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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
2
An article by Premier Thomas Greenway extols Manitoba’s natural fertility and warns against exclusive wheat farming. It urges diversified farming, better soil use, and warns against land exhaustion. It promotes homesteads, cattle and poultry, and invites new settlers with land opportunities.
The article notes millions of new currency bills being produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to replace worn greenbacks, with estimates of hundreds of millions in circulation. It details vast postage stamp usage in 1901, regional disparities for Cuba and the Philippines, and the adaptation of stamps for Guam and Porto Rico with printed identifiers.
Detailed description of a stamp production process where women perform most labor in engraving and pressing. It covers sheet preparation, moistening, four engraved plates in a square press, ink wiping, printing, and drying. It then explains gumming and perforation using brass toothed wheel machines to ensure easy tearing.
The piece discusses French and Italian efforts to neutralize hail by cloud bombardment using rapid firing breech loading cannons. It notes hail as a threat to vineyards and farmers, praising methods that reportedly halt hurricanes and stop lightning, with rain or melted snow following as clouds dissipate.
Report describes a novel hail defense using powderless cannons linked by electric wire. Italian invention combines acetylene gas and air as explosive with no charge, enabling fifty guns to fire together in about ten seconds. Generators claim over 1,000 shots per fill, enough to last six months. aimed at insuring growers next year.
The United States owns major Arkansas Hot Springs bathhouses and collects 304 dollars per tub for medicated water, totaling 16 020 dollars yearly from 634 tubs. Legends tie Hot Springs to Ponce de Leon and De Soto, with Native lore of healing waters shaping local romance and history.
A London news item notes Swiss kursaals in Switzerland offering gaming with high stakes, where operators rely on takings to cover theater salaries. Also included is a report of a small ambergris lump found aboard a ship after unloading lumber at an Alaskan port, valued at 27,276 dollars.
Information from Covelo Mendocino County California cites a remarkable ambergris discovery aboard a lumber steamer on return from Skagway Alaska. The report notes the floating ambergris find was located about thirty five miles from the coast and details the finder and route.
A fragment explaining the ancient custom of burying the dead with heads to the west, tied to beliefs about bodily resurrection and Judgment Day. It also offers a reflective aside on aging and patience for those over forty.
A 19th century column extols swift, graceful departures from visits to spare hostesses discomfort. It warns against brusqueness yet condemns lingering and diffidence, citing Emerson on manners as a social badge. The piece blends etiquette with quips about social propriety and public notices.
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