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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
8
The article depicts a Sunday in 1760 London with churches open for two or three services and citizens taking their families to church. Rural societies, tavern dinners, and beggars thrived as officers and informers patrolled, while field sports, pleasure gardens, and an afternoon organ recital filled the day.
A New York clubwoman recounts a humorous memory about a longtime colored butler who admired her husband Dr H. She muses on why a handsome man like Dr H would wed a homely woman, and the butler’s amused reaction reveals the family’s private banter and social curiosities.
A British association meeting reports sugar crystals emitting light when disks of leaf sugar are spun on a lathe while struck lightly. The glow is not from heat. researchers suspect changes within the crystal during crystallization. This may inform efforts to produce artificial light by crystallization methods.
The article details sea otter fur value and hunting methods. It describes the Aleutian region Belkovsky to Saanak, the surround and clubbing techniques, and the hunter’s demanding skills. It notes the rarity of otters and the dangers hunters face in coastal encampments and open seas.
A medieval style anecdote recalls an old repairman who kept whisky pots secretive. A ganger bribes him to reveal his last repair but the old man warns the money will not help and jestingly notes the last pot was mended where the hole lay. The second joke has Kipper praising his wife’s cleverness as she hides his slippers after 12 years of marriage.
Article cites Russia population 129 600 000 with 743 newspapers and compares to Pennsylvania 1 480 titles. Breakdown by language shows 58 percent Russian 69 Polish 44 German 9 French 5 Armenian 2 Hebrew. no English papers listed. Also includes brief ads for remedies and job/commerce notices.
An old ad claims the tea cures constipation indigestion and headaches with a 25 or 50 cent price and money back if unsatisfied. Matthews' Pharmacy markets the product noting it has "cured these ills for half a century."
A page of era advertisements touts Karl's Clover Root Tea for digestion and liver health, Dodge's Dyspepsia Tablets, and Dodge's Quick Kure for la grippe. Also promoted are Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure, Bozeman Milling flour, and a 360 acre ranch for sale with terms. Local druggists Matthews Pharmacy and Hyatt & Dorothy listed.
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