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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
2
A mosaic of items cites Dreyfus forgeries and Dom Paul in Boer context, Chamberlain’s view, and Lulu’s signing. It notes frost protection for crops, cold contracts, and economic quips. Indiana publishes agricultural returns with wheat acres, crop losses, and farm labor wages across counties.
The piece contrasts cultured elites with workers who till the land and grow bread and wine. It argues that terms like culture and cultivation echo rural toil and question whether the privileged honor the people whose labor yields life’s sustenance.
President Schurman of the Philippine commission argues that while China can supply cheap labor, western nations will still flood China with goods and drive oriental competition. He notes labor cost is often overrated and that the U S has long increased manufacturing exports despite high wages. Mechanical ingenuity and finance matter more than cheap labor.
Judge J P Tarvin of the Kenton Circuit Court Covington Ky rises as a possible Democratic vice presidential nomination figure linked to Bryan’s renomination. Born Nov 13 1860 in Covington he built a national reputation as an orator and silver advocate leading the bi metallic clubs Ohio Valley and delivering notable speeches in New York and Chicago.
The article recounts Pliny’s tale of a Roman craftsman who produced a bright metal like silver from clay, alloyed as alumina. Emperor Tiberius ordered the workshops destroyed and the artificer beheaded to keep the discovery secret, a cautionary tale tied to Sainte Claire Deville’s later remark on the alloy.
The Detroit Journal notes a 1st century Roman craftsman may have discovered aluminum, a metal the world lost for eighteen centuries due to Tiberius era misfortunes, making aluminum a lost art until modern times.
A blind man in New Orleans walks sixteen to twenty blocks daily from the old quarter to a Canal Street eatery. He explains he sees with his nose and feet, describing how street smells guide him as surely as signs once did, and how his feet learn every irregularity of his path. He relies on both senses, has a small income, lives with a granddaughter, and a reader is hired to help him each afternoon.
Emperor William elevates Count von Munster Ledenburg to prince in recognition of leading Germany’s delegation at The Hague peace conference. The elderly diplomat, once ambassador to England then Paris envoy, is famed for lavish entertaining aided by his daughter Countess Marie. She is noted for spirit and kept out of the Dreyfus scandal.
County Judge Hurd of Kings County New York faced a lineup of citizenship applicants in the Brooklyn courthouse. A Coney Island Italian, Biejio Scavali, answered questions with comical mispronunciations about the country and its laws. The judge quipped that Scavali would not do, illustrating the hurdles in naturalization proceedings.
A farming column offers guidance on dairy and poultry practices. It describes a sanitary milk pail used at Kansas Agricultural College, benefits of cleaner milking, pasture management, and timing for turning cattle into meadows. It advises on pullet timing, costs of early hens, and the economics of keeping old hens during moulting.
A bulletin from the agricultural department explains millet as a hay and silage crop. It offers high forage yield and good digestibility, suitable for dairy cattle, young stock, and sheep, with barnyard millet or soy beans improving ensilage quality.
The article notes some hens start laying in fall and continue through winter and summer until August or September, when they moult. Moult is seen as a fault, lowering credit for hens that otherwise perform well and set owner expectations.
The Virginia Experiment Station issued a bulletin describing how to obtain and use a dried muscle vaccine for blackleg. The process uses heat treated spores to immunize cattle over six months old, reducing losses. the station will manufacture its own vaccine for free statewide distribution.
J E Stevenson in Rural New Yorker argues air exposure aids hatch strength. He notes few incubators have automatic turning and favors turning eggs by removing them for brief airing. Stevenson says moderate temp changes and occasional hen off times produce stronger chicks, with better air space at 50 degrees than 80 degrees.
The article discusses poultry profitability, linking high investment to large sales and warns that neglect causes losses. It also advises on pure air for milk handling and mentions France planning several million francs for New Caledonia coast defenses.
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