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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1899
Page
4
A reader lists diverse groceries with prices and notes odd spellings. Items include flour, milk, saffron, eggs, maple products, vinegar, starch, rice, citron, vanilla, ginger, pepper, baking powder and more. Several entries appear repetitive or mis-typed, reflecting a lively old time thrift-market page.
Lipton and guests aboard the Erin face a dramatic racing accident near Sandy Hook as the boat’s mainsail mast snaps during a challenge with Sir Thomas Lipton’s party aboard. The crew abandons pursuit, the other vessel finishes, and Lipton notes the event cannot be remade even if the New York club demanded a rerun.
In Knishtatown at 181 a.m. a blast and blaze destroyed a building called the Masonic Torpte district. Three men of the persive deparayent and others near the site died, with several injured. The town mourns as investigators probe the cause amid scattered debris and damaged properties.
Washington dispatch lists casualties by unit with names such as A Leslie Berry Frank Stevens Ralph Haxton Henry Faulkner Frank Conklin John Lattimer and Christopher, noting wounds to arms legs and hands. Several companies across the Seventh and Ninth infantry are cited with multiple injuries and one death among Christoper.
An advertisement extols Scott and Bowne Cod Liver Oil Emulsion claiming pleasant taste hides its odious odor and tax, improving strength and cheek color while smoothing wrinkles, presenting health by surprise.
Readable fragments show hospital corps personnel and soldiers with injuries ranging from thigh to arm and sight. Mentions include Joseph J. Shahira, George C. Sievers, Eimer R. Affeldt, Harry Campbell, with units Sixth infantry and Company B and Company A. No clear dates or full context.
Three hundred fourty? formed under Lt Hughes of the Thirteenth Infantry and Lieutenants Wilson Pascoe and Kenxi assigned to the Mitratese with companies of the Thirty First under Col Hay. The Montana regiment, just mustered out, will march for transport on a special train this evening.
Joseph Hendricks, president of the National Union Bank, states in an interview he has heard of no merger between the National Bank of Commerce and the Union bank. Despite reports, he says he has not been told of any plan to consolidate the two institutions into one.
My York reports on October 18 that the dwelling once occupied by former President Martin Van Buren at 37 West Twenty seventh Street has just been sold and will be converted into a business block.
A letter from Ponce criticizes army and civil officials for bungled aid to the hungry. Suffering residents lack food as tickets are issued slowly, teams demand payment, and distribution centers move from San Juan to the field. Volunteers report delays, insufficient officers, and mismanaged logistics threatening worsening hunger.
Washington dispatch notes officials oppose Otis directing Schwan south of Manila and Lawton north due to poor campaigning weather. Schwan to disrupt insurgents and seize stores, while ports near insurgents are blocked per presidential orders. Rice and time costs rise over 300 percent. Sternberg reports hospital space sufficient and medical supplies en route for troops and future operations.
Washington reports a wave of promotions and retirements at the War Department after Shafter's removal. General Lawton nears retirement, MacArthur poised for a brigadier general post, and a pending January vacancy could place Lawton as Miles’s successor if Wade retires first. A move to install Wood ahead of Lawton and MacArthur is not anticipated.
Meehan's Monthly notes General Jacqueminot as essential for creating new rose varieties due to strong pollen and viable pistils. It highlights Roussault as hardy but sterile, suggesting a rose breeder could cross it with strong varieties to yield improved offspring and fortunes, boosting American gardening pleasure.
Notice announces a contract for cutting two thousand poles with specified dimensions and a bid deadline of 10 am October 20 1899. It reserves right to reject all bids and directs bids to Birchdale Stock Farm 29 W Broadway Butte Montana to Frank W Haskins.
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