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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1892
Page
2
The piece notes post office mailing as second class matter and lists Cleveland for president with Stevenson for vice president from Illinois. Editor and proprietor J C Kelsey runs the weekly publication published Friday mornings.
The Montana State Fair opens in one week with low fares and large purses drawing many entries of fast horses. Prizes total twenty five thousand dollars. The report notes the Order of the Iron Hall in Indianapolis faces collapse and regional unrest continues in Idaho. Cholera fears grow as Europe reports rapid spread and American cities prepare defenses. The Mussencex shifts to a Democratic newspaper stance and endorses Grover Cleveland and Adlai E Stevenson with the editor planning to vote for them.
A political opinion piece argues that free coinage of silver and tariff reform will be deciding issues in the upcoming election. It asserts mass support for both measures, criticizes leaders for aligning with gold interests, and urges backing Democratic nominees to advance silver legislation. It also promotes Electric Bitters as a leading tonic for digestive and renal ailments.
President Harrison issued a proclamation designating October 21, 1892 as a general holiday for the United States to honor Columbus four centuries after his discovery. The call urges school-centered demonstrations, flag-raising, and church expressions of gratitude for divine providence and national progress. Separately, J B Og elsby and wife sued for 2000 over joining a dream cult but withdrew after settlement. John Chapman, claiming kin to Mrs. Ogelsby, disappeared after visiting Schweinfurth's community and may have fled with intentions to take the couple west.
Two hundred glass jars were received by commissioner Bickford for the World's Fair preserved fruit exhibit. The jars, large in size, will be distributed across fruit growing counties with Missoula retaining much of the supply. A preserving fluid will keep fruit color. strawberry work begins, others to follow. Applications to W. M. Bickford in Missoula give jar size and quantity.
Three prizes go to the Hays brothers from R J Martin and Sons for Merino fleeces weighing 15 pounds per ounce a 4 year old wether fleece of 17 pounds 8 ounces and a 3 year old wether fleece of 14 pounds 8 ounces. The county anticipates a strong wool display as other fleeces pour in for the state exhibit. A Lake Basin company fleece sample weighs 11 pounds from a three year old ewe among 1006 similar lots.
Two Try It will cost you nothing and will surely do you good for coughs colds or lung troubles. Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds guarantees relief or money back Sufferers from La Grippe found it effective with speedy recovery Trial bottles free at J R Weston s Drug Store large size 50c and 1
The article lists yearly bullion totals by county for gold and silver, plus copper and lead. It shows Beaverhead through Silver Bow totals with ounces and pounds and ends with statewide sums of gold 139,871 ounces silver 16,349,066 ounces copper 112,763,420 pounds lead 20,253,600 pounds and total value 39,655,935 dollars.
The notice cites Montana’s closing season for small game ending Aug 14 and penalties for illegal hunting. It lists season dates for large game and long protected periods for bison and buffalo. The text also mentions gold production milestones from 1804 onward with state by state mint records through 1847 to date.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming cure powers for throat chest and lungs with money back guarantee. Trial bottle free at J R Weston's Drug Store and large bottles priced at 50 cents and $1.00.
Tim family of Gen A 8 Grant receives 114852.28 in royalties for the general’s autobiography. Newberry Library to purchase late George Bancroft library for Chicago. Winborne Dorsetshire houses chained ancient library. Hebrew and Jewish German translations of the US Tax Constitution and Declaration of Independence for Russian Jews. Natal Witness marks 47 years in South Africa. Dante’s Divina Commedia printed in under an inch square. Grant seen as German Shakespeare appreciation. Weimar Shakespeare Society edition sells 16000 copies in six months in Germany.
The piece catalogs varied claims including the Rothschilds giving 100,000 francs yearly to renters in need, references to Oxford companions of Cardinal Manning, Arcumano Fonnes claiming $100,000 from lectures in Australasia, and a Quebec fisherman selling his wife for cash. It notes Caanurs Virtunns once a British parliamentarian with a long career and a faded public profile.
The Pac Grass league of Iowa moves to build a Blue Grass Palace at the exposition. Kentucky's W C P Burcxionipox to deliver dedicatory oration on October 13, 1592. Worthen’s ecological collection from Illinois to form part of the Illinois exhibit. World’s Fair board buys item for $3,000. Potters' Association seeks 32009 square feet in the masuiseteres building with aims to outdo European potteries. Salt Lake City Chamber and national commissioners urge a $100,000 state aid for fair support.
Oxpazsemp kid gloves may be cleansed by washing them in naphtha. Wash on the hands and hang them to dry. For earache place an annel stuffed with hops on the ear. Owe celery should be wrapped in a wet cloth if not used immediately. Boil twenty minutes and examine vegetables for worms.
Burfrees and stockings in matching tones complete the gown from top to toe. Buiox shades suit evening wear from turquoise to cornflower and royal blue. Jewstep belts and gold or silver belts accessorize house gowns without tight fit, shaping draperies. A revived old fashion shows a chain with a gold pencil case tucked inside the dress.
A collection of pithy maxims on restraint and common sense. The quips advise against needless growling praise thrift, and guarding costly knowledge while noting a young woman’s life carries little concern for trivial details.
Citizens hear claims of selling Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklin’s Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters with guaranteed refunds if results are unsatisfactory The sellers boast universal satisfaction and long years of success.
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