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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1902
Page
6
A fragment discusses mispronouncing Roosevelt as Ike and notes European customs about social talk. It reports Rev H S Murnelman of Reading Pa saying he has not voted in ten years and will not vote for a republic, opposing war as unnecessary.
Walter Baker Co cocoa packages carry the chocolate girl trademark and Dorchester Mass. factory mark. Housekeepers are urged to inspect purchases to ensure no substitutions. The firm earned three gold medals at the Pan American Exposition.
A warranty deed from Daisy Edwards and her deceased husband Solomon Edwards to Ralph Spaugh was filed with Recorder Ht Tt. Justice William B. Pancke certified the acknowledgment on August 8, noting the executors and parties. The piece also argues Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-fifth president, not the twenty-sixth, due to Cleveland's two terms counted as separate presidencies.
The lighthouse keeper on the Tunis coast island near Monastir shelters from starving feral pigs that were spawned by a local farmer’s fattening plan. The herd devours every food source, compels him to barricade his cabin, and signals for mainland aid as a plan to exterminate the pigs is organized. The text also recounts Bishop Henry B. Whipple’s efforts to defend Indian lands before President Cleveland and Congress, and a London plague-era tobacco note from Hearne’s diary referencing Tom Rogers.
A nostalgic portrait of Quebec City with its old-world charm and historic sites. It recounts the famed Wolfe’s Victory at the Heights of Abraham with dramatic detail, noting Montcalm’s defense and Wolfe’s daring advance during a brief, decisive engagement.
A recent book on Wolfe's Quebec campaign sheds new light on the Quebec siege plan and its swift, celebrated ascent. The article tours Point Levis, the Citadel, Plains of Abraham, Montmorency Falls, and Ste. Anne de Beaupre, noting historic lore, pilgrim sites, and a preserved battlefield now a public park.
A Chicago Record Herald piece describes Lake Wettern in Germany and Boden See in Switzerland as connected by an underground passage. Reports claim storms stir both lakes, corpses surface in Wettern, and timber from Switzerland appears. Scientists doubt the tale while mirages produce spectacular lake visions seen by locals and travelers alike.
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts a traveler crediting a friend for marriage success. He pursued Jennie after a confidant advised catching her when grounded in domestic life on a Monday morning. He finds her in a kitchen, plain and practical, and she agrees to marry, admitting she once mistook east for romance.
A Japanese man trading as Aum Parapa establishes a new Buddhist sect with Tokyo headquarters. He presents himself as a practical leader, teaching that heaven must be importuned and that busy people should entrust the task to others for consideration. He highlights Mr. Atim as a proponent despite prior railway sleeper troubles and current gain in a niche business.
Telegraph lines reach Alan Alaska marking the region with the greatest extension of telegraphic facilities this year. The initiative expands communications and supports remote communities, signaling rapid infrastructure growth across frontier areas.
The sugar trust battles beet sugar producers, cutting granulated sugar prices across the Midwest and West. It seeks to force producers to sell raw beet sugar to be refined by the Trust, threatening beet refinaries and prompting talks of congressional protection. Data on production capacity across Michigan, Colorado, California, Nebraska, Utah, New York and other states illustrate the industry's breadth and stakes. The piece also notes how cultivation practices alter apple quality and describe varietal changes seen at fairs.
The author argues that well tilled and manured trees are more blight prone but produce poorer fruit unless properly nourished. Cites Porter apples in greensward versus a currant-patched tree that thrived from rich soil, yielding larger, softer fruit with excellent flavor and juiciness though less storage longevity. A Greening near a barnyard is recalled for comparison.
Purdue University began as a land grant college under the 1862 act. John Purdue donated 150000 and 100 acres, leading the Indiana legislature in 1869 to rename the school Purdue University. The campus expanded by 90 acres and the institution remains a public, nonsectarian agricultural and mechanical college with schools of Mechanical, Civil, Electrical Engineering, Agriculture, Science, and Pharmacy. Annual income totals about 152000 with government and state support, buildings valued at 357000 and equipment at 298000. The library holds 10008 volumes and 3200 pamphlets. faculty numbers reach 69. Student enrollment shows steady growth through 1901, with 1889 to 1901 figures provided. This year enrollment expands to include women’s industrial courses in agriculture and domestic studies.
At a Pomological Society gathering Mr Garneld of Michigan urged aligning fruit quality with market demand to increase consumption. He argued growers should supply popular varieties like Concord grapes to satisfy consumers while pursuing high quality and hardiness. Exports to China show recovery though dairy milk handling remains key to purity and value.
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