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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
The Chicago School Board mandates that teachers possess sound minds and bodies. Many certificate applicants refrain from applying, fearing undisclosed health issues revealed by medical tests.
The rivalry between steam and sailing vessels for ocean freight shows steamers advancing in numbers and size, yet sailing vessels remain viable for nonurgent cargo since wind power is cheaper than fuel and will continue to be used for undemanding sea deliveries.
A German machinist, hired to steal rivals' "points" and return them to his real employers, received a three month jail term. The businessmen who employed him were jailed as well. The piece defends protecting trade secrets against unscrupulous imitators and praises Germany’s law.
Miss Florence Leonard of Arlington Ga. was kept overnight in the Niagara Falls observation tower after the operator forgot to close and lock the tower. She fainted on waking and suffered nerves from the ordeal.
Peter A. Porter urges preservation of a relic from the England versus France era. The fragmented block-house outline sits about a mile and a half above Niagara Falls near the Portage Road to Lewiston. The Niagara Frontier Historical Society seeks protection for the site as the era's sole known relic in the area.
A forthcoming bridge to connect New York with Brooklyn will include an asphalted bicycle path set above trolley and carriage tracks. Pedestrians will use a below path, with elevated railway above. Double trolley lines on both sides will carry four cars abreast and outer lanes will host carriages moving in the same direction, reducing traffic delays. The span will run 7,200 feet, extending the current bridge by about a quarter mile mainly in the approaches.
A dramatic portrayal in Sindh shows a wiry fakir swinging head downward over a bonfire of dry fagots. Accompanied by two strong assistants, he bounds between rope loops, descends into the blaze, and is carried clear as onlookers watch in astonishment.
Judge Walter L. Simmons of Fort Scott Kansas ordered Mrs Emma Collins Johnson of Joplin Missouri to separate from her husband J H Johnson after she wed him a month after a divorce. The judge refused to set aside the decree and warned of bigamy if she remarries soon. The telegram announcing the wedding arrived half an hour after the ceremony. Mrs Johnson, daughter of a prominent family, faced courtroom pressure as friends urged leniency but the judge remained unmoved. Two attorneys spoke as friends of the court urging not to alter the decree.
Two burglars trying to blow open the Globe Laundry safe in Chicago were injured when a dynamite blast tore off a thief’s hand and shattered his arm while the other was struck by flying steel. Three company workers slept nearby as blood covered floors and stairs, and police found guards bound. The blast likely saved the company from loss of thousands.
Mrs. Mary Becanon of Santa Ana California fasted 47 days beating Dr Tanner's record by seven days. She had three years of stomach trouble. She started at 183 pounds and ended at 133. Doctors fear the fast may prove fatal as the stomach now rebels against food.
The daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Stoner of Fort Dodge Iowa fell into a water filled lard can and drowned. The mother heard the child struggling and rushed to help but could not save the life.
John Meyer a wealthy Williamsburg real estate dealer at 62 William Street Manhattan died after a pencil cut on his right index finger led to blood poisoning. He and his brothers Cord and Chris Meyer were sons of Cord Meyer the late sugar refiner. Doctors failed to save him.
Quebracho wood from Paraguay yields a high tannin percentage used in leather tanning. The export of this product is expanding as demand grows for treated hides and industrial tannin extracts.
A Baltimore reminiscence recounts Edgar Allan Poe’s burial in Westminster graveyard near First Presbyterian Church. Sexton George W. Spence, his dog Sailor, and a small funeral note Poe’s quiet, somber burial on October 9 1849 with few mourners. The piece recalls Poe’s grave marked later by a stone with 80, and the 1875 monument.
A Adirondack lumberman Jerry Dudy pinned by a fallen tree near Lake Massawepie in Piercefield. Despite cutting free with his ax and pulling himself three miles home through deep snow, he died from exposure and pneumonia with his wife and newborn at his side. Utica Herald Dispatch reports.
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