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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1909
Page
2
A garbled collection of opinions and notices touches on war scares, politics, fashion, science, and culture. It mentions Cubs baseball, Father’s Day, insomnia cures, Niagara myths, a Brooklyn clergyman, Atlantic travel plans, and a wide array of curious conjectures about politics, technology, and society.
A critic argues that claims of barbaric American luxury are exaggerated. The rich in New York Philadelphia and Chicago are compared with European elites. Homes of Morgan Carnegie Rockefeller McCormick etc are noted as lavish yet not uniquely extravagant. The article blames Puritan democratic ideals for portraying wealth as corrupt.
A visiting observer praises a family with exemplary manners and refined behavior. Parents raise children to be courteous, dress for company, and foster lively conversation while valuing happiness and politeness at every meal. The family culture eschews coarseness and promotes harmony and entertaining dialogue.
The piece argues unions are valuable to workers and employers though broad and evolving. It notes past mistakes such as opposing new machinery and limiting apprentices, acknowledges abuses in union shops, and observes that organized labor grows stronger and more conservative over time.
A rambling Irish storyteller recounts meeting Condy Haraghey in County Monaghan, lodging with a wary couple near Carickmacross, and swapping a riddle for whisky and a goose. The tale blends bravado, humor, and local color as a lively, rambling night unfolds with a comic sting.
Discussion of dairy Shorthorns focusing on dairy conformation and beef traits. Notes include Lula the Missouri cow yielding 605 pounds of butter annually, and ideas on selective breeding for milk and fat while retaining good beef characteristics. References dairy Shorthorns from Australia and examples showing dairy form.
Selection of dairy cows for wholesale and milk trade favors Red Polls Holstein Durham Ayrshire for general cream and Guernsey Jersey for cream. Native cows show extraordinary milking and larger milkers come from Durham and Ayrshire lines in Virginia Valley. Calves and heifers should be bred for milking quality with strong teats veins and frame. Feed should emphasize pasture forage and grain to prevent overbuying fresh cows.
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