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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
2
A series of eclectic opinions and anecdotes address politics, economics, and virtue. The notes reference temperance, poverty, governance, war, and philanthropy with references to General Lawton Breckinridge and historical gestures. It closes reflecting on medals and personal sacrifice.
A discussion notes Longfellow praises ages beyond seventy and mentions Theodor Mommsen’s late career and Roman law work. It then reports on a Buffalo birch tree pest, Agrilus anxius, with severe damage, noting the borer tunnels under bark and potential citywide destruction without urgent control measures.
A South Dakota Experiment Station bulletin urges closer integration of grain farming and sheep raising. It advocates finishing sheep with local coarse grains, consuming surplus grain within the state, and using stubble and fallow land to reduce waste. It notes feeding trials underway to test these ideas and improve profits for farmers and sheep men.
One year of experience with Turkestan alfalfa shows strong hardiness as it withstood temperatures down to 45 degrees below zero in Wyoming and 35 below in daily weather tests. Researchers note its adaptation to heat and drought and its origin from Central Asia and the Mediterranean region.
Poem reflecting on wartime slaughter and public appetite for glory. Questions the morality of killing for sport and fame. Rivals faith and mercy with the pagan appetite of society, invoking Cain and divine judgment. Written as a reflective piece from December Century.
A Philadelphia Telegraph summary cites Lieut.-Col. Douglas on recruit quality. He compares British conscripts unfavorably with American regiments, noting higher average weight 156 pounds and height 5 feet 8.5 inches among Americans versus British 126 pounds and 5 feet 5.5 inches.
An editorial praise notes American soldiers as the most complete fighting man of today, asserting they tower above the standards of every other nation and would have amused old time recruiters.
The account describes General Forrest’s 1862 West Tennessee expedition where he used a ruse with drums and decoy infantry to misdirect Union guards. He enlisted prisoners, staged periodic foot marches, then sent troops away to exaggerate Confederate strength, prompting Grant to deploy twenty five thousand troops to counter the threat.
A Pittsburgh Exchange tale recounts General Nicolls of New Orleans boasting despite losses and a valet’s frightful errors as he toys with body parts. An Australian volunteer commander improvises marching orders, impressed by an aid and the trumpeter’s halt.
A terse exchange contrasts ambition and simplicity with Upson Downes asserting contentment in owning a shirt while Pupson Downes recalls a diamond. A note mentions the water buffalo as the Philippines beast of burden.
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