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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1899
Page
3
An extensive farm page advises on sun drying livestock feed and the dangers of poor fodder lengths. it covers dairy herd health including tuberculosis screening, pasteurization versus sterilization, milk safety, and feeding calves. Poultry flock care focuses on molt management, feeding, water, shade, grit, and lice prevention amid winter.
A London Spectator piece discusses burrowing behavior in small mammals and birds. It notes that rabbits and rats actively create air passages, while foxes badgers and many field mice show less concern. It highlights prairie dogs digging for enjoyment and the risks to property, and contrasts burrowing versus nesting habits in dormice and harvest mice. The article suggests burrowing is often learned or acquired, with nursery burrows used by foxes dogs kingfishers and sandmartins. It also describes foxhound vixens digging burrows to shelter pups and manage entrances.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat piece traces Scotch influence in Cherokee history through figures like John Ross and the Adair, McNair, and Duncan clans. It notes Culloden exiles joining Cherokee society, spread of Scotch names, education opportunities, and ongoing cross-cultural links shaping citizenship and leadership.
A portrait of the West Virginia mountaineer living close to nature. The narrator highlights simple pleasures and self relied sustenance including juicy berries on the road, nuts, ginseng as a revenue source, cows guiding pasture paths, cool springs for thirst, pine knots for light and warmth, mud and stones for building, and a trough carved from a tree serving dual use for dough and a baby.
In Boston there are 44,207 residents born in British America including Ontario Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. The data outlines origins by colony and reflects migration patterns within colonial ties and regional distribution.
Ex Commissioner Newett details the Calumet and Hecla mining complex long line of openings with shafts following the lode dip. He notes vast production figures from 1800s through 1900s, high average ore quality, extensive equipment, and ongoing expansion while highlighting ventilation practices and worker amenities amid plans to extend exploration into northern and southern sections and nearby properties in the Tamarack belt.
Reports say Ferris Haggerty ore is dart gray and may run up to 70 percent copper. The ore body was cut at 180 feet depth, establishing Ferris Haggerty as a leading copper source. Frei A. Miller, secretary of Wyoming Development Transportation, surveys in Carmotgs and Denver to purchase mining gear for several Geld claims.
The United States government purchased the most expensive work in history at about 2.5 million dollars. It spans 112 volumes, with printing costs, salaries, and records purchases making up the remainder, and took ten years to complete. The largest existing book, a Chinese encyclopedia from the British Museum, runs to 020 volumes and cost 6,000 dollars. It covers twenty eight centuries from 1000 B C to 2100 A D, begun by Kang H e who reigned 1662 to 1722, with Jesuit help and a six division structure.
Sophia Brauenlich of New York died leaving a fund to provide country homes for orphans. The first beneficiary went to a New Jersey home last week. another in Hasbro Heights awaits. The fund, growing from donations, aims to care for nearly a hundred girls with separate endowments for continued support if foster parents cannot continue.
The Shah of Persia owns the Kal Han, the world’s priciest pipe at $400,000, richly jeweled and gold throughout. The 1882 visit of the Prince of Wales to the Turkish sultan included diamond inlaid pipes valued at $15,000, while a meerschaum and amber pipe for Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria cost $3,000.
Mrs Robert Baird of 150 Monroe Street Puir haven reported her husband missing since Daly 12 and found him dead in Yale Medical School’s receiving vault. Bain had heart disease and appeared to be resting under a tree when he was stricken while lighting his pipe. No prior case of a body claimed after being placed in the vault is on record.
A fragment notes that top marksmen often have gray or blue eyes, suggesting eye color as a characteristic linked to skill in aiming. The text is informal and lacks additional context or named individuals.
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