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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1903
Page
2
An article outlines treatment for poll evil and fistula of the withers in horses and cattle. It details opening abscesses, blistering, draining procedures, and ongoing cleansing with antiseptics. It also notes indigo of potash internally for cases and emphasizes patient, repeated interventions over months.
The article notes cranberries thrive from Indiana to New Jersey and Virginia, with Massachusetts, New Jersey and Wisconsin as top producers in 1899. Massachusetts had 5128 acres and 698,906 bushels, New Jersey 8,356 acres and 220,221 bushels, and Wisconsin 6,821 acres and 111,098 bushels. Oregon yielded best per acre at 119. It discusses two cranberry species, Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium oxycoccos, and the history of plantings from Cape Cod between 1800 and 1818.
The piece surveys Caracas relics and statues honoring Bolivar Miranda and other leaders, noting how revolutions shape the city’s memory. It traces a pioneering diving suit by Klingert from 1797, then links early ideas of buoyant ascent to Elizabethan schemes and later submarine trials.
From Farmers' Review and Oklahoma experts. Subsurface plowing on water‑holding rough subsell soil shows little long term benefit. Best practice is deep plowing to 6 to 8 inches with thorough cultivation before sowing. Early fall deep plowing aids wheat yields. late fall deep plowing may reduce yields. Do not subsoil for ordinary crops.
In a quaint scene Baby Alice gawks at a cow wearing a neck bell and refuses to move until the bell rings. She asks her mother if the cow uses the bell to summon the calf for supper, a moment captured from Little Chrunicia.
Advice on clearing weeds with tap roots by cutting below the crown and advocating silos as a public benefit. Warns against personal loss and promotes constructing one’s own silo to aid the community and self.
The fragmentary text notes Beilein trails by a wide margin in a distant contest. It mentions available time and an unclear reference to Britain and Creal. The readable items are sparse and lack concrete actions or outcomes.
Reporter notes Witt J. Lampton on a driving tour near Harper's Ferry. At a wayside inn he orders a fry despite a stew suggestion. The innkeeper jokes about a frying pan on the floor as the poet insists on a fry. Cat named Jim appears as the humorous crowd laughs at the scene.
The notice promotes daily baths in tepid water with Ivory Soap for refreshment and health, advice attributed to Eleanor R. Parker. It also recounts an Isle of Wight railway carriage incident where discharged convicts pursued a mouse, which was recaptured. the mouse had been a prison pet for two years and was very tame, eating crumbs from the keeper’s hand.
A garbled, partial notice mentions a reward of a hundred dollars and various names and actions. The readable fragments reference authorities, a claim of accountability, and warnings about internal matters, with unclear details and multiple misspellings.
A historical reminiscence recalls Col Oslo who governed the delicate young king of Italy later called the prince of Naples. The anecdote shows Oslo’s Spartan discipline sparking criticism yet earning the royal pupil a fond memory upon Princess Yolande’s birth as Oslo was made count. The future sovereign refused signing a request, deeming the boy’s signature worthless. The piece ends with a note titled The Reward of Genius.
A patron recalls a head bartender replacing an assistant as the other man lies in hospital after a failed self administered drink. He allegedly created a drink tied to a name, drank it, was poisoned, and faces attempted death charges with a possible six months upon trial.
A religious paper feature extols Grape-Nuts as rebuilding brain power and stamina. Mick, a builder from Battle Creek Michigan, says the condensed food strengthened thinking, muscles, and digestion, enabling longer work and less fatigue.
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