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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1902
Page
6
The Challis Idaho paper cites varied European affairs, royal news, and world opinions. It notes Queen Wilhelmina, Servia’s crown prince, Aguinaldo, and Dr Ortman’s paleontology claim, with U S curiosity about coronation plans, arbitration, and societal quirks. Utah, New Jersey, and Kansas references appear amid humorous asides on sausage, red hair, and mosquitoes.
The piece notes a mix of topics from labor and police reform hints to taxation and mortality in Britain's budget, plus a New York alimony ruling and an American syndicate buying the Shell steamship line. It references imperial policy, expatriate financiers, and social commentary on Christmas timing.
The piece proclaims Harvard as the Eastern champion after a season marked by Yale’s upset loss, and praises Michigan’s unbeaten 601 to 0 run as a national gridiron record. It envisions a Western all star eleven with players from Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Minnesota, led by Snow and Cochems, and notes Coach Yost’s potential three year stay.
The article names Cutts of Harvard as a standout for the first team focusing on his punting and defensive power. It notes Lowenthal and Page as center contenders with Illinois preference for Lowenthal based on passing. Curtis is likely to captain the all western, with Norsky Larson praised for signals duties.
Shorts named captain for 1903 as Michigan begins securing new material. Town will retain ten players, while Wisconsin loses Curtis Larson Skow and Cochems. Michigan loses four, including White Snow Wilson and Weeks. Nebraska won the Missouri Valley title by defeating the Hankell Indians 1% to 10. Michigan supporters favor a post season game but faculty opposition blocks it.
Osee Schrecongost to coach University of Virginia baseball. Bill Douglass seeks American League return with St. Louis. Victor King hit .342 in Three T league after being rejected by Patsy Donovan. Doc Amole recovering from appendicitis. St Louis NL and Western League talks loom over Burkett Holdrick Padden Powell and Sexton as Hickey’s fate looms.
President Hickey of the Western Baseball League announces he will resign to join a new league. The move would place him in charge of operations in Omaha St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Milwaukee Toledo Columbus and Indianapolis.
Terra Hautes 190 Percent Tens will keep all current players for next year's team except Richardson and Carter. St. Louis has signed Richardson and Carter is expected to move to Omaha.
Frank Bonner of the Toronto club, recently signed to play second for Cleveland, may be persuaded to accept the honor as captain of the team for the upcoming season.
The St. Louis Derby of 1902 will be run at the fair grounds next June and is expected to be one of the richest in the west with aggregate value forecast at 16000 dollars or more, potentially rising to 18000 dollars.
A report on the Marm-A Yew Hinks live stock convention at the University of Illinois highlights sessions with national names, focus on packing and stock transport, and praise for Illinois breeders. It notes officers, poultry care tips, oat feeding cautions, coop cleanliness, and farm practice observations with feeding test data for Shorthorns Red Poll Jersey and Holstein breeds.
In an Iowa talk to creamerymen F W Bounka warned that example outruns precept in the creameries. He said many creameries are clean inside but about half stain the weighing-room and skimmilk tank. He cited a Moor area plant where the waigh-can sits by a wall splashed with milk, suggesting poor washing and sanitation practices.
The article discusses debates among dairy experts over covered versus open milking pails, plus two cloth filters and absorbent cotton for sanitation. It reports a new milking machine tested in England using a pulsator, vacuum pump, and teacups, milking 40 to 60 cows hourly with minimal labor, while noting cleaning challenges and ongoing dairy producer conferences in Minnesota with awards for butter and milk products.
Mr. Hiram Maxim tells the Aeronautical Society in London that heavier than air machines are possible using developed motor energy. He compares learning to fly to bicycle riding or skating and says time and money determine when actual flight occurs, noting Santos Dumont’s achievements and future progress.
A column was sent from Russian dominions to Dr. Nicholas Senn in Chicago last summer. Czarist censors opened the package, blotted out the objectionable article and forwarded the altered copy to the intended recipient.
Government plans to grow macaroni wheat in the west and northwest aim to reduce imports of 16 million pounds annually. The drought resistant wheat yields 30 to 50 percent more than other wheats and prospers in the Dakotas, opening a new market for American farmers and bakers.
Liverpool postal authorities report experiments showing a 489 mile telephonic link to Paris and better chances beyond that. communication to London Turin and Milan abandoned as too distant for a practical circuit. southern conditions required for hearing from Liverpool.
A lion born at the Blue Nile during a count’s hunting trip has become a royal playmate for two children, sons of Count Potocki and the Hon Jost. The animal roams freely around the grounds, living in amity with the household, including the Scotch cattle.
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