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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
2
A column threads several brief items including a ship’s cargo beer loss in Philippine waters, a Paraguay social custom urging kisses, Japanese beauty norms, Chicago detectives and Bertillon measurements, Long Island incubator race, a Rhode Island hen’s egg output, and Amsterdam’s municipal services plus a critique of mosquito pests and their impact on city life.
The German American Historical Society of Illinois announces a project to gather information on early German ancestry settlers. Officials say early collection is crucial to preserve valuable material and illuminate the pioneers who helped build the middle west.
The Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture will study the Rock River watershed in Illinois to find why water volume is decreasing. Forest denudation and heavy drainage for commerce and farming are suspected causes, spurred by citizen agitation and a request from Representative Hitt. Field assistant G F Schwartz will conduct the investigation.
A Revue Socialiste piece argues that women are thwarted by self denigration and repeated sacrifices to male relatives. It claims girls grow up conceding to brothers and then to a husband’s family, nursing and pleasing while masking pain. The essay portrays obedience as the path to marriage and submission.
The conflict in South Africa nears its end with inevitable Boer surrender despite occasional victories. Reports praise Sarah Bernhardt in Paris and Rostand plays while Maude Adams and other stars may tour. Mrs James Brown Potter faces divorce actions as Kyrie Bellew travels Australia. Viola Allen’s In the Palace of the King delayed by Lorimer Stoddard’s illness. Charles Mackay sails for Europe for four months of travel.
A mix of theater notes praising a St. Louis girl whose voice transformed to a powerful barytone after diphtheria and commentary on Bernhardt and Coquelin. It also covers Boston’s Broadway to Tokio, Fay Templeton in a cake walk, and sample stage vignettes including Salter Lake’s seven wives.
The piece reviews Thomas Campbell’s Hohenlinden praising its power while detailing military march lengths and rates from British and American forces. It highlights the Thirty-third Indiana Regiment’s history by Capt. McBride, noting enlistment totals, roster efforts, and a forthcoming 200 page history funded by Indiana veterans groups.
Capt J R McBride a long time govern ment servant in Washington has finished a history of the Thirty third Indiana regiment. A Hoosier and veteran of the unit he portrays its recruitment from central and southern Indiana and its agricultural core. Col John Coburn led the regiment.
The account disputes claims that the Chattanooga Rebel was completely destroyed in March 1865 at Selma Alabama. It details Wilsons occupation from April 2 to April 10 1865 and describes presses damaged by sledgehammers the day before departure, with the proof press spared. Charley Faxon and a few printers restored two column editorial content before the rebel ceased publication after depleted supplies.
Major W C D Gillespie of River Forest died of paralysis after a long life as a Civil War veteran. Born in New Orleans in 1844, he served three years with the 116th New York infantry, later becoming a prominent mechanical engineer. He married Amelia Yout of Racine in 1868 and lived in Chicago. Survived by his wife and son George H Gillespie. member of Technical club Robert Fulton Society of Engineers Phil Sheridan Post G A R and the Masonic fraternity.
The remark by George B. M. Harvey then editor of the North American Review shows his early pipe dream of one day running a large magazine. It was once laughed at by companions when he worked as a reporter on a New York daily.
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