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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
2
A collage of late 19th century items includes executions and crime tales, royal costs, unusual local schemes, and foreign tension. Highlights mention hanging murderers, Burrton style headlines, Kipling fiction, a Michigan school cow tail tardiness plan, and diverse random anecdotes.
A Louisville girl deemed dead by a physician was found alive before burial. The piece notes that some places require extra examination for living proofs before burial. It cites Dover New Hampshire rules and German towns with morgues and visiting doctors. It stresses no burial should occur until death is certain beyond doubt.
A Texas dispatch claims Rev Rhodes unearthed 30 000 Mexican dollars while plowing near Timotson Texas. The Indiana origin of the tale is noted as dubious and overblown by local writers. The piece mentions a prior Indiana family dispute over $3 000 in civil and criminal settlements.
A Kansas counterfeiting case leads to Mary Smith a former Missouri teacher linked to an outlaw ring. Jessie Findley a 17 year old Oklahoma frontier outlaw trained in crime and involved in a courthouse jail escape plot. Both tied to the Huffman Christian outlaw gang in Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
A survey counts about 2000 women physicians in North America with 130 homeopaths. Among the rest are 70 hospital surgeons, 95 professors, 610 specialists in women’s diseases, 70 alienists, 65 orthopedists, 40 oculists and aurists, and 30 electro-therapeutists. Canada has one women’s medical school. the U S in 1893 had ten, including a homeopathic establishment.
A boarder evasively avoids his bill while admiring a prompt paying typist. Another boarder notes the affection between them. The landlady quips that the girl always pays her bills, sparking a mild insinuation about their union.
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