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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
2
The Nevada community shows strong demand for free silver with unified support for white money. Editors note some Montanians favor gold, revealing regional splits in the money question of the era.
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina hold ancient gold districts near York County and Hale mine in Kershaw. Once worked by slave labor, recovery was low. modern methods and capital now make low grade ore profitable, signaling a rise in southern mining and regional employment.
The Philatelic Society of London reports a global tour by members including an honorary Brighton secretary as they pursue stamps. Mr Castle travels to Bombay with a Philippine reception while others chase Fiji and defend Prince Edward Island from stamp criticism. A study on stamped envelopes and wrappers of the United States lists sixteen hundred forty three varieties.
A Philadelphia hotelman gains fame for preparing bass cheeks, a scarce delicacy sourced from the bass head. The costly dish requires about a ton of osss to make a single small serving, and the remainder of the fish is discarded. The chef builds demand with each large order, cornering bass markets in New York and Philadelphia.
A Cairo letter reports Egypt will gift mummy remains from Upper Egypt now housed in the Ghiseh museum to museums in London Paris Berlin Vienna St Petersburg and Rome. The mummies will be divided into six lots and drawn by lot. It marks the first use of mummies as prizes in a lottery and raises questions about such gambling.
A Courier-Journal observer visits a Texas town and encounters a hotel proprietor who is also a lawyer, dry goods clerk, church organist and preacher. The man is described as versatile, feared for gun and poker skills, and reputed to have killed a dozen men, hailed as the town’s practical leader.
The five foot time ball will be dropped at noon at the world’s fair. It is wound to the release height and electronically connected. a lost control cable links observatory to Western Union. The noon signal aligns clocks nationwide, with minute accuracy, across four time strips.
The Bolivian government built a telegraph line to Lake Titicaca but natives repeatedly destroyed it. An eclipse sparked belief the light consumed the moon, prompting troops to intervene. Officials then shocked several Indians to deter further attacks, claiming the electric light was an evil spirit.
A diarylike item notes a pocket handkerchief lost at the queen's drawing room in Buckingham Palace with a diamond M in the corner and a finder’s request for return. Another anecdote mentions a woman hiring her husband as a plainclothes bus footman and him smoking a pipe while on duty.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa says Dr King’s New Discovery cured his wife who faced pneumonia after la grippe. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa claims it helped his long trouble more than any prior remedy. Free trial bottles at J R Weston’s Drug Store. Large bottles 60c and 1.00.
An Engineering Magazine view argues faster trains can reduce danger by elevating standards of operation and equipment. It cites European practice showing steady high speed with fewer shocks, and notes railroads must hire skilled crews and maintain tracks. The piece also records President Cleveland receiving a 1897 silver half dollar from Tennessee Democrat Andrew Jackson Long, presented by Representative Washington, intended as a good luck pocket piece.
Cure claim for consumption coughs and colds promises relief or money back. La Grippe sufferers report speedy recovery. Sample bottles offered at J. R. Weston's Drug Store with large sizes 50c and $1.
Valuable receif id on total morfixs to a pint of sour milk and baking soda with sugar salt and oatmeal for muffins. Fisu sauce with butter flour cider water herbs mushrooms or oysters and eggs. Putter tarry candy test with sugar vinegar water and butter. Bortzxp sour arrirs with sour apples cooked plain and flavored with a faint almond note.
Silly exchanges from Tid Bits and Punch items feature a streetwise man chasing debts a reforming child and a groom sparring with a sly rev about a horse screw. The humor centers on mistaken identities and wordplay with a punchline about individuality versus collectivity.
Querx Vicronta will send copies of all her books to be exhibited in Chicago as genuine curiosities. Parveris Marcanet of Prussia received a $50,000 diamond tiara from the queen of Italy as a wedding gift. Turczarina of Russia uses over one hundred seamstresses yet trims young girls’ dresses herself. Qurex Victoria Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice will each contribute at least one original literary work to the women’s exhibition.
Curex from the cup never from the saucer. Txastoons are left in the saucer not in the cup. Like children only have the napkin arranged as a bib. Always cheerfully defer to older people and to guests. Maxine a noise in eating or drinking is vulgar. Eat slowly and do not fill the mouth with large quantities. Eat the food served or quietly leave it upon the plate without remark.
The text presents inflated figures on Areca value, notes fish eating patterns, and reports that roughly 355 Massachusetts towns lack resident physicians. It then lists U S male and female populations, estimates 5,000 human languages, and claims 200 Bible translations spoken by about two thirds of the global population.
The article notes wild duck speed at ninety miles per hour and trout limits in New Zealand using minnows or flies. It mentions a Pennsylvania bill making it a misdemeanor to kill any bird except on the wing. It also states New Zealand has established two island bird and wildlife reservations.
Since its first introduction Electric Bitters has rapidly gained favor and leads among tonics and alteratives. It is recognized as the best pure medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It will cure sick headache indigestion constipation and drive malaria from the system. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bottle.
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