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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1893
Page
2
The page shows an old Townsend Messenger edition with repeated boilerplate lines, advertising rates at $1.00 per inch per month, and editorial staff credits. It reflects archival publication details with inked date Feb 10 and post office routing notes.
South Texas entrepreneur Uriah Lott built six hundred miles of Arkansas Pass track starting with a five dollar loan. He moved to San Antonio with a two wheeled cart, reused old rails and engines, and funded expansion through bold trades and bonds, often traveling hungry while his railroad grew from one mile to hundreds.
The St. Petersburg Gazette discusses northern China’s Yellow River floods. It argues human alteration of the river has created shallows and barriers that cause periodic inundations. It notes centuries of bed changes and doubts about restoring the old channel without continued risk.
The article explains new large granite lathes capable of shaping blocks up to twenty-five feet long and five feet in diameter. It describes wedge like grinding disks and dual side assemblies that progressively reduce column diameter, with later models accepting patterns for varied swell and finish through additional lathes for polishing.
A Turin Italy papyrus displays a humorous scene set with anthropomorphic animals performing music and a pharaohlike ass receiving gifts from a cat conductor. Other vignettes show animals creating mischief and a rat pharaoh in a carriage, hinting at political satire.
The piece notes a custom of the queen’s drawing rooms that the wife of the foreign secretary presents. With Earl of Rosebery widowed, a precedent from William IV’s era when Lord Palmerston served may be invoked to address the lapse against tradition.
The article traces the ancient roots of cosmetics from Egypt to Greece and Rome and notes how English fashion moved from patches to rouge. It warns that some vegetable rouges are harmless if properly prepared but many products contain lead, making them dangerous.
A Detroit Free Press report recounts a hunter and companion returning home after partridge near Alpena. They spot a looping bird chased by a hawk, the partridge hides in brush, and the friend retrieves the bird from a pocket before taking it home.
A long excerpt from Ladies' Home Journal explains an umbrella language with signals for ownership, courtship, marriage, eye injury, and personal agendas. The guide links actions like placing, carrying, or sharing an umbrella to social meanings and folly.
A New Jersey representative who derided the state insane wards was pressed by a woman to listen. After an hour and a half he declared his support for the hospital and left saying the Lord bless you. Century.
A Descriptive note from Kioto describes a vast temple housing a colossal Kwannon figure with a thousand hands and eleven faces. Surrounding statues fill ten rows on each side, five feet tall, totaling one thousand, each bearing ten small images atop its head and hands. The temple building runs four hundred feet in length.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pennsylvania says he will not be without Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds it cured his wife who was threatened with pneumonia after an attack of La Grippe other remedies and several physicians had done her no good Robert Barber of Cookeport Pennsylvania claims Dr King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for lung trouble Nothing like it Trial bottles at J R Weston Stagtee Large bottles Me and 1
An article notes many American foreign ministers were literary men with careers in diplomacy and writing. Writings include Elihu Washburne on Paris siege, Julian Hawthorne in England, W C Wells Williams on China, and Samuel Cox on Turkey, with others preparing books about their postings.
A survey of notable European women includes Parvones Galitzen a Russian aristocrat now a stablemaid in a French circus. Lapy SomenseT an 80 year old temperance advocate speaks to miners. Florence Montinence Crimea nurse, 72, lives in seclusion. Empress of Germany marks 34th birthday and christening with 100 sets of baby clothes. emperor frees 400 imprisoned women.
A collage of curiosities and notes from Europe and Asia describe innovations in London transport and dress, wind powered clocks, wine treading by dancers in Portugal, and the spread of funeral notices. It mentions 70,000,000 Europeans wearing wooden shoes, sabots made from bass or willow wood, and Burmese caves rich in carvings and religious tablets.
The essay extols bird song as a masculine prerogative and a reflection of love and happiness. It notes most species sing in spring as they return to familiar haunts, with birds expressing affection and rivalries through music and the heart’s rhythm. The piece likens avian melody to human joy in daily toil.
The New York World notes cake-walking began as a fried of prizes at corn husking and quilting parties in the South. Performers danced open air by candlelight under fat and cotton boll batten lighting, often in cornfields after harvest with gingham dresses for women and mismatched sack trousers for men.
The Himalaya lakes in Tibet reportedly reach higher elevations than Titicaca with Manasarovar near 19 000 to 20 000 feet while Chatamoo and Surakol are listed at 17 000 and 15 400 feet. A shipwreck survivor near Cuba recalls the Paradise craze induced by sun heat and visions at sea.
A vintage advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and colds gives relief with a money back guarantee. It targets coughs throat and chest troubles and offers free trial bottles at J R Weston's Drug base with large sizes available.
Electric Bitters has rapidly gained favor as a pure medicinal tonic and alterative. It is advertised as best for stomach and liver ailments, kidneys, sick headache, indigestion, constipation, and malaria. Each bottle carries a refund policy and a price of 60.
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