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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
2
In a reflection on power and ethics, Townsend argues government armor and reform should serve humanity. He cites Roosevelt saying no stealing and no bearing false witness must guide politicians and critics alike, urging a better path to right action.
A Baltimore note recalls forty George Washingtons in the city with thirty nine colored and one white. It parallels an elderly colored man who said historic greats like Pompey and Caesar were likely black since their names were not common among whites.
Havana endured a cold wave as temperatures sank to 53 degrees. The piece compares Cuban winter blasts to boreal gales and notes similar London heat in summer, highlighting regional temperature contrasts and American warmth thresholds.
The report notes wireless telegraph experiments for the British army in South Africa faced interruptions due to iron ore veins in hills. It echoes a United States Naval Board finding on Marconi’s system that tall iron framed buildings could block communication between transmitters and receivers.
A Johns Hopkins writer describes a case claiming a new operation hepaticocholecystostocholcystenterostomy, yet notes it is an advanced method for colic. The piece reflects on science's burden of baggage and cites Corsar’s impedimenta as fitting in this context.
The report shows average US fire loss fell from 6922 to 1860 in ten years and insurance loss from 3992 to 1056. Electrical use caused more fires with 66 cases ten years ago rising to 958 last year due to crossed wires. Incendiary fires total 6891. lightning 2479. spontaneous combustion 1179. friction 295. natural gas 94. dust explosions 14. sun via glass noted. 12204 fires had no assignable cause.
The gegenschein appears as a faint round light opposite the sun in clear night skies. Prof. W H Pickering suggests it could be a cometary or meteoric satellite about 1,000,000 miles away, completing a year orbit as the sun and meteors stay opposite Earth, possibly about 86,000 miles across like Jupiter.
John Q. Anderson a South Dakota cattleman found himself afloat on a thin cake of ice on the Missouri near Crow Creek Indian Agency to water his herd. He steered a wild range steer to keep back the cattle and prevent them from breaking through the ice in a desperate bid to reach shore.
Sam Colison of Milwaukee recalls a Mississippi river steamboat journey when he outplayed two clever card sharps. He notes many travelers played poker to pass time while train travel was rare, and he describes how the two newcomers used familiar tricks to fleece others before the inevitable climax.
In a perilous incident, a cattleman escapes a cracking ice floe after a herd driver fails to shore up the ice. He pushes a steer away, rides a weakening cake toward heavy ice, then leaps onto solid ice just as the floe sinks. The dramatic escape ends with safety on the far bank.
In Wonersh near Guildford a swan dragged a drinking fawn into water and drowned it. Deer observed the killing, then attacked and killed the swan on land. The incident occurred in the park of Lord Grantley.
A special letter argues France could build a railway from Paris to Timbuctoo linking In-Salah to Algiers with rail and canal schemes. It portrays Timbuctoo as Africa's trade hub and outlines French aims against rival powers, describing the Azendan Nyam Nyam as a formidable, nearly white aristocratic group.
Constable recounts a ride with a suburb resident who proposed a fight. At a gate the man remained ready to strike, but a neighbor flashed a stove hook and a hidden pistol, prompting the conspirator to flee rather than fight. The gun’s presence foiled the plan.
State health board in Colorado issues guidelines to reduce tuberculosis cases amid rising deaths. Emphasizes avoiding expectoration, ensuring infected milk is boiled, and leaving meat to health officers. Advises fresh air and weekly room disinfection. warns disease spreads through careless contact rather than heredity.
A West Hoboken man began a chicken coop and nailed the side boards from inside. He left no exit except a tiny opening. unable to climb out or remove the boards, he cried for help until a neighbor, after laughing, tore down part of the coop and freed him.
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