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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1907
Page
2
An article describes a plan to control a dangerous ram by placing a boot leather hood over its eyes. The device uses loops around the horns or ears and a tie with rawhide to calm the animal. The design aims to prevent aggression and protect handlers.
A fragment on feeding figs with clover and alfalfa, arguing that grain rations improve growth and economic yield. The text cites a Nebraska experiment showing grain amounts per day affect cost per 100 pounds of gain, suggesting figs alone do not sustain summer growth without some grain.
Docking lambs is advised at ten days to two weeks to reduce bleeding and promote quick wound healing. A clean knife and skilled restraint prevent injury. a string may stop bleeding briefly. Meat quality has improved with high breeding and feeding, aided by reduced exercise. Remove sweaty harnesses promptly and use kindness in managing draft animals and equipment.
The Poland China hog is praised for fattening ease and lean meat production. Experts note market demand favors meat and lard, urging protein-rich feeds and winter corn diets to improve muscle growth, storage, and profitability for pork producers in the corn belt.
A reader explains portable halfacre hog pens with moving houses for sows and piglets, allowing fresh green pasture by shifting lots. Rotating batches, plowed former lots in rye or forage crops, and keeping clean, dry, sanitary sleeping quarters. Six to ten acre paddocks recommended for growing pigs to wean and build bone and muscle.
A quirky ad copy notes a trough with a board joint at location A and a handle for emptying the gough. It claims you can upset it without climbing the fence, attributed to W. T. Banks of Fall Rover, Kansas.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a convenient, nourishing food that needs no preparation and is easily digested. The ad notes it is pre-cooked at the factory, served with cold cream or hot milk, and emphasizes its sweet grape sugar content formed during production. It cites Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan and mentions The Road to Wellville.
A fat man on a streetcar circularly asks 14 male passengers to join a straw vote for the next presidency. All comply except a journeyman who fears losing his job after his boss may run and could dismiss him. The tale ends with the ex-guest leaving with office supplies and fading from Market Street.
A damaged fragmentary verse from a Washington source depicts a boy named Wille with destructive acts and provocative lines. The text references hammering furniture and threatening turmoil, with a note that he is not a mollycoddie and that the speaker fears harm to a teacher.
A Washington Star exchange has a daughter asking for money this summer while the father contemplates a future of graduation marriage and broader world peace. The dialogue hints at ambition and progress amid family plans and global aspirations.
In a brief aside the conversation notes Mr Smallpurse recounts theater trip costs while Miss Gehall expresses fatigue from late performances and postplay routines, including supper at Rector's and a lengthy ride home. Browning is asked about by Mr Smallpurse in a fleeting exchange from N Weekly.
Quote from Chicago Daily News features Mr Stormington Barnes asking if a hit made a leading man. Mr Walker Tighs replies that he struck the manager for back salary, but no coin was forthcoming. The item reflects a sensational exchange about pay and power within a company.
A caller seeks medical advice about an untidy face while explaining the issue concerns his wife who finds it beastly untidy. The doctor advises not to worry, noting the caller is concerned about his appearance rather than his health.
A Chicago Journal fragment shows a woman asking who created the hills and valleys, and a man replying he just moved to town last week, capturing a humorous local vignette.
A fragment from a periodical blends maxims and classical wit. Archimedes aids a pupil in a math problem until a spark of understanding appears, while a motoring quip reflects enduring humor about fines and value.
A quirky item reflects on entrepreneurial schemes and space imagery. The piece imagines a future where even a millionaire milkman might venture into the Milky Way, underscoring a joking leap of imagination.
A reader quotes a conversation where the Gentleman Farmer laments his hens dying suddenly. The Ancient Man concludes the hens are dead, giving a curt, old time reply. The exchange highlights rural humor and brisk, dialect driven banter between the characters Uncle Totterly and Mr. Ciitily.
A fragment from Puck includes dialogue about a liberal arts education with study in New York Berlin and Paris. The line questions what comes next for Mise Ginx, implying a transition from study to work or artistic pursuit. The passage lacks full context and a complete narrative.
The fragmentary lines hint at Mrs Hanks and a response to a scandal rumor with a witty retort reported by Puck. The brief text preserves a tone of magazine satire and raises questions about originality in social discourse.
In Salt Lake City a renewed effort to improve student welfare introduces a new school desk designed by W. Ehler and Charles Orr. The desk promises back support along the spine with an adjustable seat and slight rearward tilt, and is being installed in new buildings. Earlier desks included the old rigid models and the so called iv desk with limited support.
A fragmented London Sketch style excerpt notes a rare urban creature and shifts to memories of marriages, stage anecdotes, and odd curiosities. It mentions Irving memories, Lionel Barrymore, a dying actor, and a Bible found after seventy years in Wisbach with folded leaves. A sea curiosities section hints at peculiar marine life.
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