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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
4
In a light exchange a man admits marrying his deceased wife’s sister in law and facing the comment that she was a ready made wife. A separate quip notes a boy’s sharing habits with doughnuts and medicine. A Sunday school song about angels is paired with a playful claim of mischief outside.
A ranch formerly known as the Shelly ranch near Townsend is offered for sale on reasonable terms. It includes about 20 acres with 120 acres in alfalfa, good water and Mayo rights, under KE H Goodman.
Advertisement notes De Witts Witch Hazel Salve should not be bought counterfeit or imitation and asserts it has cured more piles than any others, with Matthews Pharmacy as a point of sale.
A new physician questions a patient about narcotics and the patient admits using them only once a week. The patient adds he attends church with his wife every Sunday, illustrating a clash between private habits and public virtue.
An old time cough remedy Shilohs Cure claims quick relief for croup and coughs. The ad touts one million bottles sold last year and 40 doses for 25 cents, offered by Matthews Pharmacy.
Geyser Cream promises to remove sunburn tan freckles and facial blemishes and is hailed as best for chapped hands lips and rough skin. Karl Clover Root Tea is offered as a pleasant remedy for constipation and tired feeling and sold by Matthews Pharmacy.
Advertisement claims Dr King New Life Pills cure sick and nervous headaches by improving blood and nerves. Easy to take and priced at 25 cents with money back if not cured. Sold by Romig Bro.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen arnica salve for skin eruptions, fever sores, ulcers and more with a 25 cent box price and guaranteed cure. Also promoted are Shiloh’s Vitalizer for digestion, Electric Bitters for liver and nerve health, and Romig Bros selling remedies with claimed universal benefits and guaranteed bottles.
The advertises that Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Colds has given away over ten million trial bottles. It claims to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and lung diseases and offers free trial bottles via Romig Bros with guarantee or refund for regular sizes 5c and 1.00.
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield recalls catching a cold that settled in her lungs. After a month of treatment by her physician she grew worse, but a druggist recommended Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. After six bottles she was cured and returned to normal housework. Free trial bottles available at every store.
Wichita reader Dr D B Carygile reports Mrs Brewer healed after four bottles of Electric Bitters, curing years of scrofula with terrible sores. The tonic is praised as the best blood purifier for eczema salt rheum ulcers boils and rumbling sores. It boosts liver kidneys and bowels and costs 50 cents at Romig Bros.
An advertising notice promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for burns cuts ulcers boils and skin eruptions. Claims to kill pain heal quickly and cure old sores fever sores and felons. Sold by Romig Bros at 25 cents a box with a guaranteed cure.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months with a rectal fistula. Doctors warned he would die without a costly operation. He cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, five boxes, priced 25 cents each, sold by Romig Bros.
Advertisement claims Dr Ficca New Life Pills improve appetite digestion and bodily health. Promoted as a powerful stomach and liver remedy offered at Romig Bros for 25e.
The New York Ledger notes water as essential for health. It explains water circulates body tissues, dissolves food, forms blood fluids, and aids waste drainage. Before breakfast a glass of water exercises the stomach. hot water helps in chronic gastric catarrh. soup at dinner is rooted in experience.
Mrs. George B. Smith of Russell County recalls Abraham Lincoln gifting her a string of beads when she was a New Salem schoolgirl. A teacher sent her to Lincoln for water and the tall storekeeper offered a present after a polite exchange.
A Washington Star quote reflects on humans' tendency to misread tiny flaws as threats to serenity. Uncle Eben laments impatience and the fragile virtue of patience in everyday life.
A Chicago Record quip notes a wife can tell the time in complete darkness. The joke hinges on her husband waking to check the clock, proving her remarkable midnight sense of time.
A London reader recalls a social scam where wealthy men are courted by ladies seeking to invest money. The conversation describes feigned ventures to extract funds, with targets believing they aid a fashionable investor. The piece critiques society’s hollow pursuit of status and the manipulation involved.
Ed W. Sandys describes a playful incident at a regular funeral prayer meeting where a sporting friend and the narrator spot a rabbit. They chase it past fences across two acre lots until the creature is cornered in deep snow and captured alive. The archdeacon nearly laughs as the scene unfolds.
A young man who drank heavily refused the gold cure urged by friends and his doctor warning that continued drinking would blind him. After a period of doubt he replied with resignation that he had “been about everything,” choosing no cure over possible blindness.
The article describes the guaqueros of Antioquia and Cauca, skilled grave searchers who locate Indian tombs or guacas. It covers their beliefs, tools, signs of wealth, methods to distinguish chiefs from common graves, and clues of prior robberies, noting a famous 1534 El Dorado find by Don Pedro de Heredia in Cartagen a and Zemi that yielded vast gold shares.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt contrasts two poetic lines about stars as a choir and a battle motif. The phrases juxtapose celestial song with biblical imagery and churchlike harmony.
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