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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
7
An unnamed old prospector recalls a near fatal Christmas Eve in the Carbonate camp near Leadville. Jim, driven mad by sudden wealth, forces a dispute over a mine. a brutal struggle ends with Jim bound and sent to an asylum, where he dies years later without revealing his past.
A 19th century revival of miniature portraits on ivory gains momentum in France and America. The 1891 to 1893 salon trends show rising exhibits, with nearly 200 to 300 miniatures displayed yearly. The art form, rooted in ancient practice, gains modern popularity as ivory portraits and settings become highly costly.
The patent records Mme Adelina Patti as a knight companion of the Royal Order of Kapiolani. King Kalakaua grants her rights and insignia, dated September 8, 1882, at Honolulu, with seal and signature by Chancellor Charles Hastings Judd.
Styles favor ivory lace over cream, fur tails trim gowns and street dresses, and Persian silk accents blouse vests. Dark blue serge and mohabs pair with Persian silk collars. Boucle, cheviot, and silk wool mixes rise in rough fabrics as black os trich feather capes adorn evening wraps.
A brown paper sheet dried by fire is folded into a two inch wide strip to act as a magnet. Place small writing paper strips on a table and sweep the magnet beneath them. the strips leap upward toward the brown paper magnet as if by lightning.
The advertises a dire summary of digestive energy loss and organ retirement, claiming Hostetters Stomach Bitters can restore vigor. It asserts the Bitters aids stomach liver and bowels and conquers malaria and kidney troubles.
A century old note explains that in Japan the dead face north when buried and the living sleep with their heads aligned to the north. Private homes and hotels display a ceiling compass diagram for guests to follow this custom.
A collage of humorous items and product notices from a 19th century holiday edition. It includes promotional blurbs for Pilgrim magazine mailed free with stamps, curiosities of divorce statistics, patent medicines like Piso's Cure, humorous dialogue quips, and various household remedies and advertisements.
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant gentle remedy for kidneys liver and bowels. It claims cleansing effects and relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation. It markets the product as the sole remedy of its kind and urges buying 50 cent bottles from leading druggists.
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