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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
3
The article describes western railroad weed control by burning vegetation with a petroleum furnace mounted on a flatcar. A 30 horsepower boiler powers the self propelled burner car with a two-axle drive, water and oil tanks, air pumps, and a shielded burner rigging adjustable by a lever.
A party led by Miss Bess Jordan and Hon. Jabez Jordan visits a northern Wisconsin island where Tom Tompkins, an oarsman and secret heir to a fortune, woos and deceives but is exposed by Miss Jordan. She reveals she knew his identity and agrees to marry Tompkins, wedding planned for October.
The article recalls young elephants fed from infant bottles, a curious act that drew public sympathy and big profits for a showman. Elephants, possibly torn from mothers, enjoyed bottle feeding and even shared a large jar to drink simultaneously, delighting audiences and especially women.
Judge Finn of the First Municipal Court in New York is cited as a keen poker player. In a recent case the defendant refused a $92 poker debt. The court asked what poker was and five lawyers, familiar to the judge, offered opinions. The judge noted it depends on the other player's skill and ruled for the plaintiff.
Dr William Pyle and fellow golfers unearthed an Indian ax and several stone arrowheads near the Jersey City Golf Club on Jowland in the west. Bystanders noted the relics lay close to the surface and a light stroke freed them. The site is said to be the Hackengesacky Indians stamping ground.
A new invention presses glass refuse into paving blocks now used in Geneva. Several streets have been paved with the contrivance and praise its appearance and durability. The method has been adopted in other European cities.
Italian sculptor Giovanni Turini faced bitterness and debt after Caracas commission fell through and park board rejected his Bolivar equestrian model. Devastated by failure, he died in August amid the Dewey arch project, leaving a monument to unrealized talent in Central Park.
American millionaire Stephen Marchand owns the world’s finest bed chamber in London. An elliptical suite measures 76 by 22 feet with Louis XV carved panels and purple gold velvets. The bedstead alone costs 190000, with total room outlay near 970000, bars, ivory carvings and fittings pushing beyond half a million.
United States minister Powell Clayton recounted Diaz, age nearing the allotted years of man, visiting the Cha pultepec castle and watching students at the Mexican military academy. Diaz stripped to climb a 40 foot rope with vigor, finishing unbreached and laughing as General Clayton helped him back into his coat.
General Leonard Wood as Harvard student showed wide stride ability. He favored running and walking, with a reported average stride over 40 inches. In army practice, the regulation step is 28 inches, yet he could cover more ground in a day than any other man in the service.
In a China posting during Lord Charles Bereaford’s mission, his trusted servant Tom Fat forged checks totaling over £2000 across two years by imitating his master's handwriting. The deception surfaced as the lord promoted broad religious toleration, prompting friend scrutiny.
In a remark reported by the New York Tribune Lord Charles predicts a Chinese servant’s fate with the blunt assertion that “that fate will certainly be in the fire.” The exchange captures a harsh and inflammatory tone reflecting attitudes of the time.
A Malvano cat owned by an English woman received spectacles to aid failing sight. A mouse picture was used by the ocullat to test the cat's eyes.
Major H. I. Kramer leads expansion of the Indiana Mineral Springs Hotel with a 30 000 outlay for a two story 80 by 160 foot addition adding forty guest rooms and a bath house. The project includes dining hall music room billiard hall offices dressing rooms and cooling rooms with white tile floors. Completion is expected in 90 days with further plans for a 150 room structure and total enterprise already surpassing a quarter million dollars.
The Dusker Water Works Canton Ohio produces Hampden and Dueber Hampden watches famed for accuracy and reliability. Rail workers and jewelers endorse the Special Railway 2 Jewel model as superior, with the Dueber Hampden factory showcased as the largest and finest watch plant global.
Northwestern inventors listed including James Burke Binneapolis Jake Friedlander Frank Kremer and others with various devices and trains anchors. Also an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming internal remedies and testimonials from B J Cheney Toledo Ohio with druggists selling Hall's Family Pills.
Advertises Allen’s Foot Ease powder claiming to ease tight footwear and cure swelling heat and irritation. Mentions Allen & Gossind and a mailing address in La or ERY, Adam and i Wt. Describes benefits for sore feet and fitting issues with shoes.
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