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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1895
Page
2
A column reflects on advertising prominence in local papers, death in prize fighting, anti diphtheria funds in Paris New York and London, and the death of Robert Louis Stevenson at Apia Samoa. It also covers anti toxine frauds in New York and a Brooklyn burglary foiled by policemen. It closes with a moral on instinct and business limits.
The article discusses murderers' attempts to hide bodies, noting the boxing up device used in the Chicago case and Cronin, despite some skill, resulting in discovery. It argues that criminals’ after action resources are limited and often lead to detection.
New York’s tenement house commission will review 148 Trinity Church owned houses. Officials seek a thorough overhaul to curb pestilence breeding and improve sanitation, challenging the church’s annual income of 600,000 from the properties. Tenants have faced crowded, substandard conditions, with Trinity administration accused of minimal improvements. Authorities push for Trinity governance change.
Col Isaac A Sugg of Greenville North Carolina credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing years of illness and nervous breakdown. He describes relief sleep appetite and mental sharpness returning after using the medicine. The letter notes Greenville inquiries confirm others benefit and sells pills at drugstores or by mail from Schenectady NY.
A Forest and Stream correspondent recalls an angling trek in Washington's Cascade mountains. A tawny cougar appears on a log across the creek, stares at the pair, then slips into the brush. The narrator, both amused and fearful, debates retreat and proceeds toward camp with his companion Frank.
George W. Rea, once celebrated hunter and trapper of Pennsylvania, died recently at Blackfoot Idaho aged 85. He moved to the Rocky Mountains forty years ago becoming a famed hunter on the western ranges and even guided Col Miner Roberts during the first Northern Pacific survey. Military escort aided his stockpiling of game for camps as soldiers protected workers against Indians.
A 17 year old Swedish orphan, Jens Olsen, in western Grand Forks county is diagnosed with Asiatic leprosy. After discovery the boy was expelled by his uncle, then housed in a small cabin on a farm under isolation. Hospital staff refused to stay. county commissioners arranged the lone shelter with care by the state.
George H Noonan has been elected to the Twelfth Congressional district of Texas, becoming the first Republican congressman from the state since Reconstruction. Born 1828 in Caldwell New Jersey, he moved to Castroville Texas in 1851, served as district judge for thirty years, and is known as a capable jurist and Union supporter during the Civil War. He is brother of former St. Louis mayor Noonan.
A recent English wedding featured an admiral groom with a train carried by two small brothers in Faunt leroy white satin. Bridesmaids wore nautical costumes of white cloth with moire trim and gold lace. The ceremony included white caps and the rear admiral flag, and the cake bore a sugar model of the Alert marking Admiral Markham’s 1875 polar voyage.
William Cantwell of Springfield Ohio an ex inmate of an asylum becomes violent at a Daleville prayer meeting. He jumps on the pulpit yells and uses the Bible as a weapon striking the sexton and getting coal tossed at him before being captured and jailed in London.
He accuses her of refusing for lack of wealth and title. She denies ambition for rank and declares she cannot bear the sight of him, revealing a personal aversion as the true reason for rejection.
A dialogue from the New York Weekly depicts a city official rushing to a meeting to press an ordinance prohibiting bicycles on public streets. The exchange contrasts urgent municipal action with a collision caused by fast driving, highlighting accountability and public safety. The skit also includes a humorous comic moment about language and manners.
A collection of comic vignettes and quips from late 19th century humor pages featuring children, mothers, and witty lines about manners, honesty, and social assessment. Includes exchanges about infidels, autumn leaves, punishment for teachers, toothache, and a pawnbroker joke.
An old notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nervine and stomach aid. It claims the remedy strengthens digestion to combat nervous debility, reduces dependence on sedatives, and avoids harmful alcohol stimulants. It also lists benefits for kidney bladder liver malaria constipation and rheumatism while boosting appetite and restful sleep.
A Vicks Magazine excerpt lists flowers with expressed meanings such as Sweet alyssum worth beyond beauty and apple blossom preference. It includes carnations pink woman’s love and red rose beauty among others. Also a testimonial praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption for curing lung palsy.
Thackeray joked that if novel writing failed he would take to caligraphy. His skill shone in a remarkable feat writing the Lord's prayer on a small note inside a circle the size of a three-pence piece leaving space for the crown and the number 3.
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