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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
2
A collection of satirical quips on life ethics and society. Notable lines compare courage to character and the folly of quick judgments. A brief item notes a young man named Quitman arrested for pursuing his affections despite rebuffs.
A note discusses the word automobile as a hybrid from Greek and Latin, now common in speech. It cites its entry in the Century Dictionary and examples in Greek's Dictionary of Electricity and the Scientific American, and mentions the trend to shorten it to auto alongside bicycle becoming bike.
A Frenchman labels Americans in Europe as three groups: millionaires who spend freely, snobs seeking aristocratic status, and tourists who are seen as a cash source for locals. The quip reflects a mix of truth and national pride in a sharp cultural caricature.
The Rio Grande altered its course from near Fort Ringgold Texas into a new channel a mile southeast entirely in Mexican territory. An 1884 treaty says boundary remains unchanged by river bed abandonment, but since the fort relies on the river for water and the U S needs the post, the case is referred to the international boundary commission for settlement.
The Buffalo conference of social reformers raised 14000 toward a school of economics. A committee will seek 20000 annually for two years to fund research on price movements, wages, unemployment, and regulation of monopolies. Public libraries, press, and lectures will support studies with summer schools and winter instruction, with headquarters likely in New York or Boston and a Chicago branch.
Private E. B. Millard of the Second Oregon volunteers survived a night of brutal Filipino assault at Mariola. Surrounded and bayoneted, he played dead while comrades were slain and his hair burned. later, volunteers from a colored company rallied to care for the ill with yellow fever, proving negro soldiers’ bravery and reliability under fire.
In a hotel lobby in Washington a group of well known men debated black inferiority. A colonel in the Army Medical Service recalled Cuba era during the Spanish American War, praising Black troops for hard marching and sacrifice at Siboney and San Juan despite fatigue and little food.
A Civil War anecdote from the Pittsburgh News recounts Major Nelson scolding commissary-sergeant Jack as his mule refused to obey. Nelson's sword paddled the rider while the officer dodged and saluted, then rode away muttering about privates on broomsticks.
A Civil War vignette from War Memoires of a Chaplain describes wormy hard tack fed to Union troops before Petersburg in 1864. Soldiers discarded the tainted biscuits but worms reappeared, prompting a brigade officer to order clean trenches while soldiers explained the worms kept crawling back.
The empress, returning with a lady in waiting, was stopped at a park gate by a sentry who refused entry until identity was verified by another soldier. The incident prompted imperial approval of the sentry’s strict adherence to orders.
Ruth Kenyon dismisses John Baker Jr. as she heads home from Yale territory. A delayed suit case causes a confrontation on the Thorndale to New Haven line. Ruth discovers a letter inviting her to the junior prom was never mailed. John’s chance reunion leads to a confession and a new romance.
A Texas lumberman consternated by mock death notices sent a fake alert from New York to read his own obituaries. Local papers ran spicy tributes claiming a spree and the community’s loss. He halted the plan and visited editors in person, ending his desire for notoriety.
The piece argues fashion dictates lace style with silk wide laces no metal tips, tied in a large bow outdoors, used mainly on low shoes. It notes their beauty and potential temper impact if repeatedly laced and unlaced, but says they remain practical by loosening to let the foot slip free.
The British government was a major consumer of corn whiskey, using 124000 gallons last year to manufacture smokeless powder.
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