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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
6
Far sighted men nationwide wake to the importance of good roads and push for construction before national progress. Farmers’ interests demand that states consider making road building a priority in the union.
A curious Chicago note compares a train discharger to an important official and discusses a vigorous effort to straighten matters. The piece extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia malaria and fever and mentions a cross formed by shattered plate glass. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for cures and includes testimonials and ads for Piso's Cure. A Maine legislature bust of ex Speaker Reed is also noted.
Horticultural observations discuss wind breaks hedgerows nurse trees and shade trees. Forestry plots across western states test species including black cherry Russian mulberry soft maple elm and catalpa. Pinchot notes worn-out lands can recover by forest planting and proper protection while rotations reduce Hessian fly impact in wheat patches.
The Division of Forestry of the Agricultural Department offers free practical help to farmers to establish forest plantations wood lots shelter belts and wind breaks. Applicants are prioritized by usefulness and a visiting supervisor will prepare a tailored working plan including tree selection planting and maintenance guidance.
The Hessian fly lays eggs near its emergence spot making control easier with crop rotation. If the insect could relocate before egg laying it would be a larger pest, but current habits allow some management by rotating crops. States with permanent wheat growing on the same fields suffer most from the depreda tion.
Snow on the Mountain is described as an annual plant two to four feet high native to the plains from Montana to Mexico and spreading toward Louisiana. It is ornamental, toxic via honey, and can cause skin irritation. cattle branding uses its milky juice. The bulletin covers hoeing practices to conserve moisture and notes sheep husbandry across climates from Greenland to Kansas.
A humorous column from the Chicago Times-Herald collects original and selected jokes and quips. It features sharp one liners and banter about love money and patriotism with playful contrasts and wry remarks.
In a brief comic strip excerpt Effie shrugs off her mother’s scolding as she tells her grandpa she is not a sensitive child. She complains that listening to rebukes is unnecessary and continues with her own stubborn stance.
A Chicago landlady jokes with a new boarder about his occult interests. The boarders smile as the professor boasts of exploring deep mysteries and the unknown, ending with a light moment over hash.
A sharp cartoon caption in the Detroit Free Press frames a man planning a portrait. He seeks out an artist known for melancholy tones to surprise his wife away and threatening to return.
In a rough witticism from the Indianapolis Journal Mr Wickwire jokes about wheat being harvested thrashed ground and converted into indigestion in under six hours. His wife asks what the fuss is about and he replies with a quip.
A brief society quip notes a school board director on the roof when a teacher called him down in a playful exchange. The remark highlights manners and local school life with a dash of humor.
A London sale features a relic from Bishop Hoop er burned in Gloucester in 1555 for heresy. Part of the stake used in the execution was cut and sold as an relic, later made into a casket for the mayor’s daughter at her marriage.
The advertisement promotes free premiums for purchasing Endless Chain Starch Book. The first five buyers receive a 10c Red Cross starch package and a 10c Hubinger’s Best starch package plus two Shakespeare pictures or a Twentieth Century Girl calendar. All subsequent buyers get two 10c starch packages plus premiums.
A huge meteor plummeted into the sea off the Russian coast and penetrated a clay bed 25 feet deep. Efforts will be made to recover it for its iron and other elements. Two meteors were also observed in Indiana on May 1. they appeared rocky rather than metallic.
In a playful exchange Mrs Winn taunts Mr W offering to reveal her new hat for $14. The back and forth centers on a lighthearted bargain and the couple’s cheerful banter.
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