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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
2
A diverse column notes disputes over voting rights for naturalized citizens, a humorous dig at fashion trends, and international satire. It mentions Dahomey exile Benanzin, a New York drowning case, a circumnavigating cat, and a setting machine claim, ending with reflections on Oliver Wendell Holmes and writers’ fortunes.
An array of new United States senators emerges including Tillman from South Carolina succeeding Butler, Marion Butler from North Carolina known for fusion politics, Thurston who succeeds Manderson in Nebraska, Julius Burrows from Michigan, Sewell from New Jersey, Elkins from West Virginia, and Donovan in Michigan. The newcomers bring strong legal, oratorical, and financial expertise, with varied records of reform, protectionism, and fiscal policy shaping the next Senate.
A Philadelphia banquet for F B Gowen featured a thirty eight foot square room turned into a flower garden with green foliage electric lights and masses of blossoms. Dishes included frozen trapped reed birds snails terrapin and expensive wines, with a subscription price of one hundred dollars per plate.
The article lauds Thomas Bailey Aldrich as a premier modern literary man whose muse favors leisure over money. It highlights his polished verse and refined life, noting his editor stint at the Atlantic, wealth, three homes, and three accomplished sons.
Lillian Russell disputes Edmund Russell's claim that silks and diamonds dull a woman's eyes. She argues her admiration and eyes shine brighter with jewels in hair and on a corsage, noting turquoise gains luster when framed by diamonds.
The planned marriage of Cobble-Gigger in Brooklyn was called off as he could not secure a witness among his friends. Stone-Why questions the change citing lack of a ready witness.
The article extols Milo the Greek victor and compares him to Sullivan the modern Samson famed for lifting a 1,800 to 2,000 pound elephant with teeth and lifting a 566 pound barrel with one finger. It also mentions Jack Hare the jack rabbit and notes on horses from Maine Vermont Indiana Iowa and Ohio. It concludes with an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a brief note on medicine and teeth.
A fashion trend has women wearing jeweled swords as pins priced from $100 to $600. A new device will give the sword a short jeweled scabbard so only the hilt and glittering scabbard appear, with the blade concealed.
The text describes opening over three and a half million acres of fine agricultural and stock-raising land on the Uinta and Uncompahgre Reservations in Northern Utah to settlers. Access is via the Union Pacific System through Echo and Park City, with mentions of officials J. L. Lomax and E. G. P. and T. A. U. P. System, Omaha. A stray quote about a girl and her father appears at the end.
An 19th century advertisement promotes teething relief for children with Wixslow's Scoturge Syror and Hegeman's Camphor with Glycerine for various uses. It references gloves, hats, and facial care, listing products from Clark Co New Haven Connecticut and noting talkative personality traits.
A public notice style fragment discusses banking as a system built on deposits and a reserve for rainy days. It pivots to health advice urging Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to enrich the blood, strengthen the body, and potentially cure early consumption with a free informational book from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
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