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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1902
Page
2
A mixed selection of witty notes and curiosities from a postwar era column. Items mention Japan Haiti Wake Island Wake, Kipling, Lipton, Gates, and Carnegie with light quips on technology, politics, and society. Scattered anecdotes touch on bicycles, education, and a celibacy club in New York.
An article argues that a modern home at moderate cost can offer rich comforts through intelligent design. It stresses simple, refined details like an inglenook and oriel window to boost appeal and value. The block shifts to a prophecy about geopolitical divisions forming a Latin confederacy between 1106 and 1917, predicting terrible events with poor America excluded.
Immense numbers of balloons and flying machines are created on Carl Myers’s farm near Utica New York. The facility showcases American hydrogen balloons and a flying machine that truly soars, along with other aerial contrivances for inventors. The piece compares wartime casualty rates with historic battles, noting higher later war losses and the evolving costs of conflict.
A Cape Ann News recounts a colonial era tale of an Indian chief visiting a state house ceremony. He questions a doorman about military ranks and finally learns the governor’s staff holds the gilded trappings, leaving with disdain and a puzzled nod at the brass lace and gold.
A London newspaper prints a lengthy prophecy by Rev M Baxter predicting the second coming of Christ in 1829. The advertisement claims a sequence of amazing events between 1826 and 1929 leading to the millennium, and asserts Baxter’s unique doctrinal basis in Daniel and Revelation.
Maurice Low argues modern weapons may reduce casualties but evidence from London Chronicle and historical battles like Marengo Austerlitz Jena and Borodino shows high percentages of casualties across twenty two wars. The piece questions the claimed dramatic casualty drop.
Peter Lynch a 35 year old New York man and Montclair Bachelor Club member jokes about ads placing him on the matrimonial market. He says 140 women sought marriage by 6 pm yesterday and 20 more proposals today from women across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Connecticut. He notes rivals mock him but enjoys the joke and calls himself a healthy subject for friends to tease.
A French meteorologist claims a cup of hot coffee serves as a barometer. He advises adding sugar and observing surface bubbles: center group means good weather, circle around the cup signals rain or snow, scattered bubbles indicate changeable conditions.
A story recalls a good fairy granting a wish to a noble person who asks for a ton of coal. The fairies balk, propose arbitration, and compromise on a ton of diamonds. The tale turns on impractical wishes and mock conflict among magical beings.
A reader notes how long summer days resemble brief winter ones as a fellow tends to turn over for another snooze in the morning, reflecting a shared inclination for extra rest.
An experiment station bulletin discusses mating ages in breeding flocks, advising against immature stock and very old animals. It emphasizes maturity for strong lambs and vital growth, and warns that ram quality largely determines flock success. It covers selecting a uniform foundation flock and investing in a good ram, plus a note on avoiding fraudulent cures for cattle disease.
An orchard not cultivated in spring and summer should not be worked in autumn as new wood may grow and fail to harden before cold weather. Good breeding rests on a sound nature as its foundation.
The article debates whether factories should haul milk or if farmers should, noting that factory haul can secure a steady supply but faces logistics like Babcock testing. It cites a Chicago investigation showing butter with 24 percent water from a Kansas creamery and explains current government limits of 16 percent water.
A Los Angeles reader shares dairy experience with alfalfa feeding to two cows, Beauty and Bonita. He describes a 90 foot long patch and daily mowing, watering, and feeding, noting improved milk production, health, and less outdoor exposure for the herd.
Wise dairymen feed cows in summer and fall when forage is insufficient. Dropping milk during feed cuts costs may backfire with long recovery. Corn oats peas and silage sustain milk, while lack of feedstuffs leads to losses. current prices make extensive feeding questionable.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue informs Chicago oleomargarine makers they may not use palm oil in production. Manufacturers object, arguing the law allows vegetable oils and that minimal palm oil colors oleomargarine to resemble butter. They warn the honest effort to color disguises fraud.
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