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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
7
A quotation from Fliegende Blaetter features defense remarks about a defendant who allegedly earned twenty thousand marks by the sweat of his brow amid references to a safe bad tools poor light cramped quarters and natural weakness. An advertisement extols Cut and Slash cheroots offering three for five cents as a bargain for a real good smoke.
The remark asserts that a clergyman's personal liking or disliking should not influence the conduct or quality of worship. It emphasizes separating individual opinion from religious ceremony and devotion.
The passage praises the triumphs of gentlewomen in business and notes that Brown's BRONCHIAL TROCHES clear the voice. It claims public speakers and singers worldwide use them and that society men gain popularity by showing deference to elder ladies, while modern women sometimes overstep to win.
A Detroit street car encounter reveals a neighborly feud, with a woman lamenting noisy tenants and her husband threatening arrest. The chat hints at shared addresses and social tensions in a city neighborhood. Later, Philadelphia’s Sixth and Spruce home of Joseph Jefferson shifts from art dealer tenants to a tenement with a barber and a Russian peddler, reflecting urban decay.
A promotional note touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestion and related ailments. It also highlights Salter's Seed Co offerings with farm yield claims and an offer for a free mammoth catalogue and seed samples to La Crosse Wisconsin.
The New York Mail and Express recounts a London incident where Samuel Waddy a Methodist preacher outsmarted Sir Frank Lockwood who tried to expose him in prayer. The tale shows Lockwood fleeing his seat in embarrassment, a rare reversal for the famed barrister known for sharp retorts.
An American crew recalls a Gibraltar dinner when British officers drank heavily and were later taught a lesson by a playful surgeon. Dr King, nephew of Judge King, brewed fish house punch and libations were served to the visitors. They were hoisted from yards and hauled aboard. King died later. Minnie Henderson Tunis Sigourney Tunisian kin died as well. Minnie Tunis vanished from public view.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It asserts catarrh causes nine of ten cases and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured only by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Free circulars available from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills 25c.
A dinner guest from the South challenged Aubrey Boucicault after a remark about him. Boucicault replied that if courage depended on geography he should pass. The exchange occurred in New York as part of a dinner given to celebrate the theatre figure.
A repeated tramp confronts a generous woman in New York World tone as he asks for dinner insisting it is now dinner time after claiming breakfast was given. The exchange highlights urban charity scenes in the era.
A 19th century reflection recalls Dr. Samuel Johnson’s sharp retort to James Boswell over Opie’s naked Venus. Johnson denied indecency in art but asserted the question itself was indecent.
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