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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
4
A Woman oriented appeal promotes contacting Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for female ailments. Letters are read and answered by women only, emphasizing private discussion with a trusted woman and promising learned, confidential guidance based on extensive experience.
Seattle reports the Treadwell mine on Douglas Island Alaska plans a 300 stamp mill the largest in the world with 7 000 000 tons of ore in sight and production costs of 1 per ton yielding 125 000 monthly. The Amoskeag cotton mills in Manchester New Hampshire notify a September 16 restart after hiring about 15 000 workers. A naturalist notes birds on New York hats and Alaska natives' clothing customs.
London Times surveys the Russian imperial appanages under Paul I. It notes vast landholdings of 21 million acres, including 15 million forest lands, yielding over 5 million rubles. Annual appanage revenue exceeds 20 million rubles with 46 imperial family members to support, while the crown itself costs about 1 million pounds yearly.
The Idaho Messenger cites a superstition that discoverers of great mines meet violent ends. It lists names like Fryer Hill, Standard, Alder Gulch, Homestake, Horner, and Caribou, noting shootings, avalanches, riots, road holdings, or hanging as supposed fates.
Practical advice on sleeping room setup and bedding from Good Housekeeping. It covers sunlight, bed occupancy, light curtains, ventilation, cool head, aired folding beds, pillow height and alignment with the spine, daily room and bedding cleaning, avoiding dusty corners, and avoiding aged feather beds.
French invention trap and capture air from near ten miles up using an automatic balloon apparatus. At a Paris Academy of Sciences meeting Mr. Cailletet reported that air from 61,000 feet remains essentially the same composition as surface air, though less dense.
In a witty back and forth from the Cleveland Leader, Dr Pilgarlick admits no formal reasoning behind advising a wife not to run a sewing machine while permitting bicycle riding. Hunkine presses for explanations, but the doctor asserts there is no room for reason in Hunkins wit.
Seven hundred miners led by three brass bands halted a mixed freight train on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line at a Wellston crossing. They forced the move to Oak Hill mine before marching through the town and declaring a work stoppage until the dispute is settled. The march then led to a Baltimore Ohio Southwestern freight train at Wellston, with threats of further action if trespassed.
Eugene V. Debs issued a call from Terre Haute Indiana urging social democracy and liberty lovers to attend a St Louis conference to coordinate action on the miners strike and judges' restraining orders. He denounces judicial power as tyrannical and urges united, vigorous resistance echoing revolutionary rhetoric.
The American Bar Association begins its Twentieth Annual Convention in Cleveland Ohio with Hon John W Griggs Governor of New Jersey named as the principal orator for the opening day. Noted figures already arriving include Francis Rowe Judge E B Sherman E L Kinne William Wirton Samuel F Hunt Cortland Parker Edward J Phelps William Allen Butler James C Carter and George R Peck from major cities and legal circles.
Hope Idaho August 23 residents extend congratulations to the Improved Order of Red Men camped at Coeur d Alene while denouncing a nearby rival group. Local miners M P Whitcomb and son return from Moyie country with claims. Harry Auxer plans to sell Fall Creek mines for 60000 dollars. W F Sherai linked to a Boston syndicate uses a new Stony creek water flume to Hope and envisions water works for the town.
In Pittsburg on Aug 23 striking miners were allowed to march in small groups but kept apart from working miners. About 250 strikers evaded deputies to visit miners at their homes. A raid on a Unity camp of black railroad laborers led by Constable Carson destroyed gambling tables unlicensed taverns and a house without resistance.
A Cheyenne dispatch reports two men arrested at Grand Island Nebraska believed to match the description of bandits who robbed Yellowstone Park stages last week. The article notes the claim and adds that Kansas farmers are expected to net about 100 million dollars from this year’s crops.
J J Stacy of Lewiston Idaho reports progress at Golden Gate gold mine in Pierce City Idaho with a 200 foot tunnel tapping ore valued 62 to 115 per ton and 40 tons ready for milling. Hydraulic mining yields 10800 in nuggets. New Find west of Maiden Montana promises high grade cyanide ore with 4 000 000 to 5 000 000 tons. Frederic Hageman brokers bonds on Swank district mines and Granite Mountain mines near Reaterville with rich copper and gold ore.
In Fort Steele district a conference in that city decided to defer unwatering of the mines until silver markets settle. The Estella group near Tracy Creek has been bonded to Alex Paulson for $30,000 and The Copper King on the Tobacco Plains has been bonded to Mr. Nelson of Spokane for $9,000. The ledge is four feet wide and carries copper and gold.
In Hope Idaho on Aug 24 Professor Henderson and Huntley from the Moscow agricultural college inspected fruit trees at the state's expense. They traveled on the steamer Hustler to Leiberg ranch near Steamboat Landing, where Leiberg, a government botanist, had just returned from Washington. They say the rich south hillsides suit fruit raising and promise sizable incomes even with small orchards.
Florida and national crop reports show revised apple yields with Oregon and California at 100 percent and New York at 25 percent. Financial markets rebound as stocks and bonds see heavy buying. tea, wheat, and metals quoted with mixed changes and notable losses in some crops? an unusual addition of fire loss and personal tragedies in New Jersey and Montana.
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