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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
2
A casual essay notes that friendship requires no words for happiness and quotes philosophy on wealth as a trouble. It cites Ruskin on self knowledge and improvement, and reports an English plebiscite naming Robinson Crusoe, Hans Andersen Tales, and Alice in Wonderland as the top three children’s books.
E A Martel reports a cavern depth of about 1017 feet in Hautes Alpes, possibly deeper. Separately a $250 earthquake pendulum sent to Hawaii by Milne and Davidson will aid a global seismic survey to locate quake centers and map wave directions.
A review notes how animal instinct informs dam design. Beavers build arched barriers that resist floods and ice, guiding human engineers to adopt arched forms like Bear Valley dam in California, whose stability relies on the arch.
The piece notes thin British troops in India facing harassing anxieties as private correspondents describe natives watching the South Africa conflict with keen interest. An officer reports murders and raids becoming common and says he sleeps with six hundred rounds of ammunition under his bed, while troops are hurried between stations to prove they remain.
At Earl's Court London a fountain uses liquid quicksilver in a illuminated display. Waterlike streams flow over a four foot pond into a larger bowl, with rocks and irons floating as if cork. An electric motor drives a chain-pump elevator that lifts the metal to a reservoir and back, creating a ceaseless metal cascade.
New York police report a dentist Dr Ephraim Hayes and his assistant Dr Franklin Caldwell killed in the Hotel Endicott. Mrs Mamie Hayes a 35 year old wife and mother was shot in the head beside the bed where Caldwell then shot himself. Morphine bottle found in the room and no clear motive given.
The narrative describes Dr Caldwell pausing to ensure his shots were lethal before turning the weapon on himself ending the sequence with a suicide.
John Griffit of Niles Michigan attracts wide attention for faith healing claiming over 400 treated cases with a cure in each. He says the power is a divine gift, works at night and on new or full moons, offers services free, and can halt blood flow instantly then resume it. Griffit, 24, born in Miami County Indiana, says his first case was a horse with neck tumor, then a goiter patient cured in a week. He lays on hands and prays.
A study of Civil War injuries shows diverse reactions to identical wounds. Some soldiers continue fighting after a bullet, others faint or collapse, and some walk to ambulances despite serious injury. A noted case recalls three officers hit simultaneously with starkly different outcomes.
Charles Mack, jailed in Omaha County on burglary charges, was identified by matching tooth marks. A Twenty fourth Street grocery was burgled recently. Mack aided in the search efforts and later pieces of cheese bore his dental imprint. The stolen goods were recovered at his residence.
In Ontario farms a sect called Zionists believes hogs are possessed by devils and must be killed. Authorities curb farmers who join in hog killings, often storing hogs in one place and not consuming any meat.
A nostalgic piece recounts Gilmore’s popular When Johnny Comes Marching Home and a humorous wartime tale from Camp Merritt. It notes clashes between civil and military authorities during the Spanish War era and describes a Montana lieutenant’s rough handling of a fakir and subsequent police standoff at the camp.
The New York Tribune notes San Francisco displayed a wholesome respect for soldiers serving the nation. The piece highlights civic welcome and public sentiment toward servicemen, reflecting wartime patriotism in the city.
During a San Juan hill era encounter, a staff officer under a flag of truce visits a Spanish rendezvous and shares drinks. He reports to his general claiming sun exposure, but the general orders him confined to his tent. The officer protests he has no tent, triggering laughter and only a light reprimand.
An old army friend recounts how Grant saved Capt. Dent under heavy fire at a stone bridge in the Mexican War. Grant later visited the Dents in St Louis and met a future love, a beautiful young lady at their doorstep. A second note describes a Burning Glass of Icevery, detailing clear freshwater ice focusing sun rays to produce heat and demonstrations with a lamp and other items.
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