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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1899
Page
3
From Paris a report on Easter week hats and colors features soldier blue military tones, bright trims, and large plumes. Descriptions cover pillbox and English walking hats with pistachio green, automobile red, castor gray, pearl white, and silks. two bicycle girls showcase plaid silk wool skirts, bold trims, and matching hats in a lively, era-appropriate tone.
A Cincinnati newspaper excerpt recounts bizarre self robbery cases where wealthy women pawned their own jewels to raise cash or cover secrets. It cites a metropolitan detective's talk on similar ploys, including a noblewoman who exposed her own theft to calm suspicions and protect her reputation, plus other society scandals involving jewelry thefts staged by relatives and companions.
Expert swimmers in the Dutch army train to swim across rivers with cavalry horses. During regular drill they use collapsible canvas boats and oarsmen to ferry horses, landing away from stone quays. Officers emphasize readiness for nautical emergencies and carry skim ming costumes and war accoutrements. The passage notes some officers discuss further details of training.
A collage of humorous vignettes and oddities from a past era includes dogs ridden across rivers on shoulders, a new post office with a lazy postmaster, Senate gate antics, a locksmith's wage dispute, a preacher’s tale of chicken thieves, and notes on a drug that inflates arithmetic powers before leading to death or madness. Names and places are sparse, but the set pieces illuminate social humor and warnings of the time.
A Yellow-Back novelist describes ezcal a South American narcotic. He warns it is deadly and extremely addictive. One grain causes intense exertion a compulsive loop walk until exhaustion and collapse, with no real pain yet dangerous frenzy.
A sequence of political moves in Nebraska ends with ex-Senator Allen resuming a district judgeship. Allen first held the post in 1801 for four years, resigned in 1898 to become a senator, and after Robinson who filled the term later moved to Congress, Allen is reinstated to the judgeship six years later.
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