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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
7
A kaleidoscope of quips and cartoons from a bygone issue. Jests lean into language gags, social quirks, and light romance as a nameless narrator catalogs jokes about weddings, divorces, misadventures, and stage life. The pieces feature witty exchanges, pithy one liners, and a parade of urban characters in a snapshot of early humor journalism.
In a Baltimore American quip, a clerk reports a man delivering a parcel marked CO. DB. The remark prompts a jest about returning the item to the dealer as a “t ordered trout,” reflecting a playful, era tone in a short humor vignette.
A narrator recalls a wild expedition to capture African buffalo using an airship and cages. Pa orchestrates an improvised hunt on a marsh, taming some buffalo for camp, while workers and locals react with awe. The tale blends danger, humor, and frontier bravado as plans include transport to Berlin and hints of future expeditions.
A wary upstate man visiting New York wanders into the Eden Musee wax figure collection at Grand Central. A policeman halts his smoking and the visitor, known for his worldliness, reacts with a moment of inexplicable wisdom as he faces local deceivers.
A fragmentary reminiscence notes Punch magazine’s pairing of witty pieces with solemn tributes. It cites Gilbert and Hood as poets whose works appeared alongside Taylor’s Lincoln homage and other famous verses, illustrating Punch as a stage for contrasts in tone and tribute.
An article endorses V E Fuller's diffusion system for poultry and cattle houses, detailing muslin window ventilation, per cow air and glass requirements, and practical window modifications to maximize airflow while avoiding drafts and hay contamination. It cites cost and effectiveness across barn types and winter conditions.
A Canadian dairyman who sold 97 240 pounds of milk at 3 5 percent from a 12 Holstein herd last year explains his feeding routine. Cows are milked in the morning then roots and meal, followed by straw or hay, water before feed. Noon feed is corn, evening milking precedes roots and meal and straw or hay. Hay replaces straw about March. Meal mixes barley oats with bran and flour or ground wheat to match weight. Cows get about a gallon of this mix twice daily. he notes cows aren’t fed to full capacity yet and noon feed boosts milk, and advises keeping cows comfortable at night with weather, pasture, and water conditions.
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