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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
6
Reading from a vintage ad, households are urged to improve linen shine with a new Red Cross starch. Groceries supply coupon books for free first two packages and two Shakespeare pictures, plus a Twentieth Century Girl Calendar. The promotion presents Hubinger’s latest starch invention as a top offer.
A Boston Transcript note quotes a dialogue about reading Emerson. Uncle Charles and Ladieer Bertha discuss understanding the writer and how imagination helps interpret profound passages.
The Rio Grande Western Railway starts new dining cars on all through trains effective June 1. No 2 departs Ogden at 7 30 am and Salt Lake City at 0 am while No 4 leaves Ogden at 6 35 pm and Salt Lake City at 7 40 pm. Westbound through trains will also carry diners with a la carte service and full menus.
Rail fare schedules authorize travel to the State Fair October 3 to 7 and to the Semi-Annual Conference for L D S in Salt Lake City October 6, with events at the Salt Palace and a horse race meeting also October 3 to 7, valid round trip via Rio Grande Western.
In Yorbett township Miss Saline Jones faced three ominous warnings seen on melons in a back patch. Dr Townly exposes a hoax as a prank by locals and leads a large kitchen-aid dinner for the dying woman, who then recovers and hosts a celebratory meal.
A Washington scientist, excited by a Devonian fossil, gains a head for the mystery skeleton but faces a prank when an office cleaner, mistaking it for an old chicken carcass, knocks the head off. The professor blames his son, dissolving attributions in a comic misadventure.
Glasgow owned and did not renew a lease for private lines. It took over rolling stock and depots, built new car shops, and attracted passengers with loyal public support. Competing buses faded as electric traction expands and fares rise. Surplus funds support parks baths ferries art and sanitation.
Thirty years ago chemists knew about two dozen explosive compounds. Now the number has risen to over 1,000, reflecting rapid advances in chemical research and materials science.
A historical ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen burning sweating feet corns and bunions. Shaken into shoes for 25 cents with free sample and mail order from LeRoy New York.
A playful line captures the sun addressing a young girl with freckles. The mood is bright and evocative, suggesting a warm, sunny afternoon. The brief vignette centers on the girl’s expression and the sun’s voice as a whimsical moment.
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