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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
3
The piece forecasts a revival in cycle racing with the L A W and N C A active in the field. It notes dealers face pressures from racing interests and suggests mechanical pacing and gear designs will shape speed. It calls for dealers to monitor developments as a potential profitable trend.
The Montreal and Boston committees will cooperate on Canadian races. L A W suspended riders must regain standing or skip Canadian meets. Boston August meet plans progress for a major league event August 14 to 19. European riders from Britain France and other nations are to attend the Montreal contests.
The article notes a sharp drop in American machine imports to Australia in late 1898, with one month totaling 20000 versus 75000 in 1897. It attributes the decline to American dumping of cheap cycles, which taught Australian buyers a hard lesson and slowed recovery for top American models.
Frame stamped from two steel sections forms a tubular bicycle frame for the United States market. The two half sections join at the seat mast and steering head and are riveted clinched or brazed. The lower reach gaps accommodate the crank bracket. rear portions remain separated.
Description explains how the rear stays and forks are separated by a lower frame reach to form a semi circular cross section. It notes the arrangement creates a rounded rear geometry.
Description of a toe clip design for bicycle pedals with two curved hinge sections, a bolt mount to the pedal front plate, cross crossing inner extensions that rise to grip the foot, a light coil spring to keep the clip open for foot insertion, and projections plus a washer lug to prevent over dropping when the foot is removed.
John D. Clews aged 102 and Sarah Jennings aged 100, lifelong lovers who met in Springfield, Illinois, during Lincoln's era, married in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Their tale spans Mexican War service, Civil War frontline battles, Libby Prison, separations, and a reunion at a veterans’ gathering that revived a mutely enduring passion, now renewed in old age.
Montreal and Boston authorities near agreement on a preliminary circuit of races where foreign riders can compete for prizes before the main meets. A European steamship line with Boston and Montreal terminals will transport foreign entrants at reduced fares to acclimate to American racing and training. This plan should draw more skilled foreign competitors to the United States than in recent decades.
At a Boston trades meeting the cycle tradesmen decided to revive the information bureau that warned members of undesirable credit customers. Previously 157 delinquents were named and 100 plus stolen bicycles described, aiding collections and debt recovery. Annual dues drop from $12 to $3 prompted renewed participation.
The International Cyclists Association awarded Canada the 1899 world meet. Montreal formed a committee to fund promotion but lack of local manufacturer support slowed progress. President Porter of the Boston meet committee met Beament and the C W A group in Montreal to fix dates. The big meet will run the week of August 7, with the L A W meet in Boston the next week.
Claude McFarlan of Louisville, longtime associate baseball editor at the Evening Post, shifts from Norfolk to Andy Freedman’s New York League team. He is a speedy fielder and strong hitter, part of a family of ball players including Dan and Horace McFarlan, with deep local ties and friends cheering the move.
A Bangkok Chinese Buddhist priest reports he has sat with legs crossed for six years without speaking and survives on half an inch of a blade of grass daily. His claim highlights extraordinary ascetic practice and spiritual discipline.
Buddhist customs include traveling carvers who roam the countryside with hammer and chisel to carve sacred symbols into rocks by the roadside.
The National Review notes higher current officer employment in the English navy with average pay and allowances around £2500 for eleven officers, half pay around £650. Senior captains receive £920 full pay £301 half pay, senior commanders £433 full £182 half. Half pay rates are falling since 1871 and promotion expectations rise as entry numbers grow. A 33 year old lieutenant facing marriage could save little while painting ships, with a commander’s path yielding about £155 on half pay.
Dr Emory Lanphear discussed trephining for tetanus at the St Louis Academy lecture. He reviewed brain injection of antitoxin alongside subcutaneous treatment, noting numerous cases ending in death and praising skull trephination as potentially transformative for tetanus care.
A review of Charles Bloomingdale Jr s Mr Miss and Mrs published by Lippincott under the pen name Karl. The pieces depict youth era incidents with keen character contrasts and daring secrets presented without risqué detail. The critic praises vivid readable brisk stories with strong literary framing.
A renowned professor argues that very small sound intervals are easier to distinguish with a single ear than with two, challenging common hearing assumptions and suggesting heightened acute auditory discrimination in mono ear perception.
English workmen protest the Midland railway adoption of American locomotives citing national pride and fear for the engineers union. lower production costs tempt British railways but threaten wages and jobs, spurring potential union rules against handling American machines.
England shows a minister running a parish public house under a quirky will. Rev Osbert Mondaunt and the vestry manage with strict rules: sell pure beer, no individual profit, no credit. Proceeds fund parish relief like clothing and coal. The plan has inspired other ministers to follow suit.
Rules for hosts on handshakes specify a hostess should greet all guests on arrival and departure. Women typically do not shake hands with men when introduced, except that men should be greeted cordially when presenting a woman or in mixed company. The elder or kindly disposed party may initiate a handshake in introductions.
The article traces Iceland’s status as Europe’s oldest colony, first settled by Norwegians in 874, then under the Norwegian crown as a republic until 1292, and finally under Danish rule after the 1389 union of Norway and Denmark.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a hoax rumor about a young woman supposedly marrying Goldrox. It states the woman’s maiden name is in question and comments she proved an unusually good shot for a woman, reflecting tabloid sensationalism of the era.
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