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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
2
A miscellaneous mix of antiquated notes notes on the Quakers forming a secret service, Kentucky warfare, and satirical jabs about economy and marriage. The piece references Ambassador Cambon, the Michigan Supreme Court, Hesse taxes on bachelors, and饮 water boileing as typhoid prevention.
A half lemon half orange fruit is reported in California. It resembles a lemon in shape and an orange in color with juice blending both flavors. An artificial product, it marks a trend toward combination in the fruit world and echoes similar curiosities once known as the phantom Iemon in picnic assets.
A New York Times London correspondent notes repeated demands on James Russell Lowell and Charles Chauncey Choate while in Britain. The requests span tickets to Parliament and public institutions, introductions to notables, loans, mediation with an overcharging landlady, and even a stranger arriving at night seeking lodging.
Spain smiles through her tears as distant islands vanish and remaining forces shrink. The country receives twenty million from the United States and four to five million from Germany while debt looms. Returning soldiers seek field and mine work, and goldfaced officers mourn lost chances of plunder. Statesmen focus on administration and domestic development.
The article explains a Senate practice where each party selects pairing associates to balance votes. Absent members match across parties and present members may abstain to keep the tally even. It notes Senator Paso of Florida historically paired himself to influence outcomes, occasionally voting but often declaring he was paired with the senator from Cash and would vote opposite if that senator were present.
A wartime poem fragment urges soldiers to persevere under fire with the captain’s command to play the game. It narrates a desert battlefield scene where a colonel dies and the regiment endures, while a schoolboy’s voice calls to carry the torch and honor England.
Veteran recalls Bull Run and Virginia encounters as a Confederate cavalry clash erupts among trees. He describes reckless charges, casualties, and his own luck keeping him unscathed while fleeing and dodging toward safety in a frontline skirmish.
A nervous melee describes a musket battle where a lieutenant is felled by a misfired charge. The narrator, exhausted and outmatched, finally fires as the foe’s sabre slashes rain down. The lieutenant’s face is blown away by the blast, and only the narrator survives.
The Jewish Messenger recounts Coralie Cahen a famed nurse who tended thousands of French and German soldiers in Vendome aided by two nurses and seven Christian sisters of mercy. She challenged Prussian plans to seize a hospital insisting on Red Cross protection and French flag allegiance earning German admiration after peace.
During the late Spanish American War a veteran with one eye argued for admission to a New York regiment. He met the President in Washington and quipped that his single eye was a great advantage for aiming. He had fought at Santiago.
A religious citation urges Christian men to embrace a larger and more adequate faith in God as the invincible power of righteousness. Verse reference: Romans I, verse cited by Coddington.
Agricultural note covers brown rot in potatoes tomatoes and eggplants with wilting browning of tubers and spread by beetles recommends spraying discarding diseased vines and using stored tubers from disease-free areas. Also discusses orchid culture basics window culture moisture air needs and beginner manual by Barberry with plans for English and American editions.
A discussion on allowing Western states to lease public lands to stockmen for revenue and regional development. The piece argues leases could ease the range problem, fund state improvements, and keep land titles with the federal government. Also includes a brief note on orchid culture and growing conditions for window plants.
The article discusses white bean varieties with bean type advantages, noting navy beans yield about twenty bushels per acre and long voyages for storage. It emphasizes seed over vines, season luck, soil depth, shallow sod plowing, light broadcast manure, and avoiding work on dew to prevent rust.
A simple box with hooks for hanging on bin boards and supporting a bag allows filling grain sacks with one person. It eliminates the need for a second helper and speeds up the work. The article also offers methods for mole control and advice on colt care and proper exercise and feeding to prevent a feast or famine condition.
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