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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
7
A collage of comic quips and quizzical snippets from a newspaper page. It strings jokes about easy divorce, aches of aging, social pretenses, and brisk one liners from editors and readers. Notable bits include a punch about a bee at business and a solitaried card cheater who died by his own hand.
A playful quip from Chicago papers contrasts a boastful graceful cow Willie Calf with a hunter mistaking her for a deer. Johnny Calf counters by noting that two heads beat one, while a biting remark about buying hate is delivered. A brief, whimsical weekly item closes with a domestic insect dialogue about rice powder.
A man testifying says he is an expert in his profession but has yet to be tried out as a witness. The Washington Star reports the exchange as part of a courtroom scene capturing doubt and professional pride.
The Baltimore American reports a magazine editor facing upheaval as key writers resigned in a quick, chaotic shake up. The editor insists the situation isn’t madness just a surge of excitement from the sudden departures.
Joan, governor and duchess, faces danger as Muscovite forces threaten Courtland. Werner, loyalist, begs clemency while Joan learns of her love for Conrad. Boris and Jorian bring in Plassenburg forces and news of Hugo's march. Theresa von Lynar pledges aid as Joan resolves a future alliance and vows.
A regional article discusses careful seed corn selection to double yields with modest cost. It covers isolation to prevent cross pollination, selecting ears and stalks at maturity, balancing stalk height with ear vigor, and testing seed under adverse conditions. Farmers lacking seed selection can still improve by winter field selection and ensuring evenly sized grains.
Boris and Jorian quarrel over insults and love while awaiting a mission. The pair prepare for a dangerous escort in the Castle of Courtland as tensions rise with Theresa von Lynar and Muscovite intrigue. Enter sisters Anna and Martha Pappenheim, teasing the soldiers about their grooming.
A Bangor crowd greeted President Roosevelt during a Maine state fair visit three years earlier, with a vivid scene of a conspicuously dressed woman near the crowd reacting loudly as the President approached, describing excitement and a near collision in the stands.
Gouldsboro in Lackawanna County once founded by Jay Gould now sits as a deserted village. A Lackawanna County School Superintendent Taylor report notes dwindling public school attendance to a mere fifteen pupils and the disappearance of tanneries sawmills and other industry.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple corn husking aid. Two seven foot two by four pieces are threaded through a wagon rear wheel to lift fodder off the ground creating table space. A man can stand upright, husk, bind, and declutter as he loads each armful into the wagon.
Farm Journal explains a quick fix for broken barn door wheels. Pry open the slot, remove the wheel, and turn it so the Range side faces the barn. Readjust the slot and hanger for the door to operate again.
Farm Journal urges small rewards for boys who grow the best corn or potatoes this year. Offer them a patch to farm and allow full swing, or give them a colt or sheep as a prize, seen as one of the best things you can do.
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