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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1901
Page
2
A collage of terse items reports a Chicago telecopier bandit, workers abroad, a church bell with a dry tongue, and the sultan forbidding balloons for army use. It notes beekeeping, Canadian gold coin plans, and a map of Vesuvius. Kansas police chase a nonexistent forty dollar bill, a Boston pastor declines a salary increase, and Algeria’s prehistoric finds spark intrigue.
Farmers learn to select hardy, marketable duck breeds like Black Cayuga Rouen Aylesbury Pekin and separate feeding for meat and egg production. Holiday poultry supply forecast shows turkeys abundant while ducks and geese soften demand. price trends vary with feed and market. Butter hardness linked to cow diet with potatoes cottonseed meal and alfalfa hay. changes in feed alter fat composition and texture.
At a California Dairymen’s Association meeting the hardness of butter was discussed. The body of butter is seen as influenced by the feeder and butter maker. Some believe milk with large fat globules yields a lower melting butter, softer from Channel Island stock versus cheese breeds, a view opposed by others. The discussion noted butter from milk late in lactation may differ.
Mesars and McLaughlin Brothers report from Colum bus Ohio that James McLaughlin in Caen dated October 9 notes Paris horses at the Epreuras event meeting required sire criteria for 4000 meter tests. He recalls Vincennes Prix du Ministere de l Agriculture where three stallions were bought for 20,000 francs each. Achat presentation set for tomorrow morning.
The writer recalls a convention where L H Kerrick spoke on cheap beer and high prices, noting he profits only because hogs follow the steers and utilize undigested corn. A beef raiser like Kerrick credits hogs’ value on the farm, a truth some beef producers resist. In western regions, especially where corn is fed whole, the hog’s role appears indispensable to beef profitability.
A historical note on feeding pigs with whey. Sour whey loses food value and has limited digestion benefits. Mixing whey with grain may reduce fever from overfeeding. Prefer mixed meal rich in albuminoids like peas, wheat, shorts and bran for porcine diets.
Werteen Sharpman, a prominent Wyoming sheep grower, says the western sheep industry is in stronger financial shape than in years. He notes a Wyoming mercantile firm has contracted to deliver 2,000,000 pounds of corn to sheepmen for on-range storage along the rail line. Breeders claim the corn can be fed in small amounts on the range during bad weather, as high quality feed and cheap insurance against feed shortages.
The piece notes Alabama's fine historic Capitol on a hill and its rich associations but observes there is no governor's mansion. It suggests the state is beginning to consider adding a governor's residence.
In a rough speech filled tale, a suitor to Matilda Miggins negotiates marriage amid cranky fatherly demands. The elder sets a bear hunt test as the condition for consent, insisting the suitor kill a bear in a fair fight and present the carcass in good order before marriage plans and business talks proceed.
A man sets out to trap a bear for his love Matilda. He captures a large black bear alive with a tin pail and ax, marches it to Miggins’ house, and negotiates a marriage. Matilda’s father later learns the bear is old and may have been used in a bluff, but the couple wed anyway.
A fragment from the Beston Herald discusses a professor who links finger tip shapes to character and sexuality. It references rulers and queens, noting various hand shapes and alleged traits, ending with a wary tone about misreading features.
Kansas City Journal reports trend toward older marriages. Average groom age now about 32 and bride about 42 for early licenses, with men and women generally delaying first ties by a decade or more compared with twenty years ago. May marriages skew younger, but fall weddings show older cohorts. The clerk cites economic factors and delayed independence as key causes.
The Adirondack woods once populated by devoted women hunters and anglers are thinning as fashion and rising leisure trend reduce women venturing into forests for deer, trout, or hunting. While some woodswomen remain in the Adirondack League Club, overall numbers appear to be shrinking yearly across regions with good hunting and fishing.
General Hawley pays tribute to Charles Dudley Warner describing him as a true gentleman and devout, who lived a religious life and avoided coarse stories. He recalls Warner's quiet dignity, respect for duties, and a gracious wit and humor found in his works.
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