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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1895
Page
7
Fragmented OCR Text Recovers a Quiet Literary Scene
Readable fragments describe a tender writer as a guest visiting an institution. A lecturer's curt invitation hints at a refined social setting, while scattered lines evoke poetry and personal emotion amid a subdued atmosphere.
Nonchalant Bribe and a New Almanac Welcome
A fragmented column mixes a comical scene at a hotel table where a husband and wife play old married pair, with social chatter about a wedding journey. It then notes Hostetter’s Almanac for 1895, published by The Hostetter Company, free at druggists, in multiple languages. Notices on remedies and jokes follow, including Mas n Corn Salve and Cee's Balsam. A legal beat notes that English courts ruled engagement rings are not recoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter Company
Pittsburg
Syrup of Figs Pure Laxative Promises Comfort and Health
A vintage advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the system without weakening organs. It claims health benefits for cold relief and fever, endorses its use by millions and doctors, and states that genuine bottles are produced by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
When George Crocker toppled in Belden Parlor Vase
A humorous tale of misadventure starts with a broken Sevres vase after a Spanish ladies visit and widens to a New York escapade where George Crocker sinks into a chair that shatters a piano lamp, causing an oil spill and a $10,000 blaze in Josiah Belden’s Madison Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crocker
Josiah Belden
W. H. L. Barnes
San Francisco Examiner
Barnes
Tucker
Masonic Temple
Dick Pease
Pease
George Croker
New York
Madison Avenue
Belden
Josiah
George
Josiah Beldep
Mystery of John Dearman Identity Swaps Lives
Ulster county tale of mistaken identity follows John Dearman of Old Hurley who vanishes after years of alleged abuse. His widow misidentifies a drowned man as her husband, later remarries John Branthover in Albany. Dearman returns to Old Hurley but vanishes again, leaving the drowned man’s true fate unknown. The mystery centers on who was buried as Dearman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster County
New York Sunman
John Dearman
Old Hurley
Katherine Crispell
Fortune teller and clairvoyant dialogue on predicting futures
A brief exchange from the Indianapolis Journal features a fortune teller lamenting changing times. The clairvoyant counters with a sharp joke about predicting a young woman's future, whether marriage to a rich man or becoming U S president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indianapolis Journal
Little Jocularities and Short Exchanges in a Comic Sketch
A collection of humorous quips and chats including a poet’s check, a satchel parcel mix up, a girl’s story about her father’s reaction, a fish diet debated by a philosopher, and playful exchanges about manners school races and teething twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer
Tommy Biggs
Joshua
Houser
Youngscadds
Binks
Winks
No Substitutes For Royal Baking Powder Testimony
The passage proclaims Royal Baking Powder as superior to all others and warns buyers to distrust substitutes. It argues testing shows one Royal is stronger purer and better and that grocers may push cheaper powders for higher profit. The message urges scrutiny of any replacement claiming no substitute exists for Royal.
Fire safety in a storm and old time humor snippets
The text offers advice on lightning safety indoors with furniture arrangements using walls and mattresses as better conductors than air. It includes a moral tale about reading and a joke about a restaurant cashier’s new clothes, plus testimonials for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and a travel pricing inquiry from Lincoln.
Banker and cashiere plot to marry daughter in Canada
In a witty dialogue the bank cashier insists on a fortune before marriage to the daughter while the bank president agrees. The cashier exits saying he will have the fortune by evening and asks about wedding in Canada. A travel note extols California as a winter resort and promotes the Union Pacific service. A social jab about a matinee seat follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Ad Offer By Mail
An ad extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the best laxative for regulating digestion and liver action. It claims they prevent numerous ailments from headaches to indigestion and promises a free trial sample by mail to requestors in Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Ellers
World's Dispensary Medical, Association
Buffalo
N. Y
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