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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
6
A fragment describes Lofty taking his images out rowing on a Sunday, the boat rocking and Lofty drowning. Ruth remarks that the idiot might have lived and married, while Jack notes Lofty’s fate and the escape implied in the line about the passage.
An 1907 Vermont reader reports severe facial and neck eczema that burned raw. After trying three doctors, Cuticura Soap and Ointment allegedly cleared the condition in under three months, with accompanying notes from Boston and references to tuberculous prevention efforts by insurers and fraternal orders.
J Grant Moran argues that judging best dairy cows should rely on experience and conformation rather than purebred versus grade, warning that naked scorecards miss temperament and functional dairy traits. He shares anecdotes about milk flow, nervous temperament, and ideal body conformation for top milking cows.
A self feeder for horse feed is described to curb rapid eating. Built from one inch boards, it resembles a poultry hopper. The design limits grain quantity per scoop and the bottom features enough slope to release all feed into the trough.
The article notes alfalfa as a premier roughage and claims alfalfa alone can fatten cattle as quickly as oat and timothy hay. It praises clover as roughage, and advises marketing cattle only in prime condition, avoiding extreme finish to protect profitability in commercial fattening.
Hoards Dairyman advises growing cow peas with corn to boost protein in silage. Whippoorwill peas are favored for corn pairing as they cling to the stalk and ripen with the corn. Suggestions vary from planting one to two gallons of peas per acre to alternating corn and peas at specific spacings. Silage mixtures of cow peas and corn outperform cow peas alone, or peas and corn may be grown separately and mixed at ensilage.
A fragment shows Gwendolyn de Courtenay in a public display of agitation on stage. The scene depicts her frenzied hair pulling and nervous tension as a maid struggles with clothing, while sly quips and backstage chatter hint at theater life and comic misadventure.
A brief agricultural note discusses profitable beef cattle growth praising the farmer’s skill and industry. It emphasizes proper feed from the farm and warns against overfeeding grain at fattening start. It recommends grinding corn and oats with bran and meal as an initial grain ration and notes increasing corn as cattle progress.
Advice on feeding horses in teams warns against equal rations for both animals and suggests adjusting amounts to keep each in good health. It notes a general rule that when a sheep is sick and no treatment is known, letting nature take its course may be prudent, with emphasis on proper care light feeding and protection from exposure.
A fragment rich in dialogue and social commentary sketches a minister’s moral urging Love your neighbor as yourself and a neighborly whisper about a widowed woman. It juxtaposes playful reflections on love language, masculine viewpoints, and satirical sketches The Bachelor and The Widow.
Miss Reel, secretary of the interior for the Choctaw Indian schools, earned a salary of 4000 dollars and proved a capable state superintendent. She governed 279 schools with 25 634 pupils and 2423 employees, riding hundreds of miles yearly to reservations. Sophia Pritehtyn, Choctaw princess, runs a prize winning poultry business from 1104 Sixth Northwest, showcasing brown hens with ribbons across major eastern cities.
A fragmented dispatch describes a laundress as a prophet figure and a chauffeur’s guest with a broken arm. Police, a matron, and an ambulance attend as the injured woman clutches a linen suit intended for a joy ride, implying a chaotic incident labeled "How 807."
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