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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
7
An 1900s style column reviews new tools for crime arrest the nipper and twister devices praised for quick restraint while detailing a vending of a vinaigrette purse for women lacking pockets. It also notes insect disease research and a katydid concert metaphor.
A recent S2rience issue discusses the katydid orchestra as a striking example of concerted insect behavior. The piece notes these insects maintain rhythm and stand out as among the few in nature to do so over extended periods.
A Canadian innovator patents a tire with elliptical steel springs riveted to a rim and a surrounding steel band, claiming it can ride over racks glass and even razors. Rubber covering may be added for dirt and water resistance, with American firms negotiating for use. Broken Hearts and diet myths are also discussed, noting heart damage from sweets and alcohol and the curability of fatty degeneration with proper care.
A Paris medical report warns chronic caffeism is often misread as alcohol related illness with digestive and nervous symptoms. Separate notes describe a new electric hair cutter using a platinum wire to burn hair without flame, claiming neater results and less vitality loss. The proverb warns against acting on folly when it flies.
The Astor and Vanderbilt families plan expatriation to Europe with William Waldorf Astor expected to remain abroad and William K. Vanderbilt likely to divide time between Europe and New York. Vanderbilt may have a restricted presence in the city, reserving homes for his wife while maintaining club use.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and a constitutional treatment. It pledges a hundred dollar payoff if it fails and urges readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio. The item also includes a fashion cartoon note from Harper's Bazaar and a parliamentary tidbit about Peel and Palmerston.
The text catalogs royal economies and court changes in Italy, notes on clever women designers and bookbinders, infant teething remedies, famed figures like Cromwell, Bright, Fox, and Gladstone, quack cures, apocryphal medical boasts, printer errors, and a New Haven street railway plan printing miniature face checks to deter fare dodging.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative that cleanses the system improves health and eases colds headaches and fevers. It claims to act on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and promotes the medicine as manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with the product name on every package.
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