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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1910
Page
6
A jumble of global notes and comic asides reports on US and world events. Mentions football zeal, Nicaragua tensions, chicken croquettes, and a Boston Globe poet. The piece touches on earthquakes, dreadnoughts, Farman flights, aviation humor, disease woes, and a plan for a Brockville dam to harness power. Also notes corn crop rise, postal rules, Santa Claus, and a Turkish naval program worth ten million dollars.
The Paris Congress on cold explains how ice and artificial chilling serve many purposes in industry and daily life. Prof. Verdes shows preserved cut flowers and mounted hides stay fresh. furs are mothproofed. cold aids sugar and chemical production, transport of fresh foods, and even mining and shipboard ammo storage.
The article discusses how rising prices shift public opinion and affect the economy. It notes that higher prices help manufacturers and farmers by raising finished goods income and limiting currency depreciation. Debtors also benefit as debt payments become easier. It argues rising prices can avert prolonged industrial decline and spurred recovery during 1903 and 1907.
A historical note describes the fireman’s challenge to maintain proper steam and fuel use as conditions vary. It cites that when no steam is needed the safety valve wastes fuel and cold air harms the boiler, making consistent firing impossible amid sudden load changes and public advice in the street.
A farmer explains a lean-to style combined shed for 300 to 400 chickens and 30 to 50 sheep, detailing a 50 by 30 foot building with hay jacks, roosts, floor loft, and feeding pens. The design uses animal heat from sheep to warm hens, with winter eggs a specialty, and notes the space yields comfortable, low-mraft winter housing.
The illustration explains beef cuts, prices, and uses. It covers the Loin with porterhouse sirloin and tenderloin, club steaks, round, rib, chuck, rump, brisket, flank, neck, and shank, noting fat content, cooking methods, and the way cuts are prepared or sold.
A pig breeder advises cement floors in winter can be improved with a movable wood floor. He builds one inch boards into sections that lay over cement and can be removed to scrub and disinfect. The outdoor pen floor should be a few inches lower than the house floor to insure drainage and dry sleeping quarters.
Amid scarce supplies residents report rising prices and delayed deliveries as local markets struggle. Officials vow controls and aid while merchants warn of gray market activity and looming shortages throughout the region.
A garbled excerpt recounts a legendary giant cheese at the White House, linked to Presidents Jefferson and Van Buren. It mentions a 1400 pound cheese created for a public reception, cost around 200 dollars, and guests trampling crumbs on the carpet. The tale contrasts grand display with reception chaos and a rule against accepting gifts from unknown donors.
A quirky jumble of notes covers politics and lavender. A city journal column recalls three Kansas men, discusses campaign tactics, and warns against courting personal votes, then shifts to lavender in Hertfordshire. The piece notes lavender's Roman origins, its scent, and the distilling process with growers near homesteads.
Fragmented dialogue reveals a strained relationship as a woman recalls a promise to marry and a man admits fault for keeping a secret before possible elopement. The exchange hints at regret, blame, and a love betrayed in a tense domestic scene.
The thirty second passenger boards the streetcar and pays the fare. The conductor rings the bell while the new passenger peers at the register. A man nearby asks what he saw and receives a nickel as the answer.
Local exchange yields scattered phrases about farm tasks and payments. Residents reference genuine farmers and a ten percent figure in a terse, garbled dialogue. No clear names, dates, or locations are discernible from the snippet.
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