01 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1892
Page
1
An OCR fragment lists multiple Townsend Montana based businesses and professionals with names and occupations including attorney at law land and mining attorney bank cashier lumber dealer druggist furniture dealer grocer livery service dentist and more. The readable items show a town commerce snapshot with several firms and service providers.
The regular meetings of Valley Temple No. 1 P C are held in Townsend every Saturday evening and drill is conducted on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Members in good standing are invited to attend. GEO. G. NORTON, Recording Secretary. A practical engineer seeks to rip an engine for a saw mill quartz mill hoist or threshing machine. Address JOHN GLASS Udena Louisiana.
The Union Pacific System offers a popular California excursion leaving Helena on Friday April 15. Round trip tickets are valid 60 days with a six month final limit. Prices listed include San Francisco $75 and Los Angeles $89 for round trips on the same route. A return via a different route is offered at lower rates. St Louis round trip is $72. Sleeping car reservations and full information can be obtained from J. O. Wilson, Freight and Passenger Agent, 28 North Main St, Helena, Mont.
The F.L.T. announces weekly Monday night meetings at Judge Westons drug store. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. A. E. Spriggs and N. E. H. Goopmas serve as secretary pro tem.
Preaching each Sunday evening at 7 30 social service every Thursday evening at 8 Sabbath school at 2 pm Public invited to attend all services.
Letters from users describe relief from neuralgia rheumatism stomach and liver issues after three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Salve for leg sores. A Groton resident credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing aConsumption cough after eight bottles. Trial bottles free at J N Weston’s drug store.
A Chicago financial leader urges young bankers to avoid disclosing exact cash on hand and shipment patterns, warning such disclosures invite thieves. He cites a recent bank official who revealed cash days and transfer routes, risking trust and inviting robbery.
An early 20th century note describes a Ticino wedding rite where the groom must pass a series of tests. After locking doors and wary hosts, he must be escorted through rooms to find his bride in bridal dress, a ritual ending with his acceptance as a benedict.
The Olobe-Democrat reports a Paris physician tested masking tastes of oils and iron tonics by embedding them in soups and a special chalybeate bread. He notes advantages for squeamish patients and suggests its adoption by doctors at home. A side anecdote recounts a horse sale hoax and a Maine island sheep herd thriving unmanaged for decades.
A brief promotion suggests subscribing to the Messenger for one year with a call to “set the American Farmers free” and to hand in money. The message mixes a sales pitch with political phrasing.
An old traveler recalls watching starving crows at Astoria harbor and a flock of gulls sharing food with them. On ice blocks the crows danced for balance while gulls plucked morsels from the water and ferried them to the black birds, prompting reflections on animal language and compassion.
A personal tale contrasts African marriage customs with England. A youth asks a missionary if he is married, while another man seeks a wife by offering cattle. The narrator explains English norms, noting that a woman would likely refuse if approached that way, prompting laughter.
A fragmented tale recounts a farmer near Clarion fending off a ten foot snake with a hypnotic gaze that produced the farmer’s face in its eye. The piece also references Moncure Conway on amulets, Louis Napoleon II, and a World War era anecdote about a sharpshooter in Canada.
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