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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
7
A public spirited appeal condemns the slaughter of birds for women’s fashion. It notes last year American dealers sold two million bird skins used to ornament attire. The piece urges the public to back humane society efforts and end the vanity-driven trade that endangers songbirds.
The Dead Sea may become a summer resort with sultan ownership and an American investor planning exploitation. Two vessels will operate from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, a pickle factory is planned, and visitors may take home bottles as souvenirs.
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. It claims to act internally on blood and mucous surfaces, offers \$100 for any unsolved case, and prompts readers to request testimonials from Fr. Cheney & Co of Toledo. It ends with a note about Druggists selling The Family Pills for 26 cents.
The Irish stage star Miss Jeffreys, now at Terry's London theatre, is reported to have wed Freddy, the second son of the Earl of Howe, after a prolonged courtship resisted by his parents. The match contrasts with other marriages between nobility and actresses, including historic royal liaisons across Europe.
The piece discusses how marriage into aristocracy affected court access with stage history noted. It cites Queen Victoria and predecessors allowing or denying court appearances for actresses and noblewomen. Examples include Lady Derby and Lady Martin, contrasting with contemporary limits on others like the countess of Clancarty and others linked by marriage or scandal.
An older quarry worker recalls a hunter named Stone who kept game in a winter cold storage method. He would lure deer into snow packed brush dens, tether them, and trap them alive for later use, a surprising practice seen while a state crew camped nearby.
The piece notes Blanche Willis Howard author of One Summer and her wider body of work written from Stuttgart where she edits a magazine and teaches. It also reports the Minckley forest fire death toll with about 600 dead and fears the total may reach a thousand as twenty counties burned and sixteen towns destroyed.
A newsboy consoles a passerby with the tale of his dead friend Dick. The boy recalls a ragged past, shares the sting of loss, and rejects offers of a new chum while a passerby urges selling papers to help others.
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