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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
2
A seventh English steamer has departed Fiume carrying 4 600 Hungarian horses for Britain in South Africa. The animals are said to be fat and tender. The piece reflects on automobile danger and the Arbor Day tradition, noting its evolving past since the first forestry congress.
Among the notable foreign born youths training in the United States are T. and Y. Sung grandsons of Li Hung Chang. Aged 21 and 18 they differ from their grandfather in politics and support the Chinese reform movement studying Western civilization to apply on return to China.
The Milan project to build a new facade has faced fourteen years of delay and mounting opposition. The old facade was discordant yet praised for its fine details, and the bequest meant to fund the facade may revert to Milan’s hospital if construction does not start on time, a loss many locals may deem tolerable.
An editorial notes France supports child thrift and reports American cities now encourage penny saving. Eight years ago Grand Rapids savings bank piloted the plan in four schools, twelve weeks later it expanded to all schools. Now several thousand child depositors hold over seventeen thousand dollars, with more than five hundred schools using similar saving systems.
The piece traces how long each ex president lived after leaving office. It notes Washington lived longer after retirement than Polk and Arthur, while Adams and his son John Quincy Adams served the country for many years post presidency. It lists Van Buren, Madison, Jefferson, Tyler, Pierce, and Hayes with years of retirement.
In Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v Campbell the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously held the 1897 populist act requiring free two way transportation for one car load of live stock unconstitutional. The decision reverses lower courts, calling the law a deprivation of property without due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
A December 10 letter from a Seaforth Highlanders sergeant describes a Black Watch assault failing, survival under constant enemy fire, cooling thirst, heat, and a long day hiding amid screams and wounded. He recalls lying still until dark, narrowly avoiding enemy trenches, and finding countless dead nearby.
During the Civil War a Tennessee town split in sympathy between Union and Confederates. A Southern store owner hid a 12 year old girl and her promised calico dress worth a dollar a yard. A Confederate cavalry detachment seized it, a young officer retrieved it, and General Joe Wheeler later became famed for the incident reported by Outlook.
The empress of Russia speaks five languages and enjoys riding painting rowing sketching swimming and tennis. Her favorite pastime is drawing caricatures free from censor fear which unsettles ministers and could spell death or Siberia for any other artist.
In a playful note from the Indianapolis Press a husband and wife exchange lines about affection and lingering nerves before and after marriage. The exchange highlights romantic tension and humor with a mention of pins as a joking reminder of past behavior.
A profile of Alfonso XIII of Spain describing him as clever and cultured with a rich income of 1 500 000 annually. He is a military youth educated for kingship, speaks English fluently, loves music and bullfights, lives in Madrid, and follows a strict royal routine under the regent’s gaze.
Lieut Caldwell reports after a three hour submarine trip on the torpedo boat Holland that a determined enemy using a Holland type craft could have rendered impossible the Dewey squadron's occupation of Manila Bay.
Frederick Waterman of Grafton Massachusetts, aged ninety three, has voted in nineteen presidential elections and walked about one hundred fifty miles to view the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument.
A Southwest Harbor fisherman blames warships for driving mackerel away from eastern Maine shores. The piece outlines repeated migrations from deep eastward waters to Yarmouth and Nantucket, with May schools near Yarmouth and August fish along the Massachusetts coast. Fishermen admit the species remains mystifying and hard to predict.
In Marlington a general store displays a frozen scene where a setter dog and about a dozen quail stand staged as if in the woods. Judge William Green lost the dog during a cold outing and found it with the birds frozen nearby, both preserved by sudden cold.
Chauncey M. Depew walked with a politician on 11th avenue as the latter pressed for railroad passes. An interruption by a beggar stalled the exchange until Depew intervened and supplied the passes. Poor beef sells for 35 cents a pound in Havana.
A humorous remark on marriage compares wedding planning to handling delicate tasks, noting only a few possess the skill to make unions work smoothly. The line satirizes traditional expectations and underscores the craft of building lasting vows.
Critics attribute recent reverses to degeneracy and luxury. They warn constant nerve strain and inactivity harm digestion and stomach health. The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a blood purifier and stomach strengthener that cures constipation indigestion and dyspepsia.
A nephew of General Cronje studies for a professional career in London. He has become a British subject and his sympathies align with his new country.
Sardou wrote a drama about medieval witchcraft for Sara Bernhardt. In his youth he was drawn to spiritualism and believed himself to be a medium.
Agents earn substantial commissions by selling household articles on sight for Co H Marshall & Co Department 10 Chicago. Reference: Any Bank in Chicago.
The article notes that a war-related benefit for Canada is a higher chance of securing an all British cable. It highlights improved prospects for British dominance in transatlantic communications and potential strategic gains for Canada.
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