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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1899
Page
7
Pacific and Atlantic observers clash over starting the Nicaragua canal now. Proponents stress quick lockage and favorable climate, arguing $118,000,000 covers construction with ample buffer. Opponents warn about extravagance and cost while farmers press for cheaper transport and broader shipping benefits.
The text argues that parts of Central America require no engineering, soil between Nicaragua’s lake and the Pacific is light and easily lifted, a passage existed from the lake to the ocean, and dam construction is straightforward. It predicts rapid progress and completion by the start of the new century.
Brief notes mention Senor Manuel Garcia as the world’s oldest music professor born in Spain four years ago. Don Climaco Calderon, 40, new Colombian minister in Washington, speaks English fluently. Princess Victoria Melita of Hesse leads her regiment in drills, wearing her uniform, with tactical knowledge and possible battlefield inspiration. Major-General W. Salmond is praised for a distinguished service award earned after forty-two years in the English army. Mrs Rathbone helped organize Daughters of the Revolution in Ohio, linked to her husband Estes Rathbone’s Senate role. Viscunt Esther is described as a former master of the rolls and famed athlete in Cambridge’s 1839 crew. The piece also notes Prince Christian Victor’s popularity and other royal military roles.
James Voorhees, known as actor author sculptor and statesman, served as private secretary to Governor Blue Jeans Williams of Indiana. General Manson, auditor and ex-congressman, visited the office and, after a rejected political favor, pulled a hat over his ears and stormed out in anger. The governor, tall and frugal, wore a self-made blue jeans outfit and joked about the hat and shoes.
A torn fragment discusses farming by wire and a supposed scientific force in organic matter. It mentions plants and bodily tissue in vague terms, implying a link between energy, muscle, and brain tissue without clear context or details.
A historic note reports experiments claiming electricity can influence living growth. Eggs exposed to current hatched abnormally, while plant seeds treated by electrical stimulation germinated up to 30 percent faster. An automatic timer supplied the brief daily current to seeds, boosting slow germination.
A caller for a society seeks twenty-five cent subscriptions to wage war on the cigarette evil. A business man offers a quarterly donation. The piece notes that on average each person consumes about three bushels of apples annually, with most not exported.
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