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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
2
Items comment on spending and recreation a bargain sale husband waiting for wife natural gas boom election prospects in Chicago robbers posing as constables petty theft armor plate debates Mount Lassen activity and a joking note about a potential vice president candidate Lord Roberts telegram Mafeking relief and a mule ragout in a beleaguered town.
Over the past week strikes have grown to nearly 100000 workers seeking fewer hours. Most protests are orderly, showing the intelligence of American workers. Violence has been used mainly by individuals lacking full American citizenship.
A Nature writer notes French Sahara troopers and Indian studies show dark coats endure heat better. The article adds tropical animals and darker human skin tones are common in warmer climates, suggesting climate influences coloration.
A city employment bureau matron notes the eighth boy applying today for domestic work. He selects tasks clearly, finishes quickly, and can manage a bachelor setup, sew, cook, and run a household without losing school standing or peers’ respect.
The article notes contest over Puerto Rico versus Porto Rico with the board of geographic names leaning Puerto Rico while Congress enacts Porto Rico as the legal name. It also surveys Dr J Halm’s view on sunspot cycles affecting Earth’s magnetic axis and potential axis distortion. A separate dramatic escape incident ends with a German woman leaping from a bridge into the East River, surviving with recovery expected, aided by hospital treatment.
Marie Rosalie Dinze, the first woman to leap from the Brooklyn bridge, attempted suicide in a desperate flight from life. She hired a cab to Fulton Street with no money, offered a diamond ring for fare, and plunged into the East River as crew and Capt. Briggs on the Tacoma acted quickly to rescue her.
The U S senate voted thirty three to thirty two to refuse seating Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. Appointed by Governor Stone after the legislature adjourned without an election, the decision ends a long and highly watched contest in the senate.
Two colored boys, John Jackson and his brother George, aged eleven and thirteen, were arrested in Hackensack New Jersey on a charge of opening a switch to wreck a train. They admitted wanting to see cars smashed and people killed.
A mixed excerpt recounts Lord Nelson era Copenhagen victory verses with later notes on the Philippines during the American-Spanish War. It mentions Japanese and Chinese presence, indigenous groups, and the camphor trade as Japan expands influence in 20th century contexts.
Secretary Long has sent plans to Congress for a Pearl Harbor naval rendezvous repair plant and coaling station in the Hawaiian Islands. The plan urges immediate action to convert the harbor into a vital Pacific gateway with four Hawaiian land tracts totaling about 1 880 acres including Ford Island and Waipo Peninsula. An appropriation of 550000 is requested for land acquisition and channel improvements.
Rev Thomas Barclay an English Presbyterian delegate at New York ecumenical talks says Formosa proves troublesome for Japan. He notes after the Japanese Chinese war the mandarins left Formosa to Japan and describes the island as a large, populous land mass extending about 250 by 60 miles.
Memorial exercises at La Grange Georgia drew an oration by Colonel Shepard Bryan of Atlanta. Major J L Schaub was reelected commander as the Confederate veterans camp strives to write accurate histories of its member units. A tale from the present commander recalls a boy studying his history and his father altering the text to claim his own battlefield truth.
A reminiscence recalls Forrest with a small troop pursued by Union forces. A Southern bystander berates him to fight, then a dinner guest quips that Forrest keeps a black beard by using his brain more than his jaw, illustrating his wit and nerve.
General Butler sparked laughter with a sharp retort in Congress about dividing eternity. In a political convention he mocked James Freeman Clarke for bolting the Trinity, drawing roars from the attendees and the clergy alike.
Tommy accuses his father of breaking the parlor vase prompting Mrs Banks to vow punishment and Papa to admit fault, teasing the family with a light hearted domestic moment.
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