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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1899
Page
2
The article lauds Senator Mantle as a staunch supporter of McKinley and MT interests. It highlights his work for Montana, notably securing funding for a public building, and notes his steadfast loyalty and effort for constituents amid political debates on tariff and war policies.
The Standard argues that exact silver ratio figures are not essential for restoration. It notes the ratio is a legal matter, varying by currency and reflecting different national standards. The piece cites the Anaconda Standard from January 9, 1899.
The article notes Montanan Senator Lee Mantle retires after a term marked by firm advocacy for Montana’s industry miners farmers and wool growers. It credits his support for protectionist policy and free coinage of silver while praising his loyalty to the national administration.
The article notes a fractured Democratic caucus debating policy toward the Philippines. Some favor abandoning the islands, others support holding them, while many split on imperialism and how to critique the administration without alienating voters. No clear unified stance emerges as leaders clash.
The article traces the embalmed beef controversy amid army supply scrutiny, noting chemical testing found no deleterious additives in canned or refrigerated beef. It further covers congressional bills, Bailey Reed cordiality, Senator Lee Mantle’s retirement, peanut consumption, and views on imperialism.
The passage extols the postwar period as satisfactory with no lingering quarrels. It credits the army reorganization bill and the peace treaty ratification for stabilizing affairs while noting Democratic war policy criticisms. It likens party division to a Hamlet without its prince, implying incoherence and lack of direction.
A Bonn inquiry finds that 16 of every 100 primary pupils refuse milk as tasteless, while among 247 seven year olds not a single child avoids alcohol. One quarter never tasted brandy though they drink beer or wine. eight percent are given brandy daily to “make them strong.” Those who drink brandy at breakfast show reduced attention. Girls appear more prone to brandy than boys. News also notes art discoveries in London and a Connecticut emblem protest.
In Orange Bend Mrs. G. P. Lovell, aged sixty three, tended a grove through a bitter night using one hired hand. She kept the fire burning from 9 PM Monday to daylight Tuesday, hailed as a heroine for protecting the trees from freezing. hopes were raised they would bloom. Separately, a literary anecdote notes Johnson’s Rasselas and a ladies’ society praising his work, with a humorous reply.
A burglar tried to break in at Hen. Peck’s residence but was confronted by Peck’s wife who mistook him for her husband. The intruder barely escaped harm as the incident unfolded at the L. A. W. Bulletin house.
A playful exchange between a sleigh and a snow shovel frames a lighthearted scene as the thermometer drops about forty degrees signaling a brisk winter shift. The dialog uses personified tools to reflect seasonal mood.
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