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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
6
A Chicago Chronicle writer notes fashionable women take to fencing as a full body workout. An exhibition shows how light foils and masks instruction transform society ladies into balanced, healthful athletes with graceful carriage. Col. Lewis M. Clark has travelled to South Africa to visit relatives.
A historical column notes the forthcoming retirement of the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava from public life. It highlights her roles as ambassadress to Paris Rome and Constantinople, and recalls Thackeray's Irish ballads referencing earlier diplomats. It discusses changes in trade values including the dollar to pound rate and Japanese production costs affecting English goods.
The new Russian ambassador M Kolzebue travels without his wife due to illness. Mme Kolzebue is expected to join soon. The couple have two children, Paul Kotzebue and the Countess de Rebmiler, with a social note on Washington society’s interest in Mme Kolzebue’s arrival. The article mentions Lady Dufferin’s prominence and honors in Canada and India. A second item reports Morfa Colliery in South Wales haunted by six miner ghosts, blamed on an explosion death.
A Lancaster Examiner article quotes Dr. Atsnicart praising Williams Pink Pills for pale people with remarkable cures. It details a contractor named Reuben Hoover who recovered from partial paralysis after using the pills, and notes benefits for heart palpitations, chorea, and general vitality.
Japan now produces goods it once bought from Europe and ships to China, the Straits settlements, India, and even Australia. Five years ago matches fueled trade in the East, umbrellas once significant for export now fetch high prices as Chinese youth haggle over silver value.
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