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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
3
Poem portrays General Maxime Gomes as a steadfast, patient figure facing death. It blends spiritual exhortation with imagery of sleep, heaven, and the ideal, urging gentle guidance toward eternal rest and the rewards of a dutiful life.
A U S government envoy visits Cuban Gen. Maximo Gomez to discuss disbanding insurgents. Gomez admits he lacks money to send a telegram to President McKinley, but finally sends the dispatch after the envoy’s urging. The episode leaves the envoy with renewed respect for Gomez’s honesty.
A visitor's letter from Apia describes Mataafa's postbattle camp as peaceful with soldiers resting under mats, families nearby, and tom toms beating. He notes Samoans as amiable and safe for whites, greeting with Talofa, until a white flag signals a horse recovery near the lines.
A brief excerpt describes chiefs ordering their men to stop firing and then the white man leading horses to shelter before renewed fighting ensued.
On a U S transport part of the second expedition to Manila the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers and Utah battery traveled. Soldiers and officers traded pranks on deck with a barrel stave blow as the climax of a chain of playful trickery.
An irascible Civil War veteran Col Gunson battles local boys who climb his barn roof. After failed deterrents a passerby’s match starts a fire but the boys extinguish it with buckets from a horse trough. The colonel then repairs the roof and grants them play access, yet no boy returns to the roof.
In the Independent Margaret Deland argues for cheerful novels that end well. She contends even truthful depictions of harsh life should culminate in belief in moral purpose, God, and the goodness of the world for readers.
Chicago note recalls Funston denying a desire for a specific political office and challenges a report that he was born in Ohio. The exchange highlights confusion over likely misattribution and the accuracy of the original bulletin.
A reflective poem sequence contrasts life in Guam with a pious burial scene. It depicts a sorrowful train from a prayerful place toward a grave as mourners tread a cold path to lay a friend to rest, awaiting a future awakening.
An excerpt describes Guam scenery with lush rice paddies and coconut products. Night fishing uses firelight to attract fish like flying gar. A water clock, made from a coconut shell, marks time for crews, offering a simple, reliable timekeeping method.
A northern observer describes the Spanish moss of the southern woods. The moss thrives in shade, feeding on air, with a pale green color and a brown horsehair like fiber. It is gathered in large heaps and used for upholstery.
The outer moss covering ferments and dries leaving tough fibers. Moss is baled and shipped to upholsterers for use as a curried hair substitute. Frosts in the south last winter reduced the moss value and caused a supply shortfall. Micangpy Florida ships about 100 bales weekly when harvests are good.
The article traces baseball from its 1846 Hoboken match to the Knickerbocker club formed in 1845 and the first championship game with the New York club. It notes shifts from casual social pastimes to professional and business involvement, contrasting past and present participation.
Tycho the dog attended family worship with regular devotion. He walked at the head of the procession and sat solemnly when women filled the seats. He stood with the congregation during singing and walked out first after services. He once jumped onto a pew and fixed his gaze on the preacher before being dethroned.
A young New York socialite with limited means begins a unique side job dusting and caring for prized bric-a-brac in friends’ homes. She dusts thoroughly without breaking items, earning income and enabling more dresses and comforts she previously lacked.
The Queen of Portugal, already an M D, studied medicine to help her husband the Crown Prince. She married without knowing him well, but his sterling qualities won her love. Observing his early weight gain, she treated him carefully, hoping to aid him better than doctors, under guidance of the nation’s top physicians.
A hung jury is described as an obstacle to justice, sparking debate over its impact on accountability and fairness within the trial process.
A professor from Iowa Agricultural College describes a tactile system to evaluate sheep. By feeling lips teeth neck back rib and hip and examining the hindquarter and leg development one learns the animal’s true form and value. Different cuts fetch varied prices per pound with the leg and back most valuable in Chicago markets.
Ohio State Horticultural Society heard Prof. Webster report bisulphate of carbon kills tree lice but often kills the tree. He described ants guiding lice to roots and urged caution with deadly fumigation using hydrocyanic gas. Potash and phosphoric acid fertilizers improve sugar beet quality. large seeds yield more sugar. 14 inches is a good plowing depth.
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