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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
2
A collage of world notes and quips on graft in Japan, aviation dreams, new ships, fashion shifts, and public figures. Snippets include Astor and Waldorf Astor, Peary cargo, Japan debt, Rome dredging plans, and a playful jab at Boston’s Globe.
A collection of magic tricks for stage and home uses includes a double funnel illusion with water transfer, a whalebone spring stick rising from a pot, and a three-knife bridge supported by three tumblers. Safety notes describe drowning rescues and release moves, followed by a card color trick explained via card bending. The piece concludes with sparrow fed canary anecdotes, a magic lamp demonstration, mirror experiments, and porosity tests using boiling water and various materials.
Instructions describe a wooden framed shelter 10 by 12 feet built from pine branches and bark with front and back dimensions, roof and walls layered for waterproofing, plus a bed frame of crook top branches and bark ties. The method includes layering, window and door weaving, and a pine wood bedding setup for a healthy sleep.
A detailed account describes Japanese whaling methods. Boats circle and drive the whale into large square nets, then a hunter pierces the tail area to trap it. The carcass is hoisted and secured as boats return to shore. A village temple holds a memorial service three days after the kill.
A poetic meditation on idleness and effort in archaic diction, urging the speaker to cast away dreamlike ease. The piece calls forth visions of water, forests, and distant figures, invoking resolve and endurance while lamenting idle days.
The piece argues that modern society values continued activity rather than age, noting longer productive lives and reduced reverence for aging. It cites shifts in social behavior from elder formality to encouragement of ongoing business, professional, or political work, while acknowledging potential industrial efficiency tradeoffs.
A Waterford Vermont dairy farm owned by Winfield S Hastings features an eighty foot diameter round barn with no basement posts, a central 18 foot diameter silo, and 84 cow stalls. The 400 acre farm supports a herd of fifty grade Jerseys yielding about 200 pounds of butter weekly, with a large hay loft and extensive ventilation. The structure uses 140,000 feet of timber and 1,000 hinges in its octagonal roof and walls drawing 2,500 visitors from the Passumpsic valley to view Hastings’ innovative design.
A Pasadena workshop established near Lake Avenue by Pross Barnard and Ritchey for the Yerkes telescope project. The site on Santa Barbara street houses a lens ground in Paris and a 12 plate mounting to support a one ton crystal mass. The facility aims to photograph distant nebulae and measure heat and light from distant galaxies.
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