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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
7
An Ohio inquiry examines how wide and narrow wagon tires perform. Tests by Prof. JW Waters show wide tires draft less load than narrow on marl, dirt, clay, and meadow surfaces. Wide tires reduce tracking and improve tread stability, especially in rear and forward positions.
Victims include children and animals who eat stems and bulbs of poisonous plants. For animals, pouring melted lard down the throat often relieves pain and may save life when given soon after exposure. For children, administer a prompt emetic, then sweet oil or milk, with opium drops if needed. Keep patient walking if drowsy and use whisky in small doses if necessary.
A brief note describes using a heavy litre to protect a spring and form a watering trough by cutting it into two parts and placing them as shown. The method aims to conserve spring water and provide livestock access.
A design describes half inverted sections placed over a spring and connected by a pipe to a second half used as a drinking bottle for stock. Kept covered, the water stays clean for people to drink. A stone foundation supports the tubs though livestock tramp nearby and a drinking cup can hang inside the top.
The article discusses farming values, curb appeal of clean turf, and the need to maintain farm buildings. It notes weed control, soil depth of roots, and the benefit of proper cultivation for future crops while stressing practical agricultural improvements and the dangers of neglect.
The text explains cenotes in Yucatan as natural water caves tied to Maya settlements. It notes underground rivers feeding cenotes, ancient towns built around them, ruins surrounding many cenotes, and methods used to reach cool waters. Describes Uxma cenote with 49 feet depth and Rol anchen cenote with five rock openings and ladder access. 1400 feet of laddered descent, water depth under 500 feet.
A brief excerpt notes the Kuruman public library in Bechuanaland as possibly the smallest in existence yet well stocked with books and enjoying many subscribers. Also described are offshore California sea islands with towering seaweed forests that form natural wave breaks and homes for marine life, plus a Pittsburgh boy stunning a large Allegheny River catfish weighing 35 pounds and nearly four feet long.
A cromlech or rocking stone on the Earl Annesley estate near Castlewellan County Down Ireland weighs many tons yet is balanced so delicately that a push with an umbrella can move the top stone, illustrating ancient engineering and lore.
Rear Admiral Buehler at Atlantic City extols humor as a blessing in life for women soldiers sailors and clerks yet warns excess humor. He recounts a flogging tale of a British soldier who laughs through punishment until the sergeant asks why and the soldier replies I’m the wrong man.
A curious Central African nest discovered by Dr. C Christy was sent to the Natural History Museum. The froth nest contained a mass of tadpoles, revealing an unusual breeding site in the field study.
Policeman Flynn narrates a satirical lesson on social ranks and politics using a Scots flavored banter about three kinds of men, a mayor’s man and a gazabo. The piece mixes street dialogue with a city beat and a run on a curious civic scene. It closes with an anecdote about a balked automobile and a girl who lightens the moment.
An English Country Life writer recounts a striking foster-mother example in Pickering area. A cat nursed two fox cubs found by a stable worker aged about ten days, after which the cubs thrived alongside the cat and her own kittens. The animals appeared healthy and playful as photographer captured the scene.
The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry adopted a rabbit found by a regimental postman in a letterbox in Wrexham Denbighshire. A halft penny stamp label bearing a gentleman’s address attached to its neck. The rabbit is receiving special attention from the regiment.
A Seaforth Highlanders door was a pet of the Twenty sixth battery, named Antony a small donkey that joined the unit in India and became a favorite, marching, eating and drinking with the soldiers. A bear mascot for the Gloucester regiment grew ill tempered and had to be shot.
A Westside resident recounts an unusual epitaph about Henry Harris born 27% isa Harris and Jere his wife died in May 1937 by a horse kick. The inscription speaks of peace for a son and a forthright memorial, noting sorrow and weeping are no more.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania Taylore Shuck recounts visiting an old cemetery and copying an inscription from a famous monument. The note includes a reproduction of the epitaph exactly as it appears in the accompanying cut. Chicago later Ocean.
In Gretel suburb near Paris an intruder enters the home of Mme Rollet and her niece, a 12 year old. The child pleads for mercy, moving the burglar to bind wounds and provide aid. He departs at dawn after saying he would burgle because he cannot find honest work.
Shreds of an ancient defense are described as shield coverings made from hide and reinforced with metal rips. The mysterious phrases mention shouted dimensions and half man height measurements, suggesting how such armor was perceived in historical accounts.
General Nelson A Miles recounts a humorous incident about a cowbox guide who shared a tavern room with a stranger. The plan to split the bed leads to a clash of manners as the eastern guest asks for a trim to improve the walls, turning a simple lodging into a satirical moment cited by Success Magazine.
George Hartman killed a 20 pound pickerel in the shallow marsh at the foot of Main Street. He battered it with a brick after chasing it a while, then threw the brick and ended the pursuit. Nelson Correspondence 3t. Paul Pioneer Brows.
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