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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1906
Page
3
The article explains an economical feeding method for rape peas and oats using movable hurdles built from ordinary fencing lumber. Panels ten to twelve feet long with four or six inch width and one inch thickness are braced and set in uprights to form a movable pen. Move daily in the afternoon to prevent sheep from overgorging on fresh forage.
A practical notice on using rape as a catch crop for sheep pasture, sowing mid July, and expected benefits including lambs in September. It covers hog housing and feeding, sow health, and general sheep care, emphasizing low cost, high forage value, and the importance of water, shelter, and clean pens.
The article explains selecting cattle and sheep by beef or dairy purpose to maximize profit. It argues beef breeds yield better market meat, emphasizes early maturity with proper feeding, and contrasts Jersey Ayrshire dairy types with Hereford and Short Horn beef types. It notes fat distribution and the advantage of finishing carcasses with the right breed.
The article presents two six by six foot hog houses for field use with simple A frame or shed roof designs on runners or stationary, designed to shelter hogs from heat and storm. It notes the plans suit pasture hogs and that many users winter housing successfully.
Farmers suggest letting hogs roam with dairy cattle to forage naturally. They argue pigs thrive outdoors, avoiding confinement while cows graze, potentially reducing feeding costs and expanding pasture use.
Edwin I. Prindle argues that invention grows from known forms and reasoning, not pure genius. He cites Edison on imagination and perseverance, and presents three evolved inventions: the automatic valve gear by a boy named Humphrey Potter, the calc ulograph used in toll telephony, and a knot tying mechanism for a self binding harvester.
The text notes that animals seek quiet dark airy places and drink water when feverish. It mentions a dog using a diident fog grass as a purgative and emetic, and cows seeking herbs when ill. A wounded chimpanzee has been seen stopping bleeding with a plaster of chewed leaves and grass.
American sewing machines now hold over 10 000 patents and are sold in every country. They serve diverse uses from boats and ships to tents sails and carpets, with beds up to 18 feet and capabilities equalling many hand sewers. They also produce bags corsets hats caps gloves harness and saddlery.
An old man asks his nephew to read a newspaper for him. The young reader quotes a spoof message including figures about army and navy applicants and railroad land grants, then a plug for Brown's shoe store and Parker & Taylor shirts. The old man halts, claiming he has heard enough.
A North Carolina telegraph venture, nearly abandoned after years of losses, survived when a mob kidnapped a disliked prisoner and found his body hanged. News coverage spiked the line's traffic for three days, and stockholders learned a dividend would be paid, though they rejected honoring the deceased with thanks.
A playful exchange unfolds as a wife plans a summer away and jokes with her husband about a new cane handle. She hints at a parrot themed grip but reveals the handle will depict a lobster, prompting a flirtatious pushback about taste and style.
In St Thomas's Hospital London records from 1570 an entry grants the poor three pints of beer for two months, with a quart at dinner and a pint at supper, after which the old allowance returns. The almoner and steward are ordered to buy only the best buffets without bones and marzipan is excluded.
A writer in The Lady argues young women today are less eager to marry. In past eras an unmarried girl after a few seasons was seen as a reproach to her parents and a blot on the marriage market. Now the unmarried have formed a tacit union pushing down the stigma.
Frugal tips urge saving soap scraps for floors and laundry, using bathwater and dishwater for plants, letting freezer ice water kill weeds, repurposing coffee grounds and tea scraps, rice water for soups, potato water for yeast, corn husks and nutshells for fire-starting, and soot as fertilizer. Emphasizes efficient, practical housekeeping and warns against wasting time on useless savings.
A garbled domestic guidance item lists fashion notes for wearing Polkadot stocks with tailored waists and cheap home hacks. It also covers treating burns with moistened tea leaves, chilling candies before burning, kerosene as a repellent, linen purchases per bed, candle ends for fire starting, and frying large radiaries with seasoning for a savory dish.
A brief note on French coffee making notes that the classic drip method yields a raw taste. It suggests boiling the coffee briefly after dripping as an alternative. A Parisian woman reportedly uses an agate ware coffee pot with a cheese cloth bag and boils the coffee directly in the pot.
Thomas Dinsmore of Palermo Maine launches a plan to give every newborn a five dollar bankbook and earlier a one dollar gift to graduates. His thrift program aims to teach savings, curb premature spending, and strengthen national wealth through prudent finance.
In Milton Oxford County Maine Joel Perkins clears land and grows crops while extending credit to neighbors using chalk on his cabin door. He marries a Bethel woman who wipes the accounts clean but reestablishes them with chalk. Joel replies that the ledger may be thinner but the man’s better.
Robespierre, once an opponent of capital punishment, resisted an Arras appointment and later, as his power rose, urged the national assembly that the death penalty is unjust, ineffective at deterring crimes, and increases offenses.
A stagenstruck youth begs his father to let him choose his own path. The father dismisses the idea with blunt mockery, insisting the son is not yet aiming for the theatre and should pursue carpentry. The exchange reveals tension between ambition and parental control.
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