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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1906
Page
2
Challis notes at county fair exhibits the boom in milking inventions while stressing cleanliness. A state agriculture official says one quarter of farmers’ milk tainted by bacteria, urging better handling and hygiene to protect consumers.
The text discusses alcohol as a fuel with clean combustion, noncorrosive properties, and potential as a main power source, noting abundant raw materials from starch and sugar crops. It contrasts alcohol flames with oil fires and mentions Cuba’s use of baccharine wastes, plus farmer empowerment via sunlight and water. It also comments on Wall Street's gambling, bucket shops, and lax enforcement, describing brokers’ lunches as a lure.
A Mecca resident, M R Whitney, proposes connecting the Salton Sea to the Gulf of California to create a vast impregnable harbor for United States fleets. He claims two books detail the plan, promising a harbor 60 miles long and 20 wide, with fortifications at the gulf head and a canal linked to the isthmian route, potentially enabling control of the gulf and Sonora.
The Croton dam site left vast rock and debris banks after excavation of 1,750,000 cubic yards of earth and 426,000 double yards of rock. Landscape work shaped terraces, a 200 foot bridge, park features, a central fountain, and driveways. The crest road links to Croton Landing station and a 40 mile scenic route along lake shores. The dam length totals 3,168 feet with a 1,000 foot spillway ensuring flood safety.
A brief humorous overheard exchange from the Philadelphia Press includes a crippled speaker claiming cork legs and a merchant dismissing the offer with a brisk Good-day remark. The fragment captures streetwise banter and mid century slang.
A brief note questions pay for two Knicker wages, one at five dollars and the other at ten dollars, attributed to RY in Sun. The fragment suggests a payroll or wage dispute mention without full context.
A Chicago Daily News snippet quotes a witty exchange where a pretty young widow notes the fifth anniversary of her marriage. When asked her age at marriage she replies cryptically, saying she married at the prison age with a sly wink.
In a humorous aside, Uncle Jerry Peebles jokes that hot weather lets a shirt go a week. He quips that calling it clean this morning shields the lie from being known, drawing a chuckle from readers of the Chicago Tribune.
A fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel quotes a stage- or performance-related exchange about having seen Uncle Tom's Cabin. The dialogue evokes a public theater context with limited readable detail. No date or location beyond Milwaukee appears.
Red Cutcheon and Slim Jim Morley terrorize San Carlos with mescal fueled bravado. They encounter the new Ranger County sheriff, Mike Callaghan’s daughter, who fires back from the court house steps. After a dramatic standoff she yields to arrest them, and Red proposes a jail stay. Three months later Red is touted as potential sheriff with public backing.
Civil engineer recounts a India railroad project where an East Indian worker identified missing parts of steam drills hidden in a ship hold. The incident, relayed via telegraph to Calcutta, proved the worker's insight and convinced the engineer of mental telegraphy.
A cheeky exchange unfolds between a wild man from Horneo and a living skeleton over the bearded lady’s seeming immunity to scandal. The skeleton notes she is married to the snake charmer, leaving the bearded figure confident no harm will come.
A fragmented essay contrasts artists with society women and notes the paradoxes of behavior. It suggests a bachelor can emulate a woman in caring for a baby while women sometimes display harsh judgment.
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