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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1899
Page
6
A portrait of Mrs. Jefferson Davis reflects on her life tied to the Confederacy. She recalls her husband Jefferson Davis and the couple’s trials, their daughter Winnie, and the war’s impact as she awaits death in exile. She longs to join them in a desolate heaven.
The mantle’s high light output is now attributed to surface action by cerin, a constituent of the oxides. Ceria, present in small amounts, promotes burning and raises flame temperature, while thorium forms the fine fiber structure of the mantle. The old luminescence theory is set aside.
Mexico announces a new tariff effective March 1 raising duties on bicycles and parts from 20 cents to 1 dollar per kilogram. Children’s tricycles without rubber tires will pay 25 cents per kilogram instead of 20 cents.
Rice wine described as a vicious concoction long used by the Japanese for two millennia while grape juice predates by thousands of years. The note contrasts long traditions of fermented beverages in Asia and Europe.
A Manchester physician asserts cinnamon decoction cures influenza within 24 hours if begun early. He prescribes half ounce doses at short intervals, then hourly, then every two hours as fever falls, with rest at 24 hours after normal temperature and four daily doses thereafter. Nausea reportedly arises from grip effects, not cinnamon.
France’s chief magistrate lives in the Elysee with a 250000 dollar annual treasury allowance and palatial gardens. Le Protocol dictates daily life, dress, visits, guests, menus, and even how to speak in the president’s presence.
Senator McEnery of Louisiana authored a resolution stating that the treaty with Spain does not grant U.S. citizenship to Philippine inhabitants nor permanent annexation. It proposes establishing local government and self rule, preparing the islands for future disposition to benefit U.S. citizens and islanders. The measure passed the Senate unanimously.
Brooklyn letter lauds Mrs George Livingston Baker a West Brighton social figure for suing Staten Island and New York Electric Railroad over a rule limiting workers to ten hours daily. She seeks evidence and prosecutes to enforce law, arguing corporations must follow rules like any citizen. The writer questions why public power protects corporations while punishing individuals, calling for ongoing legal action to curb perceived lawbreaking.
In a recently found late letter T. Barnum counseled youths to keep the mind free of alcohol, avoid tobacco as a poison, stay physically and morally clean, and treat the body as a machine needing good maintenance for work. He urged maintaining discipline and self care for lasting vigor.
A humorous exchange quoted from the Boston Journal shows a man declaring romance while the woman counters with a practical question about the amount her suitor’s “hand” can draw. The dialogue lampoons social roles and money in courtship with witty repartee.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports rising deaths among residents aged 80 and older. In the six months ending July 7, 443 deaths were recorded 192 men and 251 women, up from 431 in the prior half year. Over the year to Dec 31, 1898, 874 elderly deaths were logged 380 men and 494 women. Women more often reach 80, and those past 90 average about 92.9 years for women and 92.5 for men.
In Warwickshire England a rector Rev Osbert Mordaunt hosts a parish pub funded by a late miser’s bequest. The vestry profits go to the poor with rules: sell pure beer, no individual profit, no credit. The model has inspired other ministers to license similar pubs for parish needs.
Preparations for a new exchange building in Birmingham require Christchurch to be moved or torn down and sold. The unusual offer draws public amusement as buyers must relocate the church at their own expense. A quoted exchange operator jokes about needing more givers rather than a receiver.
The King of Italy is the only vegetarian monarch in Europe and the only king alive who was wounded in battle. This distinction highlights a rare combination of wartime service and dietary choice among modern European royalty.
A humorous miscellany contrasts Black speech and white fashion in a lively bayou tone. The excerpt notes confusion, social pressure, and the performer’s reflection on race and manners as it critiques cross cultural mimicry.
A humorous remark arises as a mistress orders her newly engaged house maid to dust the bulldog with a carpet-beater. The line appears in Flie gende Blaetter, reflecting playful household banter.
A teacher asked pupils to define catamaran after a reading on Merrimac. Answers ranged from a mountain lion to a golf club in a metaphor, to a city convention hall prize. one student linked it to a catboat and ram.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a humorous exchange where a caller praises Miss Mathilde, claiming the caller is constant like a planet, while she quips that he is unlike most planets because he appears every night.
A brief humor item notes a drummer's bad times with only one order in three weeks and a judge's remark. It also records a few quips about Western speech and a New Yorker asking about regional accents, reflecting light newspaper humor and regional banter.
A humorous dialogue pits a distinguished tragedian and a tradesman who claims to be a universal provider. The tragedian demands a properly appreciative audience before giving ten percent of receipts as payment.
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