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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
3
A Missouri physician formerly named Dr. Pigg has changed his surname to Peak and is described as a cousin of ex Governor Hogg of Texas. A Viennese dentist at the Hygienic Institute in Würzburg claims a successful electricity based bacteria destruction treatment. The method is said to be simple.
The bill in Kansas City itemizes one thousand cattle two thousand hogs two thousand sheep five thousand four hundred bushels of potatoes. The note adds that people cannot live on enthusiasm alone.
Dexter M. Ferry of Michigan gave $25 000 to Olivet College with the condition that his name remain undisclosed until after the adjournment of the Republican State Convention where he sought the governor nomination.
Hyde Park in London adds a bicycle procession to the church parade with Shaikewise Motors providing motor display. Promenaders may enjoy the sight of cyclists in bright attire while admiring the motors’ snorting and backing and forwarding motions.
A Belgian farmer at Hebu terne faced a blaze after a snowstorm caused damp quicklime near his shed to heat. The heat intensified and ignited the shed, destroying the structure and its contents overnight.
In Damendorf Schleswig a peat digger unearthed a well preserved corpse dressed in coarse woolen fabric with red hair and sandals. Dr Splieth of Kiel estimates the body to be around 1 500 years old. Peat preservation is well known and Ireland has shown many remarkable examples.
A live submarine cable will connect the electricity building to the Vincennes annex along the Seine. Complete stations at each end will demonstrate transatlantic message transmission and reception. Souvenir messages may be sent by visitors.
Reports from Assuan Egypt describe fish swimming near the surface above the First Cataract followed by thousands of dead fish in the area. Authorities investigate the cause warning of potential Nile pollution and disastrous consequences if toxic matter is present.
General A W Greely chief signal officer has received numerous letters suggesting devices for the China war. The ideas range from a cipher code to a plan to defeat the Boxer forces in one blow. A western man claims the cipher code is incomprehensible and speaks numbers that must be spoken to convey commands.
Kansas City businessmen launched a good lawns contest ahead of the Democratic Convention, offering about forty prizes totaling sixteen hundred dollars. The top prize was 250 dollars for the prettiest lawn of twenty five feet or more, with awards for children’s lawns, neat vacant lots, window-box displays, and schoolhouse lawns. Committees of prominent out of town ladies chose winners, reflecting a citywide effort to beautify and inspire future civic pride.
A Washington era op-ed defends imperial expansion as duty not greed. It argues the United States embodies an empire through states and territories, rebuts Democratic anti imperialism, and cites Lincoln Grant Harrison and McKinley while condemning flag furling and praise for Hawaii’s role in elections.
The report shows 1899 Pennsylvania pig iron output at 6,542,088 gross tons and steel at 6,446,159 gross tons, dominating U S and British production. It notes 7,093,485 net tons of rolled iron and steel and an aggregate industry value near 500 million dollars with 115,000 workers and rising wages.
The text discusses extending US territorial reach via an interoceanic canal linking Atlantic and Pacific interests. It notes the Clayton Bulwer treaty of 1850 as a barrier, the 1900 convention with Great Britain modifying it, and argues the canal must be neutral and not a military tool.
The article recounts cotton export values by fiscal year and notes a shift during the Democratic administration of 1893-96 when mills closed and cheap cotton fed foreign manufacture. It argues the open mills policy benefits cotton growers as mills reopen and prices rise.
The Democratic platform is framed as Ag'in the Government. Ten cent cotton thrived under Republicans who opened mills. A wartime Republican surplus and a peace Democratic deficit are contrasted. The campaign may not profit Mr. Bryan as much as before, and voters will resist paying to hear hardship tales.
The Department of Agriculture reports progress in defining U S areas suited to high grade sugar beet growth. Seeds were distributed to promising locales and tested under identical culture, with soil and climate as the variables. Results refine the national beet map and may guide future planting for sugar production. The section on foreign markets produced reports on Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines, analyzing trade and resources, while grasses and forage plants were studied to aid ranchers and reseed vast cattle ranges. The agrostologist distributed 5565 seed packages covering 251 varieties, sourced abroad and from field collections.
An article describes a method used by western railroads to destroy weeds along tracks. A portable burning rig on a flatcar heats vegetation with crude oil under a shield, propelled at 10 to 12 mph, with water and oil tanks, air pumps, and adjustable burners mounted on a rear platform for weed control.
Deputy Langley displays carnotite in the bureau of mines exhibit. The mineral from the Yellow Bird group in Montrose county is a yellow crystalline powder with a quartzose sand. Hildebrand analysis shows uranium 52.28 percent and vanadium 17.80 percent, with potassium and other elements. The Yellow Bird mines, once owned by Gordon Kimball, are now held by a French syndicate building a processing plant.
In New York City Judge Finn of the First Municipal Court presided over a case where the defendant refused to pay a $92 poker debt. Five lawyers offered opinions on what poker is and whether it is a game of chance. The court ruled for the plaintiff.
Geneva adopts a new glass refuse paving method with blocks pressed from glass waste. Streets already paved show durable, decorative results and several European cities have adopted the invention.
The exact center of population of the United States lies in Jackson County Indiana east of Brownstown. The point is uninhabited with no population at that site according to the latest enumeration.
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