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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
6
Describes Boxer units forming a semi military corps near numerous posts across China. Small garrisons of ten to fifteen soldiers stand in peace time with an elevated lookout commanding the view. Brick and plaster structures ignite a fire signal for alarms and on festive occasions. A government official from the army oversees the enrollment ceremony.
A New York society figure Miss Elsie Clews suffers a prank after a 24 year old man seeks matrimony through a personal ad. John B. Behm faces repeated letters and home visits while detectives track the caller at 493 Washington Street.
A collection of stone implements acquired by Mr. Seton-Karr from the Nile valley features chiefly yellowish brown to pearl gray opaque chert. The assemblage includes bracelets, axe-like tools, leaf-shaped flints, knives, hoes, scrapers, cores and flakes with rare translucent chalcedonic pieces.
The excerpt says Maitre Labori plans a United States lecturing tour next winter to recuperate fortunes ruined by his Dreyfus case involvement. It notes his defense of the punished captain yielded no return, cost expenses, alienated clients, and damaged future prospects due to unpopularity in the grande affaire.
The Duchess of Litta, famed as Italy's beauty, was once betrothed to the Prince of Naples but the match was halted by royal decree. Lady Randolph Churchill becomes Mrs Cornwallis West, choosing to take her husband’s lineage as a sole identifying link rather than a common surname.
Edward W. Green of North Judson Indiana remains alive and apparently healthy amid rapid ossification. The 40 year old man has grown to stone like weight with a normal face and no perspiration. Pins cause no pain and leave indentations. He is losing use of his legs and arms as treatment near Leaf River Illinois shows little progress.
John Clark Ridpath, historian, died in New York last week. Born April 1841 in Putnam County Indiana, he graduated from Asbury now DePauw University in 1863 with first honors and later taught at DePauw. He wrote multiple histories and served as Arena editor, running for Congress in 1896 and losing narrowly.
War Department issues an order for a general election in Cuba on the third Saturday of September. Delegates chosen will draft a constitution for Cubans to govern themselves free from American tutelage. Delegates meet in Havana on the first Monday in November.
A minister and an artist aboard a transatlantic voyage reevaluate celibacy and marriage as they fall for each other. Storms test resolve, shifting views toward art and partnership. He asks again after months. she delays, planning a Chicago studio and a future in New York.
An English woman’s Maltese named Poussy was fitted with spectacles after tests with a mouse picture to check the cat’s vision. The oculist confirmed improved eye response with the glasses.
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