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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1893
Page
2
The note says to date letters with 1893 and that once the Legislature is organized a vote for Senator will be held tomorrow, indicating an impending official decision pending assembly.
A look at paid political orators shows speakers earning from one hundred dollars a week to as much as one thousand, with many volunteers offering free service. National committees direct assignments to maximize impact in key states while balancing pay and expenses.
The article profiles Abraham Wellington Birough, famed as the mayor of beach combers at seashore camps south of San Francisco. An original Forty-Niner, Birough has spent fortunes in California mining, now cradling sand for fifty cents a day, while retaining his charged reputation and enduring ambitions.
Census chief cites totals for Catholic 6.25 million members in ten Catholic bodies, Methodist 4 million, Baptist 3.5 million, and Presbyterian 1.28 million. Episcopalians around 600,000 with high wealth, while 6 million colored Americans show strong religious ties in Methodist and Baptist churches.
A South Carolina anecdote recalls judges and lawyers bound by robe rules. Petigree, the bar leader, defies with planter attire until a judge cites the rule about the sheriff's cocked hat and sword, prompting a pointed exchange.
The prefect of the Seine faced an avalanche of applicants for over 1,071 minor offices he held, with more than 40,000 people seeking these supernumerary clerk positions. The strong urge to serve in public office parallels sentiments elsewhere.
The three story brick building opposite the old sugar house houses a storehouse and a fire department depot. Duane street claims the city’s last true old curiosity shop with shelves packed with odd personal effects and quirky devices. Many weary inventors died isolated by poverty and anonymity leaving models that excited dreams but held little real value beyond their mechanics.
A historic note explains making hard, decorative objects from wood pulp. Pulp from a mill is dried then placed in an indurating pickle with coloring if desired. After drying, the material is milled to mix all particles and then heated in a mold to form a homogeneous indurated mass.
Wickerwork demanded great strength and skill, shaping royal dwellings and palaces. Artisans fashioned warriors’ shields war boots and canoes, while tanning skins for boat coverings completed the taut ready fleet works against the sea.
The article describes traditional Japanese laundry methods using boats and long cords to drag garments. It asserts that journeys by steamboat wash trips are economical and notes beliefs about Japanese washing habits including preference for salt water and a dislike for wringing.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg says Dr King’s New Discovery cured his wife after La Grippe and pneumonia threat. Robert Barber of Cooksport claims the remedy helped him more than anything before. Trial bottles sold by J R Weston. large bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Archaeologists and curious locals excavate a gravel pit two miles west of Cravin Creek where twenty five giant skeletons six to seven feet tall are unearthed. The site yields stone tools pottery and bone ornaments with most remains in a mass grave. Local historians reference legends of ancient tribes and a buried Spanish treasure as excavations continue.
A well known city bank illustrates hereditary leadership with Josiah Kisterbock Jr and Joel Cook among directors and relatives filling posts. Other directors include Thomas Potter and Samuel Walton as fathers and brothers shape key roles, while Charles Lex and William Horstmann also claim lineage within the institution. The article notes long-standing ties between family and bank leadership. Tew African Women Get Disheared. The women of a certain African tribe distort their countenances by thrusting pieces of wood and crystal into their upper lips. They begin with small pieces and gradually increase the size until pieces of incredible dimensions are thus carried and their lips are transformed beyond recognition.
A historical advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Sufferers from la grippe are claimed to recover quickly and sample bottles are offered free at J R Weston's Drug Store Stimulus. Trials promise relief with five cent and one dollar sizes.
A St Louis man identifies as Michael J. McGinty and laments constant confusion and mistaken identity. He recalls telephone Mix ups and a Hudson River boat excursion where a Miss Rooney misunderstood his name causing embarrassment.
An article notes that separate assessments reveal black wealth in Louisiana is low. In parishes with black majorities per capita values are tiny, while in areas with white majorities blacks own a small share of property and have limited school tax contributions.
A New York belle vents about dressmakers harshly judging women. She recalls rude remarks on shoulders, neck length, sleeves, and bodily flaws while noting the garment’s poor fit and the social pressure to accept flaws in fashion.
In a Berlin botanical garden a iron garden chair with a nickel slot folds when weight is relieved. The inventor suggests a design to keep the chair open on rising so multiple visitors could share the same chair for a single nickel, prompting how to prevent that use.
The product claims rapid rise in popularity since introduction and positions Electric Bitters as a pure medicinal tonic. It states it cures headache indigestion fatigue and malaria symptoms while being free of beverage or intoxicant properties. Satisfaction guaranteed with money back.
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