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Newspaper
Blackfoot News
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
7
The Blackfoot News notes that with the opening of the presidential campaign the country may see another natural gas boom. The paper also recalls Chicago robbers posing as constables and a market gardener losing money in a dice game and then being robbed.
The article notes debates over armor plate and a new shell. Mount Lassen near Red Bluff, California, is said to rumble as a possible vice presidential candidate contemplates there. Lord Roberts reports a cheery telegram from Col. Baden-Powell about Mafeking. strikes grow with nearly 100 600 workers seeking shorter hours, mostly peaceful, with violence blamed on noncitizens.
The Sahara experience shows dark colored horses endure heat better. A Nature writer notes India confirms this and adds tropical animals tend to have darker coats. The passage also observes that the darkest hued human groups inhabit warmer regions.
The city employment bureau matron notes eight boys arriving to seek cooks laundresses or parlor maids and each makes a clear request and finishes quickly. The text adds the new boy as a product of the age capable of self care and managing a bachelor setup without dropping from school rank.
The debate over the territory name ends with the board of geographic names favoring Puerto Rico while Congress enacts Porto Rico as the legal territorial form. The President accepts the board's authority. the clash highlights the long struggle for uniform spelling.
German astronomer Dr. J Halm suggests Earth axis wobble results from solar magnetic influences. He compares sunspot records with irregularities in the north pole, noting coincidences: sunspot maxima coincide with stronger magnetic effects and greater axial distortion, which lessen as activity wanes.
A reflection extols a good man as useful and productive, not ornamental, with work to do and a role to fill. His truthfulness and blessings benefit others, and he remains spared from removal due to his continued productiveness and guidance.
George H. Wright a lawyer mining engineer and journalist with a polished image is charged in Utah and Colorado with four murders and other crimes. Rewards pursue him as sheriffs hunt him while his former associate William Candish and his daughter hold a grim link to Wright's past and a fortune tied to mining property.
A strange illness in Butte Montana, blamed by residents on a new plague from returning Philippines soldiers, has killed over 150 since mid March and left about 250 ill. Experts suspect a pneumonia form though panic persists about plague origin.
An expedition led by Dr Manfted with twenty men and fifty eight pack animals journeyed from Cuyaba toward the Xingu in Brazil. Canoes capsized thirty five times causing loss of provisions and photographs while the party subsisted on monkeys and fish for months. They reached the Xingu mouth after three months, encountered new Indian tribes, and suffered fever amid dwindling medical supplies.
Henry Demas a prominent Louisiana politician dies in New Orleans at age fifty two He was the last of the souths negro politicians to hold power and controlled his St John district for a quarter century Known as the Black Princes he was a sugar and rice planter Three years ago President McKinley appointed him to a lucrative office but Senate rejected the nomination amid integrity charges
A quirky adage-like line argues that single men not engaged in chess should not take life too seriously, reflecting a light humorous stance on relationships and pastime.
Hiram Cronk of Dunn Brook Oneida county New York turned 100 in 1900 and is noted as the only 1812 War veteran on the pension rolls per U S commissioner H Clay Evans. Born 1800 in Frankfort Herkimer county Cronk moved with his family to Rome area and later near Western. He bought land in 1837, remains active, devout Methodist, and recalls voting for Andrew Jackson.
A suave adjutant in Frankfort defies orders to attend a dinner guest invitation. He crosses picket lines, attends the meal in courses, then hurries back, proving his quick wit and daring in a bold wartime moment.
The piece recalls Hiram Cronk, a War of 1812 veteran now living with his daughter Mrs. Sarah A. Rowley. He enlisted as a youth, served about 100 days at Sackett's Harbor, earned praise from Capt. Davis, and received an $8 monthly pension. Cronk later worked as an itinerant shoemaker, aided Erie and Black River canal projects, and hosted Marquis de Lafayette in 1825. He married Mary Thornton, had six children, and saw one son die in the Civil War. The tale ends with a humorous exchange between Cronk and an adjutant.
A salesman from a revolver company recalls dining in Arizona and notes the bill of fare as a vivid description of local meat and dairy. He mentions 10 cent lamb chops with extra bread and butter and 15 cents for milk toast, explaining cattle ranching priorities. He also mentions high prices for milk cows and claims a dish of Chinese broiled beefsteak cooked with a red hot poker.
A Filipino observer notes with irony the contrast between imagined war scenes and domestic unrest, mentioning Kentucky fights Texas lynchings Porto Rico garrotings European assassination attempts and other disturbances, asking whether peace is truly a blessing.
The Rev Geors P. retty of Vroy Baptist urges that belief in life after death remains essential for humanity, asserting that hope and moral guidance are tied to the idea of a continued existence beyond this world. His remarks were published in local religious columns.
The Palmyra Spectator lampoons Willie Shortike and Bettle Bloomers wedding with jokes about borrowed flowers and outfits. It mocks the couple’s modest means, Bettie’s cooking, and the bride’s fine taste while noting they travel to St Louis to spend and settle debts.
A Persian shah’s English visit is recalled with a light tale about urging an execution at Newgate, and notes his grand jewels including a huge emerald. He plans a six month continental tour this summer visiting Russia Germany Austria France Greece and England with costly gifts for hosts.
Amid South African War zeal a London paper notes Edinburgh audiences paused to sing the national anthem. A crowd, spotting a man in uniform, hoisted him on shoulders shouting and singing, asking his regiment. He answered, I am the doorkeeper.
A storm wrecked a vessel on a Pacific island of England possessions and urgent messages to Auckland were sent by carrier pigeons. The success led to purchasing a large flock trained for island use. Each bird carries four messages, written on specified paper, with costs of one or sixpence per message. The pigeons are private property.
A woman named Philadelphia Preas recalls serving Alexander Capperton in Kirkhill Scotland entering his service at sixteen and hearing Scott’s footsteps each dawn for buttermilk and porridge She was with him at his death and received a hair lock from Mrs Lockhart.
A brief note reflects on yesterday's temperance sermon, describing it as dry and perhaps unengaging. The quotation hints at viewer reaction and the preacher's tone without detailing actions or outcomes.
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