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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
2
A mix of quirky odds and ends from Downsend Messenger covers a dramatic campaign wager in New York worth about 1600 dollars. It also notes De Tarmace resigning from the Brooklyn Tabernacle and reflections on life insurance and American shipbuilding, marking St Louis class ocean liners with 1440 passengers and 20000 hp.
A long, somber portrait traces Nicholas II from childhood through imperial dangers and plots, noting his frail health and the pro German leanings of the czarewitch while highlighting his marriage to Princess Alix of Hesse to unite Russian and English royal lines.
Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton of Weymouth Street Portman Place is described as one of six women in London who can create and maintain a salon, highlighting her social influence and literary circle.
A promotional note urges cooks to use Royal Baking Powder in all recipes for better, lighter, sweeter and more economical results. It claims Royal outperforms cream of tartar and soda methods and is favored by expert cooks, authors, and cooking schools. The text emphasizes Royal as essential for quick-raising ingredients in modern cuisine.
The ad touts earning free presents by mailing away large Lion coffee wrap lion heads to Woolson Spice Co Toledo Ghia in exchange for eighteen heads. It promises premium coffee in one pound packages and urges sending an address for an illustrated premium list.
A playful column blends verse and whimsy with phonetic style. It riffs on weighty themes and tongue twisters, featuring a maid, a wooer, and a lawyer as narrator puns. It weaves maritime imagery and theatrical misfortune into short stanzas with light humor.
The irritable physician orders the janitor to inform the upstairs singer that, as a professional man, he guarantees she will not live forever and there is no reason for further agitation. The exchange is recounted from Life magazine.
A fat man with a big diamond claims in the Indianapolis Journal that some local businessmen may be starving or lacking meals at home. He runs a free lunch in connection with his bar to gauge economic distress.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a foreign observer notes two wealth classes in America. Asa Spayds adds a third group, the sons of rich men who struggle to spend their money.
A witty exchange shows married life challenges. A man admits being unkind to avoid costly gifts after a pearl neck lace demand. Nell questions Tommy's marriage prospects, joking that bread and cheese and kisses could suffice, yet no suitable partner is found.
A quirky Washington Star quote recalls Meandering Mike asking for food and giving a farmer a pie to stop a bullet. He claims the pie saved his life by blocking a fatal heart shot and vows its protection will last another year.
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