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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
2
A collection of short items notes misfortunes of neighbors and quotes on doctors cats toads and savings banks. Mentions Townsend Montana Maine Bangor Cambridge and Turkey with various curiosities about coal fuel protection and notable figures including George Shergold and Christian De Wet.
The record lists British losses from the war’s start to July 28 as 271 officers and 2,500 men killed, with 73 officers and 681 men dying of wounds totaling 3,527. Wounded counts are missing, but by July 1, 11,576 were wounded and 4,533 died of disease. About 20,000 men were invalided home.
Farmers near Syracuse object to a planned reading of the David Harum hoes trade scene by a professional impersonator. Local opposition suggests the event may be canceled as critics question humor and merit of the book.
A Charlottesville conference adopted a prayer to the intelligent white people of Virginia asking that any disfranchisement measure apply to both races. The non partisan appeal also seeks white aid in education and uplifting the colored race morally and generally.
Variot of Paris, per a Lisbon paper, discovers a process for embalming that also metallics the body by the Roult process. Bodies are preserved indefinitely and rendered with such perfection that wrinkles vanish and the deceased resemble a metal statue.
A writer lampoons the season's craze for syndicatization in England noting it exposes flaws among shareholders. A leading figure reveals hidden alcoholism with violent tendencies, while others abandon responsibilities, harming the estate. The piece satirizes holiday co operation and its impact on trust among guests.
John M. Allen of Mississippi announces retirement from the House on March 4 after nearly twenty years of service. The Mississippi congressman calls himself poorer and plans to return to Tupelo to practice law, while recalling his witty debates and early clashes over postmasterships and civil service.
An American woman touring Moscow’s Kremlin experiences strict symbolics of rank as an attendant blocks access to a signed autograph book and guards her entry while officials ensure she adds her name to the visitors list.
The article notes electricity in cigar and tobacco manufacture will soon displace thousands of workers. One machine reportedly yields 180000 cigarett es and 5000 pounds of cut tobacco per minute.
Howitzers are steel breech loading artillery pieces weighing 2500 pounds and measuring six feet ten inches in length.
J W Stanton reports at the Illinois State Horticultural Society on John B Smith's travel and findings in Europe. He notes France may ban American fruit without treaty and Holland and Belgium show limited imports while Germany appears fair in handling shipments.
A Maryland Experiment Station report notes that the two striped sweet potato beetle is a common tortoise beetle on sweet potato vines and morning glory. Larva appears yellowish white with light bands. adults emerge after pupation. dipping plants in arsenate of lead or spraying Paris green with lime is advised as the main control methods.
The government adopts Hungarian macaroni w heat varieties for U S farms noting their bread wheats differ in texture Yet the wheat grows well on American soil and keeps macaroni qualities The winter wheats surpass current types and cover more acreage They match top spring wheats for flour and could boost wheat exports due to European demand.
The speaker recalls a San Jose scale problem in a winter before last on fifteen hundred trees. They cut back the trees severely and treated them with whale oil soap. Onlookers advised removing top portions to save the grove, but the speaker did not lose the trees.
The pea weevil appears late May or June as peas swell. Eggs hatch into yellow larvae that bore pods while the seed remains, leaving holes. The pest can be controlled by selecting clean seed two years old, sinking sound peas in water, and boiling water treating peas before planting.
Oklahoma A C reports inquiry about a native blue grass spreading across Stillwater fields. Two forms, Texas blue grass and Smooth Texas bluegrass, resemble Kentucky blue grass in head and taste and are palatable to grazing animals. They spread from small patches to large areas and can propagate by seed or plant parts, promising a top pasture grass for Oklahoma.
The article urges conserving pastures with forage crops to cover feed shortages in spring midsummer and autumn. It suggests fodder corn vetches and rape as options and notes quick maturing varieties for late summer or early autumn sowing to protect grass roots and soil.
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