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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1901
Page
7
Rear Admiral Sampson becomes a highly unpopular figure as public sentiment shifts amid controversy. The Inter Mountain Pictorial reports rising scrutiny and criticism on Page 3, underscoring growing discontent and calls for accountability.
The nation mocks the clever ruse by which William 5. Devery and allies thwarted foes. After an antagonistic legislature abolished his office and created a new one, Devery secured appointment to the new post, angering opponents who were outmaneuvered by the tactic.
Despite gaiety in Britain over recent British arms successes the capture of General Botha is not seen as ending the Boer War. It is believed Kitchener will face continued fighting against Boer forces in distant regions away from the Boer leader.
C Hamilton Walker of the Yogo sapphire mines visited Lewistown and praised the outlook, noting constant work is planned for spring. In Ruby gulch near Lewiston a new cyanide ore vein on the Pleasant lode yields $240 per ton with samples up to $612.80, as prospectors Reeder Harmon and Williams push a 50 foot tunnel into three feet of ore.
A photograph shows Michal C. Murphy who heads New York police now. His first act was to appoint ex Chief William Devery as deputy amid reformers' opposition. Murphy suffers from a toy and lung ailment and uses silver tube for relief. Public opinion doubts Devery may be tougher than before.
Indications show cyanide treatment successfully applied to ore from the mine. Owners express strong confidence in potential, and they will continue development work until location values are proven beyond question.
A German doctor improves on a French patent to produce cotton fibers rivaling silk in fineness and length, with continuous threads from dissolved cotton. Other innovations include Vandura silk from Glasgow using gelatinous extrusion and a waterproofing step, and “spun glass” fibers gaining attention as potential competitors to natural silk.
The article notes a fabric capable of conversion into textiles with a sheen surpassing silk. It has long been known yet faces a serious disadvantage that prevents general use, making its widespread adoption unlikely at present.
A government official escorts two Native Americans clad in feather and sombrero through the Capitol corridors. They stop at the house restaurant and eat generously, asking if the government will pay. They leave joking that they will dine there again, not with that clerk.
In the Indianapolis Journal fragment a couple marks their third wedding anniversary. A light exchange recalls memories of the day while negotiations over previously bought furniture surface as a reminder of shared life and commitments.
The fragment shows a child named Tommy commenting on his sister’s illness with the line You look as though you had swallowed a skeleton too big for you reflecting stark imagery of disease and mortality from a Life magazine piece.
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