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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
7
A dying patient in the healer's barricaded home prompts police action. The healer protests faith, but the officer says he will seize the healer's works. The healer is pinched as authorities intervene in a tense confrontation.
A collage of humorous verse and quips from era newspapers. It includes a playful retelling of a car loan scenario titled Modern Mother Goose, a folksy exchange over eclipses featuring Erastus Pinkley and Aluminum Thompson, and a sharp line about a burned household journal from Gilad and a burned recipe.
Mr. Dolan asks about Rafferty's daughter and learns she can spell many words and name syllables. The Washington Star quote notes she can spell and recite dozens of words with precision.
A dialogue from Bloomington Pantagraph mentions a large building identified as the county jail. A stranger asks to enter, Bunko Man notes it is easy, and a child cites domestic activity with a mother whittling in the yard, implying a humorous rural scene.
Union Pacific offers summer round trips from Utah Idaho and Nevada to Detroit Chicago St Louis and points east at one fare plus small add ons. Special programs run July 20 August 23 24 and August 3 24 with three trains daily and fast service via the best western tracks. Deluxe Pullman sleeping dining and library cars are featured with through routes to Omaha Kansas City and Chicago without change. Scenic highlights include Devil's Slide Witches Rocks and Pulpit Rock. Inquiries directed to H M Clay General Agent Salt Lake City.
A summary of ancient solar eclipses with Confucius attribution and a famed eclipse stopping a Lydian Mede war. vivid eyewitness description of total eclipses, followed by assorted notices on Ibsen illness, rail travel offers, and various public notices including shoe ads and legal matters.
The record highlights US China trade rising from 2.79 million to 14.49 million dollars in exports between 1889 and 1899, with overall trade gains of 13.29 million. The piece also advertises Denver Rio Grande excursion rates via the Scenic Route of the World with through service to Chicago. It notes a London Chronicle obituary of an English physician in Beirut tied to Abdul Aziz and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A collage of small notices promoting health products and cures. Claims include Piso's Cure for coughs, Pansen's Harm Batsam for hair and aging, HinDeRCORNS for corns, and Adams' Pepsin Tablets for Indigestion. Also mentions cholera and famine deaths, and a boxing bout where James J. Jeffries will not fight Gus Rublin.
An entire Vink family of nine perishes near Calico Rock Arkansas from eating toadstools believed to be mushrooms. The oddly placed ad line about hair product and a distant note on a rebel advance in Popayan contrasts with the tragedy.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Faset as the cure for swollen feet and related conditions with Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. It lists 25c price, availability at druggists and shoe stores, and provides a free sample and mailing address in LeRoy, N Y. Separately, William A. Paulsen, ex-president of a Chicago bank, admits on cross examination to juggling accounts to pass a bank auditor’s exam.
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