Townsend Messenaer and a World of Oddities
A collage of stray notes on politics, fashion, and society. Mentions a cleaner Kansas City effort, Trilby restaurant, Chillicothe assessor Pardonner, a peanut debate, and Miss Frances Willard’s niece. Also reports Cuban correspondents, Kentucky legal cases, immigration, a sugar beet idea, feather fashion, starving Armenians, and Salvation Army leaders becoming U.S. citizens. Fire losses for 1895 through May and projected future conflagrations are warned as a costly trend.
London social spotlight on Baroness Burdett Coutts dress
The 81 year old Baroness Burdett Coutts draws notice for lively style and a red velvet dress costing about 5000 dollars. Her fashion choices mirror a younger, fashionable image tied to her American husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baroness Burdett- Coutts
London
Womanly protection via Dr Pierce favors in medical ad
A promotional piece argues that public law protects discoveries benefiting women and highlights Dr Rh V Pierce of Buffalo as a licensed physician whose Favorite Prescription has aided thousands. It touts free distribution of The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, urging women to seek home treatment and avoid dreaded examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Rght
Dr. Vierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Sense Medical
Aspensary Medical Association
Polar bear encounter ends with crew breakfast aftermath
An amidships watch on a Arctic voyage guardsman Jake fights a polar bear clinging to the rigging. He escapes by gripping a deck stay as the bear falls to the deck. The crew later eats bear meat for breakfast while a humorous home life vignette follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
San Francisco
Juke
Courtier and Willie Debate Life of Leisure at Home
Turnpike Walker proposes living at court in England as gents of leisure while Willie Werk prefers staying home for thirty days of court life each year, calling the local experience ample. The exchange highlights differing views on lifestyle and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnpike Walker
Willie
England
Court
Willie Werk
Mr. Walker
Treatment of Meadows In grasses and clovers in Minnesota and other states
A study of meadow and pasture sowing shows spring seeding with a small grain crop. seed bed quality, soil moisture, and crop mix affect yields. Minnesota favors redtop with clover on wet land and timothy in rotations. Michigan reports higher yields from seeded meadows. Kansas favors orchard grass and red clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Timothy
Michigan
Massachusetts
Kansas
Kansas Station
Also Mentioned on This Page
Townsend Messenaer
Stout & Watt
Kansas City
Pardonner
Chillicothe, O
Deca
Miss Frances Willard
Miss Willard
Kentucky
Turkey
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Maude Elizabeth Booth
United States
Queen Victoria
Kenney
Jersey City
Montclair
N. J
FOR
Westinghouse
Edison
Hell
Papa
Banks
Rivers
James Troop
Perdue University
Hood
Hood’s
Imranum
John Carle & Sons
New York
America
Hartford
Pope Mfg. CO
Lobton
Cnicano
Gam Francisco
Providence
Suffalo
Columbia
Elling
Merwe
Shore Outaers Su RQ Aan Deevie
Xvantain Lake
Daly
Sioux City Engine & Iron Works
Mfg.Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Tae
Cuase Macrimeny Co
Brell
A. Spendel &O
Topeka
Ensio
Joan W.1orris
Washington, D.C
Recipal Examiner Pension Bureau
Parker
Balsam
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