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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
6
A杂 essay-style column promotes Cascarets as a gentle laxative with bold claims and free samples, alongside anecdotes about publisher J Schabelitz and literary figures. It cautions against violent force, urges natural action, and ends with a reflection on forecasting outcomes by Margaret Vandegrift.
A railroad contractor recalls Chicago Pete, a tough shovel crew boss, dying after a preacher’s lay sermon and a whiff of fried oysters. The scent rekindled memories of home and his mother, leading to a tearful death in a shanty as Pete asked for prayer with the door open.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer critique laments urban rude behavior among riders on New York elevated trains. The writer notes many youths and even well dressed students fail to offer seats to elderly women, condemning selfish entitlement and poor home upbringing. The piece compares New York to other cities and calls out street car hogs.
A famed actor recalled a comic mishap where an ice cream freezer on stage burned due to a torch spark. Cotton substituted for real ice cream, and the misfire drew hearty audience applause, humorously undermining stage realism.
Carl T. Roberts of Falls City Nebraska lauds Peruna after curing his family’s catarrh stomach troubles and lung issues. William Youngblood and T. G. Walker endorse Peruna as a preventive and cure, urging households to keep a bottle at hand.
In Abyssinia smoking is prohibited by law since 1642 to curb church practices and later extend to all, with natives warned to smoke away from sight or scent. The text also promotes Swanson's 5 DROPS Rheumatic Cure, claiming it will cure rheumatism and other pains, offering samples for 25 cents or a large bottle by mail from Chicago.
A Maine outing club of about a dozen Portland women keeps a longtime secret. The club Rammerheckt is an acronym formed from the first letters of each member’s Christian name, a puzzle to pronounce and to interpret, now finally disclosed after ten years.
A Billville juror on a locked jury writes a wry note to the judge, saying after eight hours without food they feel hungry and guilty of wanting to eat. They request the sentence be commuted to twelve square meals and offer themselves to the court’s mercy for sustenance.
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