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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1892
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger lists Peece Advertising rates at $1.50 per inch monthly. The paper is published every Friday morning with Keatsy as editor and proprietor. Entered at the Townsend Post Office as second class matter.
The Upholsterer cites Dr Graham of London as inventor of an extravagantly gilded bed with twenty eight glass pillars and crimson silk curtains, claimed to cure childlessness after one night. It contrasts famed beds of Sarah Bernhardt, Empress Eugenie, and Ludwig of Bavaria with gilded wood canopies and velvet embroidery.
Lieut. Varges of Austria Hungary describes a 12400 mile ride through India in 94 days with 124 rivers crossed. Total trip cost 750 dollars, with food 45 dollars for self, servant, and horse. He credits rice dominated meals for health and endurance, detailing weekly rice preparations.
Chief of Detectives Desmond notes a shift from single sandbag attacks to three-man robberies. The garroters lure victims by walking in a trio to a dark corner, where one man restrains, another strikes, and the third searches, leaving little time for attribution.
An angler can keep fish looking fresh by carrying bran and sprinkling a small amount over creel caught trout. Bran helps adhesion and preserves appearance even after days. wash it off before selling to a distillery or dealer.
A collection of curious findings covers materials for hardening and soldering aluminum with silver chloride, sterilizing milk at 140F without odor or flavor loss, and speech intelligibility at various distances. It also notes cats and dogs climbing high elevations, a nicotine neutralizer in cotton wool, fighter pilots, water steam efficiency, and steam engine horsepower increases with coal.
The article notes the moon’s speed at 3338 feet per second and a newly fallen snowflake’s weight of 54 cents per pound with twelve times the bulk of water. It cites Atlantic wave heights twenty four to thirty six feet, Sirius emitting far more light than the sun, and wave pressure of one ton per square inch at twenty feet. It also mentions granite moved by waves at Cassis, France, dust particle counts in air, and Colorado cliff dwellers possibly ten thousand years old.
A misquoted foreign informant claims a global earth passage. Tarus are priced as blind people in Europe and Spain has the highest number of blind citizens. Asia and Africa grow flowers where grass cannot. A Siberian record cold in January 1529 reportedly reached 73 degrees below zero. Belgian voters must pay forty francs yearly tax, limiting turnout to about twenty two in a thousand. Slagenbech company in Hamburg ships wild animal curiosities to circuses and museums from a large stock stored in a plain warehouse.
The text surveys penal institute inmates, land areas by hemisphere, charitable bequests to England for Jewish emigration, canal and irrigation projects, English speaking land surface, and the German merchant marine. It cites totals like 100000 inmates, 15000000 dollars in expenses and gifts, 44000000 square miles north, 16090000 south, and 55034 voyages by German ships carrying 21398598 tons of cargo.
Gov Brows of Kentucky pardons Jessie Roach a 16 year old girl who stole a horse for elopement in Exior McClono formerly Missouri chief justice now U S land office register at Springfield. Levitor Proctor now growing a mustache to change appearance. Secretary Evxiea Postmaster General Wanameaker Judge Goff Senator Carlisle and Senator Gorman named as prominent public men. Disner W Prietxe described as versatile with Ohio birth and Kansas senate service.
A historic ad promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds and throat chest troubles with a guarantee of relief or money back. Sufferers from La Grippe are promised speedy recovery and a sample bottle is offered at the advertiser's expense with trial bottles free at J K Weston's Drug Store.
A Chicago community raises 25000 for a Hans Christian Andersen monument while notes on Braet Harrs still demand high rates for stories. Thomas Carlyle's Wotten Reinfied to enter London publishing, Besant questions poets, Kipling’s new Beasts and Nayor India draws attention, and Morris combines poetry with a wallpaper factory and magazine shares.
A collage of quips from various papers shows humor on fame acting bravery congress and dress codes. The exchanges mention a gloomy self styled man a stage career a minister’s dress and witty retorts about intima te footing and audience reaction.
A string of odd claims and tall tales. Nathasixt Larap of Oswego asserts 109 years old this year and claims an eighty seventh annual vote. Doc Sceurs, described as the biggest map in Oregon, died in Wagner weighing 55 pounds. Tuomas A. Epreos’s 83 year old father resembles Mr. Blaine. W C T U sponsors $50,000 in medals for oratorical contests by Ma and Mrs. Devoneer. Feasces M. DALA, a colored man in Kansas City, swears he is 170 and fought with Washington. Frederick Scawarxa recalls an Arctic temperature of 71 degrees below zero near Hurk's Great Fish river, famed as perhaps the coldest yet faced by civilization.
The best leinglass comes from Russia from giant sturgeon in the Caspian. An Austrian museum report on the carpet exhibition in Vienna will be issued in ten parts. A Franco Russian alliance forms a Golf club at Cannes by Grand Duke Michael. Aluminium price in Newhausen falls to five marks per kilogram, one third nickel and twenty percent higher than copper. Italians rival Swedes as top carpenters according to a new authority.
A collage of light dialogue from several papers features a funny exchange about a photo likeness risibly critiqued, a chilly room remark sparking laughter, and a playful jab about marriage chances. The items reflect witty, quick back-and-forth humor typical of local columns.
The text notes the founding of Santiago on February 12, 1541 by Don Pepno or Vateriia, then references witch burnings in Scotland around 1590 and 1689 totaling at least 3,400 women. It cites a Naples plague in 1656 that claimed 160,009 lives in 28 weeks and mentions Cornelius Drebbel around 1600 proving a method to indicate temperature changes.
A testimonial style notice touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption chest and lung diseases. It claims over a million users, urges trial use, promises complete satisfaction with money back, and offers a free trial bottle at J R Weston’s Drug Store.
The passage surveys literary topics including Gen U S Grants royalties of 114853 dollars for his autobiography, George Bancroft library bids for Newberry Library, chained books in a Dorsetshire library, translations of the U S Constitution for Russian Jews, Natal Witness in South Africa reaching 47 years, the smallest printed book a square inch Dante edition, Drexel Institute gift from Mr Childs, and German Shakespeare sales of 16000 copies in six months.
A collage of remarks and anecdotes includes Tua Rothschilds giving 100000 francs annually to rent-poor recipients, Mr Gladstone on Cardinal Manning’s bench at Oxford, AmarmaLp Fornes claiming 100000 dollars from lectures, M Evena selling his wife for cash, and Mr CHances Villizns recalling three years in Parliament since Victoria’s era.
The Blue Grass league plans a Blue Grass Palace at the exposition to showcase southwestern Iowa. Kentucky orator W C P Umeenoraipor is slated to deliver the dedicatory speech on October 13, 1692. A Worthen geological collection will join the Illinois exhibit. the State World's Fair board paid $8 009 for it. The U S Potters association seeks $2 000 square feet for a Europe rival display. Salt Lake City Chamber and U S officials urge $100 080 in state aid for a world’s fair exhibit.
Practical kitchen tips from a past era cover washing delicate gloves with naphtha and air drying. Earache relief suggests a mustard bag with hot vinegar. Celery aging tips advise wrapping in wet cloth and chilling before serving. Cauliflower care recommends netting to avoid worms and boiling twenty minutes with rich butter.
The piece describes coordinated accessories for women, highlighting stockings and gowns in matching tones, Eive as a preferred evening color ranging from turquoise to cornflower blue, and belts in jewel tones or gold and silver. It notes belts should not be tight and should gather draperies, plus a revived fashion of a chain with a gold pencil case worn at the waist.
Fragments of quips and maxims on behavior money and social life. The narrator notes the value of a cop resolution over inaction and observes quirky truths about youth fashion temperament and discretion. The tone suggests a humorous column of moral anecdotes.
If you are not feeling strong and healthy try Electric Bitters The remedy acts directly on liver stomach and kidneys aiding those organs to perform their functions If you suffer with sick headache you will find speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters One trial will convince you this is the remedy you need Large bottles only 60 cents at J B Westen's Dragstore
A fragmented OCR lists various Montana Idaho district figures including marshals, district attorneys, surveyors, judges, clerks, receivers and office titles such as U S AESAY OFFICE and Nester M A Merendorff. The legible items show names like William F Foray E D Weed J Sullivan Bent Geo W Sproy Geo M Bourguin and S A Swipwett.
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