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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1895
Page
6
This column surveys fashion trends with quips on sleeves and hats, notes chinch bugs in Kansas wheat, predicts longer nights, mocks leg of beef sleeves, and ponders public figures like P T Barnum. It questions Kurdish safety for travelers, Cuba Spain relations, and hints at Oklahoma gold rush shovels. It also satirizes officials arresting women bicyclists in bloomers.
Henry J. Aldrich once led a Denver loan and investment firm after leaving Bloomington Illinois. He guaranteed principal and interest to eastern investors, but disappeared recently. Creditors, many left destitute, face a total collapse of his company and unknown whereabouts.
The article notes authorities forbade the Liberty Bell from leaving Philadelphia after the World’s Exposition yet a warm debate now considers taking it to the Atlanta Exposition. Proponents say the bell educates patriotism and its journey would benefit all, aiding a grand Exposition success.
The author argues England should remove the Duke of Cambridge from the army high command over a public scandal. It compares him unfavorably to a hypothetical dancer of the Queen’s grandmother, suggesting the duke is ill suited to lead in uniform and that the salary arrangement would be ridiculous.
An exchange condemns business leaders who praise home trade yet fail to advertise locally. The editor argues publishers cannot endorse buying locally unless shops support the paper with ads, noting many merchants neglect advertising while minimizing their presence in the columns.
A Dover couple recounts years of medical hardship caused by illness and bills, crediting Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring facial function and curing their son’s St Vitus dance. The piece promotes Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic and lists purchase options. Also featured is a promotional overview of the De Kalb Fence Company detailing its iron fencing products and production capacity.
An experienced florist argues that if limited to four species the garden should rely on hardy roses lilies rhododendrons and clematis. He ranks roses first for results but lilies may take precedence when considering labor and cost.
An advertisement touts a quit tobacco method No-To-Bac guaranteed to cure the habit with no risk. It promises restored vitality and happiness and directs readers to Sterling Remedy Co. for the book and remedy in New York or Chicago. A separate note mentions an Arkansas City wife facing blame for her husband’s misdeeds. Sonoma oranges are touted at a season shipment forecast of over 400 carloads.
A Chicago observer lauds women bicyclists as hustlers who hop aboard moving trailers, ride in varied costumes from bloomers to street dress, and ride side by side with male partners. The scene along the lakefront shows bold use of double wheelers and close companionship on rides.
A man buys eight bicycles to prove cycling delight to his skeptical family. He trained his two sons and three daughters, drew in his sister at the academy, then won his wife and sister in law, and now the whole eight insist on bikes, a costly but cheerful commitment.
An English father plays a prank on his son during a rail journey by pretending the boy’s hat fell from the window. The boy becomes upset, the hat is whisked back, and the child then throws the hat out shouting for it to be whistled back again, illustrating risky childhood humor.
A middle aged woman in a neat dress refused to give her name after being struck by a passing wagon at Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street yesterday noon. The incident highlights pedestrian risk from heedless drivers as New York police, though omnipresent, cannot guard every corner.
A short dialogue from Golden Days imagines a man debating hand use after losing a right hand. The exchange jokes that if the right hand is gone the left becomes right, reflecting humor on capability and adaptation.
The article analyzes Valkyrie III, Lord Dunraven’s cup challenger, halted at Gourock Bay after launching. It notes an unusually midships mast, a long nose pole, and a huge mainsail headroom that promise a powerful rig. Comparisons to Vigilant and Valkyrie II are cited, with discussion of rating rules and prior lightening changes affecting performance.
Yollister of Harvard plans California summer travel and will pause running until fall. E C Carter resumes training dazzling Travers Island boarders with speed. Burke of the Bostons is favored to win the one quarter mile title this year. Fred Pfeffer, America’s low hurdler champion, seems to have left athletics this season. Ed Moulton, trainer of John Crum, is an aged professional foot racer seeking a role with an Eastern club or college.
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