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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
6
An OCR fragment advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen feet sold by druggists for 25 cents with samples by mail. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and a Hawthorne reference, noting a short moral sermon.
Great Britain yields half of global slate output while France and the United States each contribute about a quarter. US production has risen recently due to growing export demand.
A storm nearly overwhelmed the Cayman Islands. The note warns that seemingly secure things are not safe and disease persists. It advises health vigilance and suggests Hostetter’s Bitters for bowel regularity and indigestion relief, adding a quip about reformers.
In January 1871 a teen drummer joins his French father’s besieged garrison. Amid hunger and shellfire they endure a breakout attempt and a dramatic flag rescue. After capture, the father sacrifices himself, ordering his son to shoot in a final drill that ends with a gunfire volley.
In Manila a naturalist note describes the placuna placentia, the Chinese window oyster, used as a transparent window shell. It measures about nine inches, shows print through its interior glaze, and provides a mellow light. Used also for lanterns and ground into silver paint for water collows.
A Georgia revenue man encounters a moonshiner near a grave in the mountains. Smoke pours from the headboard as the old man feigns sorrow claiming a brother is buried there. The revenuer remarks a stovepipe and smoke from the grave as the moonshiner jokes they are roasting him.
A London syndicate launches with 1 060 000 pounds capital to acquire the Sketch Illustrated London News English Illustrated Magazine Penny Illustrated Paper and Lady's Pictorial. Public shares total 750 000 pounds split into 375 000 pounds of 5 percent common stock at a shilling premium and 319 000 pounds of 4 percent bonds.
Visitors at the observatory are astonished that Sirius can be photographed at noon using the Draper telescope. The Harvard observatory images a bright star crossing the meridian in daylight, a prospect the note suggests could advance astronomical knowledge.
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