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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
2
A collection of satirical quips and brief items on politics media and society including tobacco prices sugar neutrality in Cuba Pullman plans liquor laws and bicycle police trends plus lighter anecdotes about colonial events and public figures reflected in a midwestern newspaper voice
A commission studies prison labor questions and plans a bill for the General Assembly. The measure would bar farming out convicts and restrict their products to state institutions. Eight hours of hard labor per day would be enforced in prisons.
Evidence in the Venezuela boundary dispute is being sent to Washington by the Crespo commission. The original documents maps and records are expected to arrive within a week. Venezuela names W L Scruggs of Georgia as counsel before the commission.
The fur seal bill, presented by Chairman Dingley, seeks a joint commission with Great Britain Russia and Japan to study fur seal habits and seal regulation. If cooperation fails the Treasury Secretary would seize Pribilof seals and sell skins to fund the treasury.
The Times describes four southern visiting girls from Raleigh and Georgia who visit Mrs. Hoke Smith and the secretary of the interior in Washington. It tour highlights Miss Maud Merriman sopranos, Miss Mary Hull elocution, and Miss Felicite Oglesby, plus details of the White House conservatories with a 250 year old palm, hundreds of orchids, and the historic gold plateau from Martha Washington times.
A collage of short comic vignettes centers on misadventures with a headache cure a man’s failed brandy remedy a couple’s social scene and a dealer’s joke about thermometers. The piece relies on quick exchanges and light humor to reflect everyday life and social observations.
A front row patron vents anger over a seat price saying he paid a dollar and a half and came for more than chatter. Charlie from the box counters that rival patrons spent thousands yet remain unable to hear clearly, calling the seat a bargain.
A quirky exchange hints a new church choir leader may be a fast runner with a knack for escaping. A humorous tale unfolds as villagers discuss courage, leap years, and sudden disappearances in a playful dialogue.
Ohio oath by Frank J. Cheney as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. guarantees one hundred dollars for each untreatable catarrh case with Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason certifies December 6, 1886. Also notices tout Piso’s Cure and Dr Kline’s remedies, plus a bank count in the United States.
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