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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
3
An article describes widespread peonage in Chiapas where middle class Spaniards are listed as slaveholders. Young boys are indentured with advances, debts grow, and masters keep control via written debt records. A San Cristobal case shows an army officer aiding a slave to escape.
A satirical piece argues beauty does not require teeth or hair, contrasting infant smoothness, toothless elders, and ivory domes with civilized diets. It notes soldiers’ dentition, long life with refined cuisine, and that “dogs of war” may go with teeth. Humorous vignettes follow.
A pre eased Los Angeles paper sunk 150000 during four years of publication. An ice estimate for Kennebec winter puts 859000 tons on the tally. A three foot six inch crab was caught in Victoria harbor and gifted to the Museum of Natural History. A new seagull variety darker than the former arrives on the New Jersey coast with a sharply pointed tail. A Jackson County Oregon man uses a steam engine to plow eight plows, sixteen acres per day, at five dollars daily. Public interest in athletics grows with physical culture trends. Of twenty enlistment applications at Portland rendezvous only one accepted due to deficiency. General Berpan proposes a gold and silver coinage scheme by inserting a seventy five cent gold plug into a twenty five cent silver coin.
The article surveys famed relics such as Claudius speech plates in Lyons and Cleopatra coins, cites a Papyrus manuscript claimed by the Biblical Society of London, and notes the Shakespeare signet found near Stratford. It then shifts to war tech with Prof Scremien's smoke machine, steel guns, and navy gun weights across nations.
The piece notes Wampo Story to design marble decorations for Baron Rothschild’s house. Pompeii’s buried treasures are far from exhaustively unearthed. Boston’s Public Library will have Lews A Annry and John T Sargent decorate separate rooms, aiming for a diverse artist roster. Brayton Ivis plans a March sale of manuscripts and pottery valued around 600000 dollars. A discussion on Polynesian architecture favors an Asiatic origin, suggesting crosscontinental influence.
A compilation of notable extremes worldwide including the highest pyramid height 486 feet Farsmount Park Philadelphia largest park in the world the Imperial Library Paris over two million volumes deepest coal mine near Tourney Belgium at 3542 feet high Eiffel Tower Paris nearly 1000 feet top deepest bore artesian well Potsdam 5500 feet long St Gothard tunnel nine and a half miles Pacific Ocean depth 4475 fathoms Great Eastern ship 600 feet long United States of America 3260000 square miles democracy and Europe comparison
The passage lists figures on wealth in the U S Senate, the number of pharmacy colleges, and U S geographic extremes. It notes nineteen millionaires in the Senate with about 140 million dollars total, cites thirty five or more pharmacy colleges, and describes Custer County Montana as the largest county by area at 36 000 square miles. It gives distances across the nation and notes the United States per minute income and debt interest, plus usage of the telephone and telegraph. It locates a central point in San Francisco Bay and mentions the Aleutian western limit near the Asiatic coast.
A compact collection of humorous word ties and malaprop riddles. It pairs phrases like mashed potatoes with nonliteral meanings and lists pun pairs such as turn thinned grapes and Aways in ecstacy Y. The items mix folklore, workplace items, and common objects to spark quick smiles.
A column notes writers should not boast of long ties to editors. Ma Wattrn Besant argues most books lose money. spellings flaws ruin reputations. Various human interest items include a Missouri divorce case and a New York liar confession. An Atchison widow marries a widower for care of graves.
A collection of quirky, unconnected incidents: a man with triplets, a New Jersey fisherman spotting a twenty mile long fish school, Dick Walker of Jesup repairing a lost leg with a cork prosthetic, a New Ark foundry A P operative pulled into a shaft and survived after 3 247 rotations, a Belle Plains woman aiding a tramp who later returned with a ten dollar bill found in a vest pocket.
A historical survey notes France’s coast receding over centuries and Cape of Good Hope swells as sea activity intensifies. It cites sun driven weather patterns with 63 percent heat absorbed by the atmosphere in clear weather and fluctuating monthly percentages, plus glacier counts in the Alps and shifts in atmospheric density.
The text mentions Senator Jones's Santa Monica villa with ocean views and a 30 000 acre ranch adjacent. It notes Dr Scrarmaner of Palatka sending a wildflower bouquet with an alligator tooth handle to Europe. It also cites Resse Saor as a large daily loaner, a Presipest's four year expenses and income, Avias Andren in England, and Arthur returning to New York to practice law. It describes Jay Govip taxing his son George into telegraphy training.
A collage of brief science curiosities and facts from 19th century sources. Topics include Navtixus shells off Portland and human hair fiber ranges, a new herring specimen for the British Museum, rapid handwriting rates, water pressure for household use, meat consumption by country, and shifts in castor glove materials. Historic quotations from Ayre and the Washington Post are noted.
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