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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
2
The column offers pointed aphorisms on discretion, courage, and mischief in speech. It notes Uncle Paul Kruger taunting the British, warns milkmen should be paid cash, and comments on Edward Atkinson and Sherman in political life. It also reports pumps makers planning price increases and critiques Waldorf Astor's public image.
Corporal Henry C. Edwards of Troop D 4th Cavalry, interviewed in Pittsburg, says American troops command some insurgent units in the Philippines and press natives into fighting. He recalls recent discharges for offenses and says castoffs faced banishment and lack of funds, forcing many to join Aguinaldo’s forces.
The London Daily Mail reports the boy king in Madrid inspires no enthusiasm among the people. He is seen at the royal palace window in distress and travels in a melancholy state without cheers or recognition. His placid manners and blonde looks provoke dislike and his being “no Spaniard” sparks reproach.
The essay argues Europe and Asia will become a single political and geographic entity, with imperial powers shaping a merged Eurasia. It notes Russia and Britain already link the two regions, and predicts China Persia and others may also fall under European influence, leading to a unified continental map.
A remote village tale recounts a brutal ritual in which the high priest and sorcerers killed a girl named Sanaga. Nineteen were arrested. eleven were hanged after a Christian baptism at the last moment. Relatives mourned with farewell rites before the doomed were executed.
A New York merchant suspected of smuggling diamonds evades search by hiding gems in a ship stateroom floor. During voyages one partner stays aboard alone in a fixed berth, while the other goes ashore with the diamonds, allowing them to pass customs on departure. The scheme unravels after a detective notices the pattern.
Miss Mahalay Bartlett visited Osa watomie last Friday and returned with her father, confined in the asylum for ten weeks. She claims a grand time. She also reports planting about thirty acres in corn this spring, using a walking plow and harrowing most of the crop, while ridiculing riding plows.
In Chicago a street car tale unfolds with a passenger hinting at a secret scheme. A conductor hears that Willie’s age may be misrepresented by a clever hat clue as part of the plan.
The article notes a Buddhist custom of traveling with hammer and chisel to carve holy symbols on rocks along the roadside. It highlights the travelers and the religious practice as a distinctive tradition.
A playful column infuses jokes and witty quips with nursery rhymes and verse. It references a well married mother and fanciful wealth, imagining a baby girl someday marrying into nobility and receiving vast income.
Prison warden bids a discharged convict to lead a respectable life while the man thanks him. A humorous note follows from Unsere Gesellschaft. The piece plays on a baseball fielder who can catch balls yet trips himself chasing a car, then a Chicago News tag.
A witty exchange from Leslie's Weekly contrasts marital insight. Mrs Younghusband says you never really know a man until marriage, while Mrs Muchwed quips you only truly know him after divorce when friends reveal surprising truths.
A florid lady boasts she made a will years ago and calls it wise for the satisfaction of changing it whenever she grows angry with an heir. The meek-looking woman questions if she plans to die soon, eliciting the sly remark about temper-driven revisions.
A mother tests Freddie with a Bible question asking what a lie means. Freddie answers with a misquoted verse claiming a lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a refuge in time of trouble.
Dialogue reveals Nellie Willing resisting the social label Miss and prefers being called Nellie, as she jokes about dropping the title in a family setting. The exchange shows tension over class- or gender-based forms of address within a domestic scene.
In a humorous exchange, a pupil explains a swollen cheek after being cuffed by the teacher. The pupil notes the teacher sprained his wrist during the incident and had to dismiss the school, leaving bystanders amused at the outcome.
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