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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
2
The article surveys urban curiosities from Chicago’s brewing scene to Greater New York’s unconnected cities. It mentions theater shocks in Syracuse, fire alarm trials in Boston, and a French inventor’s rapid firing mitrailleuse. It notes a Queen Boadicea revival dig and a San Francisco doctor’s hygiene failures, plus a U S balloon corps at Fort Logan and possible rainmaking use.
A reflective note on modern attitudes toward living and dying in late century, contrasting a life of ease ending in self cessation with hunters in Maine who pursue deer and moose with cameras. It also comments on civil service rule extensions to post office staff and argues for apolitical continuity akin to the army and navy.
The German Kaiser orders free artificial teeth for soldiers to ensure better service. All soldiers with unsound teeth must have them pulled to maintain proper mastication and battlefield readiness.
The piece posits that Riordan’s death came from an autopsy rather than Fitzsimmons knock, suggesting a possible murder defense. It questions whether acquittal would indict the autopsy surgeons as real killers and chides travelers accused of cowardice for not facing train robbers in person.
Daniel Doran of Pond Creek, nicknamed Judge, recalls border life with Custer after 1852. He recounts Wild Bill Hickok’s dramatic church dance and a Mexican scout’s lasso rescue near Junction City, illustrating frontier peril and narrow escapes.
Dr Emil Young of the University of Geneva foresees in the Semaine Literaire that humans may abandon walking within a millennium. He argues steam and electric transport erode leg use, leaving legs ornamental while arms grow stronger as travel shifts to aerial and electric conveyances.
Report notes professional fortune tellers travel from house to house in New York seeking clients. They reveal futures to those labeled fools, charging between fifty cents and one dollar per person.
Governor Porter recounts Major Mike Cluskey’s marriage to Colonel Wintersmith’s guest status in Louisville. Wintersmith uses wealth to host, Cluskey declares him guest, and the colonel later gets floored by the host remark. Also notes on lung-disease diagnosis rules and a witty Bassompierre quip.
A English writer notes Mrs Maybrick inspired prison fashion with long skirts as she entered Wo king prison. The piece details improvised cosmetics and mirrors among inmates at Milbank and Woking, including improvised paint from apron linings and homemade mirrors from window glass and torn bible leaves.
In large cities shade trees show little effect from street lighting but in smaller towns the foliage darkens and appears blighted. Eastern absorbiculturists conclude trees need darkness to sleep and constant light wears them out, causing premature aging and leaf drop while nearby trees not exposed to light stay vibrant.
In a brief quoted exchange from Life magazine, a speaker asks for charity and offers to lend five seats for car fare if the listener agrees. The line captures a candid moment of leverage and reluctant aid amid poverty.
A humorous dialogue: a girl answers that her father attends church regularly, noting that her mother would give him fits if he did not. The exchange highlights family dynamics and social expectations about religious attendance.
Prudence and foresight in health matter are urged as essential to prevent kidney and bladder trouble. The article warns that early symptoms ignored can lead to Bright's disease diabetes or bladder stones, and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a timely remedy and preventive aid, along with bitters for liver and malarial issues.
An exchange from the New York Press notes a husband vows to quit smoking at year’s start after smoking just one cigar given as a present. The anecdote highlights a brief lapse followed by a firm resolve.
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