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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
2
Town newspaper notes residents donated a site for a state home for the Feeble Minded and Blind. Advertising rates and publication details are listed as the paper runs each Friday morning under editor and proprietor J. Kenixy.
The Youth's Companion reports on Indian widows facing neglect and harsh treatment, noting child-bride deaths are celebrated by some families. It describes the Hindu cycle of rebirth, the fear of widowhood, and a mid January Women’s Day of rituals to protect husbands’ health.
Judge R L Cawthorn recalls a frontier incident where two riders fled a pursuit by a posse. A Mexican man and a girl, mistaken for horse thieves, were killed in a brief exchange of gunfire after a mistaken elopement plot. The bodies were buried as the chase continued.
A London court case over lead adulteration in tartaric acid used for lemonade ends with a warning to others. A penny slot for elephants at Manchester zoo proves the coins’ value as visitors feed two half-pennies and the elephant pawns them for biscuits, showing amused yet informative contrasts in public safety and animal behavior.
Switzerland faces a budget of under 17 million for 1993 with a deficit near 2.25 million, about 13 percent. The bulk of the shortfall is attributed to military spending, signaling a shift from past frugality.
A mixed recounting of curiosities and sensational notes includes a black diamond painted drill, a claim about 186 men and 186 women in an insane asylum, a German authority on language, disease avoidance in salt workers, and dental appointments at Stanford. It also mentions a Johnston county woman with seven daughters, a New York jeweler exhibiting a sacred elephant tusk, and a hunter who shot a man thinking a turkey call came from fowl.
The United States mined 20 million barrels of salt yearly and 12,690,152 families were counted in 1890. Europe Asia and America had 81,210,000 spindles in 1886. Washington state holds 300 billion feet of standing timber. Arizona produced 3 million in gold 2.1 million in silver and 24.5 million in copper. The Suez Canal spans 88 miles shortening Europe India voyage to 7,628 miles. The New York World cites 300,000 bicycles in use last summer, about one per 209 people.
A collage of witty quips and proverbs is presented from Barnum to Brooklyn Life and Yonkers Gazette. The snippets touch on advertising value, public reaction, and a dramatic cliff scene involving a heroine and a suspended hero.
The article notes Dr. N. Senn houses the country’s largest private medical library with about twenty thousand volumes. It mentions the word preface as a welcome in books. It reports high prices for rare editions including Longfellow firsts and classic angler texts sold recently.
A Ram's Horn collection offers aphorisms about truth, repentance, and social behavior. It critiques preaching without repentance and notes satire on a street car platform and dark days.
A Welsh piece titled Crosers the Bar opens with Hwyrddydd seren nawn. Citations note about about one thousand genuine Stradivarius violins exist and perhaps one hundred thousand claimed by owners. The wedding violin from George Washington's marriage is now held by Sunbury Pennsylvania's musical society. Queen Victoria’s Windsor harpsichord, Mozart’s, is described as quaint and shabby with a double keyboard.
In England there are 372 Christian Endeavor societies while the Free Baptists report 415 youth circles. The United States army includes three Christian Endeavor societies. Vermont recently formed a state Baptist Young People's union. The Church of Scotland Young Men's guild now counts 21 631 members, up 111 from last year.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his wife from pneumonia after La Grippe and multiple remedies failed. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa reports it gave him relief from long trouble. Free trial bottles at J R Weston Drug Store. large bottles 50c and 1.
A collection of curious observations on animals and common happenings. The note describes a sick dog as its own healer, a cow’s horn wrinkles revealing age progression, geese avoiding Sherman Oregon by day, and a molasses spill that frightens rats.
A survey notes Mrs. Margaret Davis Mayes as a famed descendant of Jefferson Davis admired by Confederate veterans who nickname him Little Jeff. Michigan’s Camieron Parker is hailed as a model schoolboy walking fifteen miles daily to school. Grance W. Corps of the Public Ledger donates 86,090 to firemen and 1,000 to policemen for saving the Ledger building. Connollys McKaye, a Savannah physician, claims African royal lineage and plans a medical college in that country. Ex-President Hayes cites a private inauguration on March 4th due to legal timing, though the public ceremony occurred Monday following.
A miscellany notes champagne losses from bottle bursting two percent limns owl infestations threaten public records in Springfield. Susan Naar of San Antonio 70 kills a panther with an axe. Yardley Pa jars of fruit saved by neighbors. A Plymouth Unitarian bell destroyed. Revere’s bell once curfewing. Light vessels moor by two ton mushrooms that bury in mud for secure anchors.
A garbled reminiscence lists imported muffs from Italy to France and describes fifteenth century French dishes. It mentions marble kitchens with art, the monks who created sparkling champagne, and harsh practices toward deformed people. It notes fashion and armor weights from prior centuries and early clothing bindings.
A collection of dubious statements describes 1992 in China as year 7 910 341, notes China and India telephony history, Russia's vast land control, Amory as the dirtiest city, Japan’s kake phrase linked to rice. These lines mix geography, culture, and skeletal trivia without clear context.
Reports claim a vast fire-clay mine at Vincennes Indiana and a metal find near Keokuk Iowa. Charotte North Carolina touts a double faced potato with a bear and a calf mold. Fairhaven Washington reports a coal vein over 1000 acres forecast to yield ten million tons.
A Auburn attorney hires a team from stable No 1 for two or three hours then leaves it at another stable for eight days. Both stables bill him for eight days each. All parties assume the other is handling affairs, and the attorney remains unaware until the bills arrive. The final settlement amount was less than the faces of both bills.
A traveler recalls drinking an icy spring water in the Sierra Madre mountains that locals called devil water. He likens its effects to heavy bourbon and laughs about being the drunkest man in the North American continent for two days and nights after sharing the experience with Mexican companions.
A dramatic description explains the tides as the return of drowned sailors marching from the deep to distant shores. The text portrays sea moaning and towering waves colliding, with spray and undertow forcing the drowned back to sea, leaving prints in the pebbles as the tide withdraws.
A new electric bell alarm helps a bird named Polly trigger the dining room servants. Two burglars, surprised by the sound, are confronted and captured during a dark winter night in a newly built house.
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Promises relief or refund and offers free trial bottles at J R Weaton s Drug Store with a large size bottle priced at 1 end dollars.
Since its first introduction Electric Bitters rapidly gained favor and now leads among tonics and alteratives. It is recognized as the best pure medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments and will cure sick headache indigestion constipation and drive malaria from the system with satisfaction guaranteed.
Judge Frank Henry of the Sixth Judicial District fixes court terms: Park County on the second Monday in January 24, April Monday in June, 2d Monday in November. Meagher County on the fourth Monday in April, 24 Monday in May, first Monday September, fourth Monday of November.
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