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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
3
Fragmented OCR note hints at political affair timeline
A garbled OCR fragment mentions an affair spanning months and a note about letters and strings. It appears to reference a public figure or official with unclear details and no clear outcome or names.
Man of 71 Forges Tragic Fire and Suicide in Shelbyville
Louis Burkher a 71 year old Indiana farmer married six times killed his wife during a brutal assault then set his home ablaze and ended his life. He had been prosperous but faced repeated divorce suits and financial strains before the fatal sequence witnessed by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Louis Burkher
Burkher
Indianapolis
Bear Under Her Bed and a Maine Bear Tale
Miss Wiswell fainted when a young bear cub was retrieved from under her bed beside a bearskin rug. Henry Wiswell of Bedham shot the mother bear after catching the cub and guarding it as it screamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiswell
Miss Wiswell
Five Times Married Man of Huntington County
William Mercer, a wealthy farmer near Huntington West Virginia, married five sisters from the Howard Moffatt family on Raccoon Creek. His wives Jennie Ada Catharine Missouri and Anna all died or passed away from inherited pulmonary diseases. Mercer, now 59, says he felt young after his last wedding and has four children. He owns fast horses and keeps wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Mercer
Huntington
W. Va
Mercer
Howard Moffatt
Raccoon Creek
Jennie
Ada
Catharine
Missouri
Anna
Moffatt
Lynchings in Georgia this year by motive
The report tallies twenty four Georgia lynchings so far this year with five for incendiarism five for robbery three for complicity in murder one for murder one for resisting arrest one for face prejudice one for use of violent language and seven not linked to crimes against women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lighting Rooms with Prisms A New Life Saving Device
The article describes prism lighting for interiors, using prisms to refract daylight from outside into rooms. Prism plates, electro-glazed surfaces, and crystal glass deliver uniform natural light, claiming five to twenty five times more illumination without light loss, while replacing gas and electric lighting. Canadian inventor Pennyquick is noted for the prism plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Pennyquick
New Life Saving Device Trials At St Katherine's Docks
لندن reporters describe a trial of E S Norris method rendering boats unsinkable using small closed tubes placed in watertight compartments or along boat sides. A specially designed vessel righted after capsize, while a standard boat did not sink, prompting Admiralty observers to witness the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Katherine's Docks
London
E. S. Norris
Admiralty
Chambers
Journal
Copper-bottomed warships corroded by galvanic battery claim
An Italian court ordered removal of wooden yachts with copper bottoms near iron warships at Leghorn harbor after a trial. It was alleged electrical contact between ships’ cables turned copper into galvanic battery poles, causing rapid iron corrosion in seawater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
Toronto electrician builds tiny electric chair carriage
A young Toronto electrician has constructed an invalids electric chair now seen on city streets. The contraption, under the seat, houses three battery cells totaling about thirty three pounds with a four horsepower motor at the rear. It features a controller that starts, steers, speeds, and reverses the chair, claimed as the smallest motor carriage in the world at two feet wide and a top speed of four and a half miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Light and Light Raising Elements in Mantles and Inventions
The article describes how thor ia and ceria mantles in Welsbach lamps must be mixed precisely to maximize brightness, noting a 99/1 thoria ceria ratio yields far more light than pure materials. It also recounts recent studies on malaria and open windows, and highlights Prof. D E Hughes a famed English scientist with inventions from the telegraph to microphone and his public gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoria
Ceria
London
D. E. Hughes
Royal Society
Photograph request sparks humorous exchange in Chicago
The Chicago Record recalls Josiah resisting a photo session with Maria. He jokes that carrying a lawn mower downtown would be required to appear natural, highlighting lighthearted street humor from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Josiah
Maria
Justice in Transvaal Burgher Courts and Rigged Sentences
The piece condemns what it calls a rigged Transvaal justice system led by burgher officials. It cites the Belfast tar and feathers case where justice of the peace Abraham Coetzee received a lenient sentence after appeals to the High Court and executive council reduced his penalties. The article argues such actions erode respect for justice and predicts broader impunity for Boers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Belfast
Transvaal Dorp
Cape Argus
Coetzee
High Court
Executive Council
Gregorowski
O'Neill
Abraham Coetzee
Catalpa speciosa Reforestation for Railway Needs
A Kansas City to Memphis railway experiment shows Catalpa speciosa as the strongest grower. Twenty years after planting about 100 acres with catalpa and other species, the trees are maturing. estimates indicate 1000 trees per acre of usable size in ten years. Land and care cost under $100 per acre. telegraph poles and fence posts from catalpa are valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway
Sargent
Harvard
Catalpa
She Peeked at the Blessing at Minister’s Table
A humorous Harper's Bazar anecdote recalls Mrs Blank dining with a minister. The four year old boy, during the blessing, notices her eyelid lift and loudly accuses, She peeked, papa.
Virtue as Reward and Self-Contradicting Charity
A reflective line argues virtue is its own reward yet objects to a good man tossing bonnets at himself, highlighting irony in self praise and public displays of virtue.
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