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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
5
Non union painters painted the Syracuse state fair buildings and unions threaten to boycott the fair. They propose repainting the structures with union painters as the sole settlement.
Literary circles debate the authentic copy of L Ami du peuple stained with Marat’s blood. Seven copies have emerged, each solemnly authenticated and bearing the stain, as Paris eyes the genuine relic of the revolutionary martyr.
The will of M Alphonse Milne Edwards leaves his valuable scientific library to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris with sale proceeds increasing the zoology chair stipend. He bequeaths 20 000 francs to the Geographical Society for an annual explorer prize and 10 000 francs to the Society of the Friends of Science.
A feature on western cowboys of the 1870s gathering in Denver to honor their era and contrast stile with today’s ranching. The event will showcase Ernest and other prominent plainsmen, note improved cattle, alfalfa irrigation, and the shift from frontier danger to organized modern ranching led by telegraphs and women in the business.
Margaret Vateline, a Geneva girl, was terrified by a large swarm of bats filling a room. Twenty seven bats were killed and a nest of nineteen had just moved into the unoccupied house. Doctors fear she may lose her reason as bat activity rises in the East with no known cause.
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce urged silk farming in surrounding agricultural districts. Silk worm stocks are sought and 5000 mulberry trees will be planted. Southern California climate is viewed as superior to France for silk culture as demand for raw silk soars. in 1899 imports totaled $43,546,872 from Japan, China, and Italy.
The L A Scott of Philadelphia halted off the New Jersey coast when the engine refused to run. Investigators found about two gallons of green flies packed in an air chamber feeding the flame, drawing fires in like powder. An hour of careful work removed the dead flies and restored the boat to operation.
A New York artist suggests burning waste steam from the Statue of Liberty torch to create a dramatic flame by night. Charles W. Canfield proposes ruby glass screens to tint the glow and a hidden exhaust line to project a luminous plume over the skyline.
A historic newspaper piece claims Paul Kruger is a millionaire through salary pens, coffee allowances, and savings. It notes 100 Transvaal farms, railway interests, dynamite ventures, and lucrative rents from Rustenburg tobacco farms.
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