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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
7
The advertisement describes chronic indigestion symptoms including bile in the blood affecting the eyes and cuticle, right side pain, furred tongue, nausea, headaches, and bad breath. It claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters provides a speedy remedy and also guards against chills, fever, rheumatism, nervousness, and age-related infirmities.
A dialogue explores how petty conflicts fracture longtime friendships with Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones at the center and a remark on human nature. The piece leads into ads for seed catalogs promising rapid vegetable growth and various household products.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds fevers and constipation. It claims the product works on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes it is sold in 50c and $1 bottles by druggists.
An English observer compares American hotels and Western linen washing in California and Frisco, praising cleanliness and outside rooms while critiquing slow service and waiting times in San Francisco restaurants. The piece shifts to a cautions note against mercury in catarrh remedies, promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co. with retail details.
A Saukee Musquakee tale told by Colonel Davenport and republished by the St. Louis Republic describes two mighty hunters who meet a guardian-spirit descending from a cloud. After she accepts food with indented earth marks, she promises to reward the hunters with gifts linking to the origins of corn tobacco and beans.
A legend tells of two hunters promised a reward after meeting a vision called The Woman of the Clouds. They face ridicule for returning to claim it, then discover the promised bounty at the original spot with a thriving sign of life and two springs, one cold and one hot, symbolizing Eden and a cooking water. The tale ends with tribal joy at the new discovery.
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