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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1899
Page
2
The Anaconda Standard notes that exact silver price ratios are not vital for restoration and frame the ratio as a legal matter. It observes small variations across currencies and points out that world exchanges largely fix the ratio, reflecting on policy as of January 9, 1899.
Congressman Cannon questioned where funds will come from to cover rising state expenses. Senator Norris agreed costs are growing faster than revenue and urged careful budgeting before any new appropriations. The speaker warned against spending until sources are found and urged counting the cost before building the house.
General Miles is set to testify that the commissary department supplied soldiers with beef that was spoiled and chemically treated to preserve it. He must prove that all beef served was embalmed with chemicals, rendering it unfit for human consumption, a charge tied to earlier denials by General Gagan and challenged by army officials.
The text discusses impeachment risks tied to a controversy over the integrity of American meat packing. It notes that meat packers may influence testimony and that General Miles cannot rely on army officers' letters about meat unfitness. He must prove the beef itself was unfit as food rather than a merely unfit embalming product.
A long editorial argues corn as an emerging king among staple foods. It notes corn’s rise in Europe, potential as cheap, heat producing sustenance, and its American production from New York to Missouri. It predicts corn will dominate diets as wheat prices rise and highlights Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and neighboring states as key to supply. It also mentions a Rocky Mountain Celt newspaper launch in Montana and other varied notes including commentary on an eastern death, textbook debates, and General Miles discussing army beef.
A clipped editorial discusses removing party names from ballots to avoid bias, the impact on voters, and the need to retain circles for clarity. It notes Washington's Birthday relevance, traces historical hangings in Silver Row county, and reviews European shifts affecting the Philippines. The piece also mentions Paris politics, Loubet, and the cost of the war investigation totaling about $100,000.
At the Ark club Farny recounts a Jacarilla Apache legend about why Indians paint their faces. An old storyteller, after a day’s hunt, tells of a mountain chief who seeks a deer but his arrow misses, sparking a mythic explanation for facial markings.
A hunter flees a lion and seeks aid from a grandfather bear who acts swiftly by blooding the hunter to deter the lion. The blood marks fade differently than the scraped claw scars, teaching that men paint their faces with blood for hunting and war.
A Cleveland bank encounter ends in embarrassment as a stranger, posing as a confident customer, questions the teller about spelling and identity. The man, who claimed not to use an A in his name, identified himself as Smith after flustering the cashier.
A fragment from a period piece notes Senator Hale of Maine as a refined, scent noting figure in the Senate. The piece jests on language, dress, and social etiquette, ending with a humorous exchange about blame and fares. It also mentions a child fare query and a local joke about RAMOA'S COCOANUTS.
Ghent Belgium sits on 26 islands linked by 80 bridges. The city comprises three hundred streets and 30 public squares, illustrating its unique island network and urban layout.
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