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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
A collection of epigrams and satirical notes. The piece mocks manners economics and politics with lines about doughnuts breeding the rich and famous names such as Mayor Jones of Toledo and Commissioner Pow derly. It also mentions Filipino exhibition policies and a call to join regiments near Manila.
The recent prize fight in New York drew over 85 000 in admission fees, the largest single performance take on record. While this highlights wealth, the public tone remains wary of blood, bruising, and the era's favored values.
The article notes New York, now second only to London in trade, grew slowly for 150 years after Dutch settlement. President Low of Columbia cites an old forecast that the Hudson River mouth could rival Newport, Rhode Island, once rich from the African slave trade.
The Juneau Miner warns that central west papers publish ads by an Iowa man offering land for $3 per acre in Alaska with claims of limitless crops and climate. The notice calls the scheme a public fraud and says it criminally induces 100 families to seek government land with no crop failures.
The piece argues that extreme cold, including liquid air at over three hundred degrees below zero, did not kill or halt growth of diphtheria and typhoid bacilli in tests. It asserts that cold cannot be trusted as a disinfectant and warns against neglecting sanitary practices.
Consular reports indicate a Greek market for windmills as many farms rely on wells and wind supply. Greece, divided by seas with constant breezes, offers landowners able to afford mills. A versatile design that can operate in light or strong wind and perform tasks like grain grinding is desired.
New Zealand dairyman Gerritsen discusses butter quality across regions including Denmark Australia Canada and Argentina. He urges cleanliness cattle care water purity pasteurization and independent inspection to raise consistency and notes packing eggs in wood wool from Mallow Ireland provides superior protection and accuracy.
Danish expert Viggo Schwartz visited Ireland at the invitation of the Irish Agricultural Organization Society to teach egg packing. The Danish system sorts eggs into six sizes from thirteen to eighteen pounds and grading occurs at packing houses.
Readers report mixed results from using blood meal in poultry diets. Some say it is too rich and overfed, while others praise its value for growing stock and laying performance, noting strong gains in young ducks and hens.
Advice on goose feather harvest timing and plucking methods to maximize profit. Details months April to November, keeping geese sheltered and clean, tying feet, and careful feather removal. Also notes on turkeys as insect destroyers with pasture marching behavior and value of pest control. Mentions veal production in Holland with stall confinement and milk feeding for quality.
Dr Giuseppe Sanarelli famed discoverer of the yellow fever bacillus arrives in the United States for a tour of investigation into his serum and its preventive potential He heads the Institute of Experimental Hygiene at Montevideo famed for isolating the yellow fever bacillus and researching vaccines and antidotes He trained in Siena Pavia Paris and Germany and studied typhoid and cholera before joining Montevideo University.
A Newport beach scene features girls aged 12 to 14 discussing marriage and divorce as fashion. A 13 year old declares plans to marry but expects divorce later, while another notes her mother’s view that divorce is wrong. The dialogue satirizes changing norms in propriety.
In 1780 Grenada faced a pest crisis as formica saccharivora ants swarmed sugar cane threatening ruin. After failed remedies the population fled to another island but a sudden tornado, seen as providential, exterminated the ants in moments and saved the colony.
The Manchester Shakespeare Club in New Hampshire marked its 25th year. Founded in 1878 by six women, it grew under Mrs Irene Hughes to a small but influential circle devoted to studying Shakespeare. The year book for 1899 1900 details weekly meetings and planned topics from King John As You Like It Richard III Othello Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar with analyses and lectures.
The article surveys Cuban women noting round figures and pretty features. It describes hair as a dark glory and eyes as big and black from youth to old age while commenting on temperament and family roles.
Wilfrid Laurier premier of Canada and Liberal leader has world wide fame as a forceful statesman. His Alaskan boundary stance favors arbitration or war yet he calls for a peaceful settlement. A St Lin Quebec native and lawyer by trade Laurier commands strong Canadian support after decades in public life. Queen Victoria knighted him June 19, 1897.
A unique post office serves the emperor with a special staff of officers who look after sort and distribute the hundreds of letters that arrive daily for the sovereign.
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