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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
5
This piece discusses the rules governing war, parole for prisoners, and the treatment of combatants and noncombatants. It covers duties of parole, surrender, retaliation rights, and limits on looting, with notes on protecting archives and humanely handling wounded. The tone reflects formal military law notions guiding conduct in armed conflict.
A humorous tale follows bachelor Paul Particular who adopts Miss Gertrude Bird as an encumbrance on a Montana to Massachusetts journey. The piece shifts to a serious discussion of wartime law, detailing how prisoners of war, treatment of noncombatants, enemy combatants, flags of truce, pillage, and armistice are governed under rules of war and occupation.
A travel memoir fragment recounts a journey with Dick Avery to Montana, meeting Mrs Nelile Avery and Miss Gertrude Bird. Paul Particular reflects on bachelor life, budding marriage plans, and the surprise shift from bachelor to encumbrance during a cross country trip ending in Boston and plans to visit Primrose cottage next May.
A speaker at the Holland House credits a string of officers with dying in the well known Custer massacre of June 25, 1876. The names include Brigadier General B. R. Canby and numerous lieutenants, captains, and majors from the Seventh and other regiments.
The article notes a rising count of commissioned army officers killed in the Philippine conflict since the war began, comparing losses to the Civil War era. It cites a total of 55 officers and references past incidents like the Custer massacre as context for public attention.
A good looking young woman boards a partially filled Metro car with a jealous bulldog on a leash. The conductor tries to remove the dog, but the animal resists, prompting a playful confrontation as the woman hints the dog will mind her, then quickly exits the car with the bulldog on her lap, leaving the conductor puzzled at the escape.
Mr Phroogie seeks a public thank you for kindness shown during his late wife's illness. The editor cites a $1 publication charge for the notice, prompting Phroogie to withdraw the request rather than pay.
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