the river press (fort benton, mont.) 1880-current — sulphur smell
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1907-05-01
- Location
- fort benton, montana, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- the river press (fort benton, mont.) 1880-current · 1907-05-01 · page 02
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1907-05-01 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.
Published source text
Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.
Source passage
Source text · mention only... then burned, giving out a sulphur smell and white smoke. There was some heat, but it did not seem to be so iutense as that from coal. Little residue was left." Kansas City fuel experts generally are agreed that the process does not really enable one to burn ashes, but merely consumes the unburned carbon and other volatile elements in the ash. It is pointed out, in support of this claim, that coal in practical work of ten yields as much as 40 to "U percent, of its original bulk in ash, while la boratory tests show perhaps only 30 per cent. Much of i^ variance is accounted for by methods of stoking. In large ...
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice can compare reported features across periods while preserving uncertainty, OCR limitations and the possibility of conventional explanation, exaggeration, copying or satire.
Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.