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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1910
Page
7
Fragmented OCR quotes show a chaotic scene with a boy towing a poodle in front of a ventilation fan. A buyer exclaims about a blooming actress hiring hours daily to wire her poodle. The text includes stray lines from The Simple Life and a late breakfast miscue.
An article argues that clear, defined standards in cattle breeding raise value and prices. It notes breeders with no standards produce lower quality cattle, while those aligning with established beef breeds fetch higher prices. Emphasis is on standards guiding selection, sale values, and meat quality.
Onis Judd Farmer notes two roan and red roan Shorthorns in the illustration. He praises their plain straight backs, well formed heads, and overall development. The heifers were bought to supply purebred stock for the Shorthorn trade and the breed is praised for range adaptability, beef production, milking ability, and global popularity.
The article describes mealy bugs also called cottony cushion scale and how they infect plants. It advises an emulsion of white soap melted with kerosene and water for treating affected plants and notes the mixture can also combat scale on palms oleanders and other thick leaves.
At the Heston poultry show high prices were reported for fancy stock. A crown crane sold for 300 dollars, a Paradise crane pair for 250, a Cytns crane for 325. HM Crest farm sold a Barred Plymouth Rook cockerel for 125. Breeding tickeys sold 50 to 75 each, two Buf Orping fons each 200, a yellow Jacobin pigeon 50. A pen of White Wyandottes brought 500, and a Silver Gray rabbit pair sold to a Rhode Island fancier for 50.
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure kidney weakness and bladder pain within a week. It urges sending for Dr. A. E. Robinson’s home remedy from Detroit Michigan, claiming harmless ingredients and quick relief without a doctor’s fee.
A collage of humor and anecdotes from old magazines ties together a pantry key burned in anger, a farmer cursing a stump, a Valentine day tale, and coffee versus Postum testimonials. The pieces present domestic folly, Irish wit, and health quackery in brisk, period voice.
A business note warns that radical railroad regulation threatens 1910 recovery. Railroads delay budgets and major improvements, fearing legislation and rate increases. The piece urges Congress to restore railway earning capacity to sustain industry, labor, and consumer demand amid an unsettled federal stance.
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