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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
2
The piece wryly notes a bucket shop operator’s decision to disgorge and mocks busybodies who debunk ideas about women’s kneeling prayers. It contrasts colonial figures with modern roads, China and America, ending with John Lithgow’s will being broke by courts and his heirs gaining freedom from the old man’s burden.
The article notes current orange crop damage in Florida is not severely harmful due to large on hand stock and safe storage. It suggests using cables to Messina Malta and Algiers to secure ample supply and mentions Maltese egg blood oranges as top quality.
A modern but poorly managed Albany hotel fire claims sixteen lives. The incident raises questions of construction and management safety and prompts criticism of careless oversight amid high fire risk. A 16 year old Dakota boy admits his employer hired him to kill a man, highlighting public concern over sensational crime and hypnotic influence.
Reports from Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul indicate opposition to Moraes administration. Rio Grande do Sul’s governor rejects government terms and about eighty men are jailed in Rio de Janeiro on conspiracy charges against the president.
Harvard senior E Klein demonstrates exceptional overall strength with a total of 1 445.6 kilograms combining lungs legs back and forearms, far surpassing Tufts Nash and yielding a record unlikely to be matched by prior college athletes.
Emma Eames has won high praise as Carmen and will tour the west and south before returning to Europe. A musical prodigy, Miss Jennie M. Harkins, a Gazzam Girl, is highlighted as perhaps the youngest female cornet soloist in the world, though only just past her 10th year.
Tom Winder of the Wasp plans a coast to coast bicycle record starting February 4 1895 in New Orleans. He will average 72 miles daily through 33 states and 76 registering points including New Orleans Houston Los Angeles Chicago New York Boston and Baltimore to complete 21600 miles in 300 consecutive days, a longer journey than circling the globe.
Washington claims to have signed Crooks of Minneapolis while Detroit also lays claim. Cleveland players Tebeau McKean Burkett and Childs may join New York Ewing as captain and manager of Cincinnati. Greenfield dies in a Birmingham lunatic asylum. Frank Ward, last season with Washington, may join St Paul. Trotters shipped from New York to Vienna as foreign market for American trotters grows.
A collage of humorous vignettes and household scenes from a bygone era. Jokes about turkey gobbler myths, dancing at parties, sporty youth, and a theater crowd reflect domestic life and social banter. Includes patterns for a housegown and fashion notes.
A humorous exchange shows a wife noting her husband’s improved senses since marriage. A second quip about soldiers bleeding later for pensions parodies wartime medical care and bureaucratic delays.
Advertisement for pattern patterns priced at 10 cents each with a coupon and one cent postage per pattern. Instructions describe tape measure methods for bust and breast measurements and note the patterns are glove fitting.
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