Wessenger Tidbits From Townsend Montana and World News
A collection of short notes covers Townsend Montana where hats are chased by wind and owners speak bluntly. British army uniforms go to auction raising about 150000 dollars for the treasury. Cincinnati undertakers form a trust amid a quip about boycotting the living. The Mexican census lists 12491573 people with over two thirds illiterate and 80 percent of mixed or Indian blood. France anticipates a wine bounty with 55000000 hectolitres versus 48000000 in 1899. General Roberts urges Boers to end fighting after annexing the Transvaal. A rumor ties Lord Rowton to delaying Beaconsfield memoirs. London Horticultural Society previews a hybrid fruit melding dewberry and raspberry flavors as raspberries wane.
Gas production from trees noted in various nations
The article states that lighting gas is derived from Australian gum tree leaves and that wood gas has been used in Germany Russia Norway and other nations. It claims nearly every tree emits carbonic acid gas during the night, suggesting widespread gas production from trees.
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Germany
Russia
Norway
Silver Service For Schley From Christobal Colon Coin
Work begins in Baltimore on a silver service for Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley crafted from Spanish cruiser Christobal Colon coin. It includes eighteen dinner plates a gravy boat a ladle four vegetable dishes and various platters totaling 2000 ounces. cost projected at 7090 to 9000 dollars. The second item notes Dr Dubois found fossil remains in Java suggesting a species intermediary between ape and prehistoric man with support from Professor Haeckel urging further excavations.
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Baltimore
Winfield Scott Schley
Christobal Colon
Java
Dubois
Haeckel
Professor Haeckel
Craze for Kruger coins and stamps boosts rare issues
The complete Kruger coin set is scarce with a $1.25 piece at 12.50 and an extraordinary crown at 50. In 1892 die makers used bullock-wagon shafts instead of a cissel boom, making half-sovereign and smaller coins 80 struck and now worth over 5 each. A Pretoria official plans overprinted stamps valued at 1.5 million dollars, signaling a stamp market slump.
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Kruger
Transvaal
Pretoria
Deaf mute missionary pens rapid replies with upside down method
The Rev. A. W. Mann, a deaf mute missionary and expert penman, travels to deaf mute churches for twenty five years. He writes on a pad with the reporter, who questions him. Mann reads upside down and answers upside down without moving the paper.
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A. W. Mann
Mann
The Curing of Meat Chicago Letter
A Chicago Letter discusses meat curing at Union stockyards and global demand for canned and barreled meat. It notes a shift away from cloth-wrapped products toward canning, the decline of burlapping, and the enduring though diminishing craft of meat preparation as factories expand.
Inside Packingtown Meat Curing and Canning Plants
The article details hogshead readiness and soaking, sixteen brick smokehouses with 125 barrel capacity each, high 130 degree temps, seven day smoke cycles, and three packing methods including canning and burlapping. It notes glass cans, burlap packing by many workers, and a sausage division handling 20,000 to 30,000 pounds daily with rockers and drying rooms.
Austrian officer unveils floating war balloons for men and horses
An Austrian officer in Vienna has designed balloons that will carry both men and horses across a river. The balloons attach to belts and horse harnesses, enabling rapid crossing in combat scenarios.
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Vienna
Love Tragedy at St Charles Hotel in Brooklyn
The Barbour Southgate affair unfolds with Henry Barbour persuading Helen Southgate to die together. He shoots her and herself, then kills himself. Miss Southgate survives and tells investigators of the events at Seney hospital. The aged Bishop Southgate mourns as the tale of a desperate passion surfaces.
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Helen Southgate
Bishop Southgate
Henry Grosvenor Barbour
St. Charles
Brooklyn
Henry Barbour
Barbour
Henry G. Barbour
Henry Grosvenor Parbour
Miss Forbes
Seney Hospital
Silk rich and cotton poor in China
The New York Sun profile contrasts wealth and toil in China noting cotton culture began in India, hand ginning methods, women spinning and reeling, minimal wages of seven cents daily for unskilled labor, and a lifestyle where masks of economy and daily labor shape life in Chinese society.
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India
China
United States
Appalachian Chain
Nankin
Louisiana
New York Sun
Artificial milk marketed as nutritious alternative
A stock company promoter touts artificial milk as a vast scale product and claims it matches cow milk in nutrition. He describes basing the formula on water fat albumen and sugar with filtered gases and soaked proteins, noting additional unnamed constituents and strict cleanliness.
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Philadelphia
Icelandic Americans Celebrate Nine Centuries of Christianity
The Chicago Chronicle notes Iceland's ninth century Christian introduction and recounts Longfellow's humorous Drunken Thangbrand episode. It cites large Icelandic communities in North Dakota and Manitoba, described as thrifty, cultured farmers who debate theology and study both Icelandic and other literatures.
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Iceland
Far North Island
Olaf
Norway
Longfellow
Thangbrand
North Dakota
Manitoba
Chicago Chronicle
A Man Must Serve His Time to Every Trade
A remark on diligence and discipline hints that mastery across fields comes with patient service and consistent effort. The quote underscores broad competence through steady practice and time.
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