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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1902
Page
7
Fragmentary verse recalls a rural mood as a narrator wanders through a street scene and orchard path. The speaker’s heart yearns for a heavenly calm amid noisy trade and holiday bustle. References hint at a figure named Francis Saunders and a Harper’s Magazine setting.
Benjamin J. Rice of Pasadena linked to Capt. John Brown era Kansas raids. Hamilton, known as Captain Hamilton, lured Rice with a false welcome, bound him with five raiders, and hid him from his allies. Brown sparked a 150-strong rescue, reinforcing Rice's bond with abolitionists and shaping his view of treachery.
An old soldier recalls the last Union man to leave Chickamauga, a wounded Fourteenth Ohio rider reporting to Gen. Steedman, hobbling on with a mule. The brave figure, near Rossville Gap on Lafayette road, lived on to battle again. The reminiscence ends with a note that many hope there will be no collections in heaven.
A Chicago Inter Ocean writer recalls an army frolic mood with orderly Zinkie and a tall 1840s hat as regiments move in formation. The narrator and Zinkie joke with troops, while Cousin John greets the Sixth Corps and recalls old friends as line after line advances. Some men grow sadder without gaining wisdom.
A New York colonel recounts a tale of Col Duffy of the Sixty-ninth in Tampa during the summer encampment. He describes Gen Half’s request to pass through the camp, met with Duffy’s sharp rebuke about not raising too much dust. The piece ends with a note on the world needing pure food.
An elderly tramp explains a chalk based sign language among wanderers. Simple circles warn of no good to call here or indicate food or money if there is work. Signs foretell reception at farms, danger, or hospitality, shaping wary movements along the roads.
In Stavanger district Jaaderen coast Norway a small shore strip is famed for wrecks. A Norwegian physicist reports the sand here is highly magnetic due to iron ore, shifting a ship compass by a full degree at three miles out, explaining wrecks and echoing old myths of magnetic mountains. The remainder reads as dialogue about an unread letter and withheld thoughts, with style hints of a personal exchange.
The excerpt from Harry de Windt's Finland As It Is recalls Andree and his Arctic voyage near the North Pole. A talkative neighbor prompts questions, and Andree answers with dry humor predicting a north wind will become a one.
The article argues drainage is essential, noting copious rains around the Great Lakes have left Chicago area fields waterlogged. It describes how submerged roots halt growth, reduces yields, and wastes manure, stressing underground drainage to restore soil and permit rapid postrain cultivation. It also cites Pennsylvania station wheat tests showing varietal yield differences and Hessian fly impacts.
A historical note explains wood moisture levels with water in wood at about 45 percent and thoroughly seasoned wood reducing water to around 26 percent. The text comments on material value and processing, noting that poorly prepared stock yields lower quality results and demanding thorough pulverization of clay to achieve best results.
A bulletin from Geneva describes asparagus pests with flaxseed like bodies forming below ground, their maggots mining stems and causing earlier vine decay. It advises winter puparia destruction, removing old stalks, and cautions about beds. Also guidance on potato harvesting timing, digging methods, and risks of immature harvests, plus notes on American packing of apples and a large-scale Arizona date orchard.
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