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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
2
A column offering pithy maxims and social observations from Townsend Montana includes remarks on mischief, charity, and news value. It also reports on a Chicago loan competition, electric water pipes causing meter problems in St. Paul, and Westward reserve anecdotes.
Discussion of the legality and practicality of privateers under letters of marque, focusing on Transvaal Britain relations, the 1881 suzerainty treaty, and the challenges of arming private vessels without naval bases or neutral ports. Also mentions Threlfall's discovery of a long underground passage and its proposed uses for parcel transport.
The Indianapolis Sentinel recounts a personal reminiscence of Theodore Tilton from a former southern school girl. It describes a guardian figure who protected two bullied girls, Tilton's later aloof dignity, and a Paris tea memory. It reflects on privateering, opposition to letters of marque, and a forgotten London tunnel tale.
In a brief Chicago item, Jack boasts he found advantage in a breakup as his former partner returns his gifts yet mistakenly includes items from another man. Tom probes, but Jack remains tight lipped about the fallout.
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