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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
15
A Lincoln park incident describes nine rats wiping out a 48 strong prairie dog colony. Rats used a Mac bush entrance, divided the prey, and left skeletal remains and pile of victims. Park officials will issue a new batch of prairie dogs and tighten safeguards.
A historical snippet argues that in three years Italy could enter open commercial war with two allies. It questions the triple alliance’s value after sacrifices and suggests Italy consider an accord with France and Spain for political and economic gains, as discussed amid quoted editorial banter and jokes.
Alfred J. Smith of Nogales Arizona describes two local features buzzards and tamales seen across Mexico Arizona and California. He says Mexicans love red peppers, use them heavily in dishes and hanging braids. He notes buzzards avoid eating pepper saturated bodies, a common belief in the desert border area.
Presiding Mrs. Ulysses Grant writes in Harpers Bazaar on the courage of army wives and widowed mothers, praising their endurance amid long separations and war’s toll. She notes six weeks before letters arrive from the Philippines and honors those who wait, grieve, or endure loss from battle.
The London Daily Graphic reports the resting place of Ireland’s patron saint in Diamine Cathedral graveyard has a seven ton granite bowl shaped memorial from Slieve na Largie. It bears an Irish cross and the name Patric in early Celtic script, dated to near 469. Initiated by F J Bigger of Belfast with W J Fennell supervising.
Burton brewing districts show increased beer output since hostilities began, aided by railway capacity and steady domestic demand. One firm pays Midland company a quarter of a million annually for carriage, with other major breweries reporting similar sums. South Africa troop shipments are minimal, not offsetting any local consumption rise.
Rhoda Riggs, a ranch girl near the Pinera canyon, bound up a wounded prospector at her ranch and rode with her rifle to warn Fort Grant. She organized cowboys into a makeshift army, chased Chiricahua trackers, and helped rout the Apache band before soldiers arrived. Arizona venerates her as a heroine.
A sallow man and a fat man discuss the drainage canal and summer outings. The balmy air and sparrows nesting outside set a calm scene as the man laments the canal driving him to spend on a nine dollars a day resort to avoid malaria from the river.
The Hindoo is described as a strict vegetarian and fatalist, yielding to famine with stoic endurance and possible relief station aid. New Zealand offers steady work at two dollars daily for eight hours, ensuring employment for all applicants. A Cuban orphans’ fair in New York featured eighty Japanese participants, including five girls in kimono, highlighting a sudden rise in Japanese residents.
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