisa
Gallileo
Be Prepared for Price Wars Beet Growers Toast Statesman
A beet sugar growers delegation argued with an eminent statesman about price cuts below production costs. He urged patience perseverance and faith in the country promising support if they stay true to themselves and the people beet root to them, and they awarded him a leather medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alorrore
Sugar Trust
Foot Ball Ground Revisited Stirs Old Alumnus
A middle aged man revisits his old college football ground and recalls a wartime injury. He explains the ground holds a part of his past and identity, noting a finger joint and a wartime memory remain near the field. The other man comments that it seems part of oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
California growers show co operation and drought prep in fertile lands
The article discusses California fruit farming, noting co operative associations for fruit disposal, emphasis on drought preparation, and comparison with Eastern practices. It highlights marsh land reclamation, irrigation challenges in arid and humid states, and examples from Wisconsin and Kansas on crop yields under irrigation, plus remarks on barley and cabbage varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
Vallays
California
Pacific Coast
East
Rocky Mountains
New England States
Apple Orchard Owner and Copper Production Leaders
Mia Laura A Aldes of South Dakota owns a large 180 acre apple orchard producing 8000 to 10000 bushels yearly. Her father related to Colonel Ethan Alten of Vermont Hurley. The United States leads copper output with 2,756,000 tons, followed by Chile 1,870,700 and Spain 1,149,709.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menzo Shaul
Her- Kimer
United States
Mia
Laura A. Aldes
South Dakota
Ethan Alten
Vermont
Han
Hurley
Hd Cares
Chile
Botvia
Peru
Spain
Portugal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silver Messenger
M. M. Sweat, Pubticher
Challis
Idaho
Budapest
Hungury
Addison
Ita
France
Holland
Belgium
Sweden
London
Alaska
Vienna
Honolulu
North Pole
Nansen
Pall Mall
Thone
North American
Arctic Archipelago
Grinnell Land
Peary
Astrup
Bortham
Independence Bay
Fram
Prana-Josef Lani
Frana-Jozef Land
MR. Baldwin
Jackson-Harmsworth
Wallman
Baldwin
Wilcvk
Branz-Jozef Land
American Arctic Archipelago
Franz-Josef Land
Arctic Ocean
Baseball
England
Inken
Zuider Zee
Denmark
Germany
N. 8. Shaler
Harvard University
New York
Portland
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
Wisconsin Agricultural College
F. D. Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
West Indies
Florida
Dakota
Europe
Eieeney
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kentucky
Orm
Michigan
Ees
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