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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
2
A collection of aphorisms alongside a report on German parliamentary votes. The Prussian agrarian party scored gains opposing emperor canal plans. The Reichstag rejected the Rhine Elbe canal measure by a large margin and narrowly opposed the Dortmund Rhine canal proposal.
H Schaw proposes using a water cartridge in a shot hole to generate steam at about 150 psi by low-tension electricity. The device would burst and fuse the wire, breaking the circuit and preventing firedamp ignition. The blast would break down undercut coal without using inflammable charges.
Connecticut residents object to naming a modest monitor after their state while California officials protest a cruiser carries their name. The 1898 law aimed at naming all first class battleships and monitors after states, but it did not guarantee every state a vessel of a given class.
Notes on a September magazine symposium about achieving success and the value of hard work. Includes guidance from diverse figures and a Cornell bulletin on canning milk dilution for farmers, plus an array of rural tips on King birds, hawks, and poultry protection.
The article discusses a gravity cream separator and its dilution method, noting experiments by the Indiana Experiment Station showing fat loss with diluted milk. It also covers poultry yard care, beauty in flocks, moulting, feeding soft messes, and the benefits of cooked or scalded ground foods for better digestion and egg production.
Wallace's Farmer discusses hawk control for poultry raisers noting the difficulty and limited bragging value of any method. The hawk is a persistent hindrance to poultry owners and boys with small rifles pose safety concerns in groves.
A historical note details the Grey Toulouse geese and ganders as the largest domesticated breed, boasting compact bodies, gentle temperaments, and high fattened weights of 45 to 60 pounds per pair. They lay 30 to 40 eggs per season, yield valuable feathers, and goslings grow rapidly on pasture.
A Savannah News piece describes a jet black cockatoo on an island near New Guinea that cracks hard canary nut kernels with a steel-like bill. It uses a notch and leaf as a tool, then extracts kernels bite by bite with its long tongue, illustrating adaptive bird anatomy and behavior.
The formal opening on Monday last at the L. D. S. college on Main Street Salt Lake City drew favorable notice. Business courses remain popular while high school normal and missionary and college programs attract wide-spread attention.
The article explains how insects spread disease germs from the sick to the well. It notes flies carry typhoid and cholera germs on their feet, mosquitoes transmit malaria and yellow fever, gnats in the Roman Campagna spread malarial infection, bedbugs possibly pass relapsing fever, and fleas may carry plague. It emphasizes insects as one of several infection routes and urges ongoing vigilance.
A special letter describes drought in Southern Persia and the role of the high priest as a weather prophet. Clerics hold mosque prayer meetings with processions and howling mobs blaming outsiders. Devotees bow toward Mecca and kiss the priest’s hands, hoping for rain within a week.
Leslie’s Weekly correspondent describes Manila at night with strict police checks and sentries. Carriages are rare except for officials, drivers must pause for inspection, and San Nicholas district is notably restricted. The piece notes no uprisings and extreme nighttime calm until daybreak.
A man believes in his singing ability and breaks into song without being asked. Onlookers react with surprise as bystanders watch the spontaneous performance unfold in public.
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