Townsend Messenger begins July 2 1992 notes and local items
Townsfolk news from Townsend and Montana era items include a fatal neck wound threat to Kerney, Libby scandal, a Denver Gas and Oil well flowing oil from 485 feet, and political notes on national exhibits, Grand Lodge edicts, and a Pacific States presidential tour. Wyoming irrigation schemes and river basin plans are discussed, with cross-state support looming for eastern slope water storage.
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Denver Gas and Oil Company
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Gulf
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
Montana
Seguin Heir Suit Over John Twohig Will Settles Briefly
In Seguin Texas John Twohig left $500000 to Bishop Narez of San Antonio. His legal heirs sue to break the will. The bishop offers to compromise by giving heirs $300000 while keeping $500000. The speaker mocks such generosity and imagines a richer fictional distribution.
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Seguin
Texas
John Twohig
Narez
Catholic Church
San Antonio
Twohig
A Gem From Webster on Education and Self Government
The passage asserts that America can elevate the laboring class through education and knowledge, enabling self government. It praises the US example as more encouraging than Europe’s hereditary fortunes, highlighting gains for those born without wealth or rank.
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America
Europe
First American Press and Early Engravers
The piece notes the first printing press in the United States starting in 1639 at Can bridge Mase Harvard. It mentions the first American illustration circa 1608 in Tully’s almanac of Boston and the first copper plate portrait in Increase Mather’s Ichabod. It lists early engravers Paul Revere Benjamin Franklin and Isaiah Thomas with Thomas famed for Lexington.
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United States
Canbridge
Mase
Harvard University
Tully
Boston
Increase Mather
Ichabod
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Isaiah Thomas
Lexington
Leader Bitters Promoted as Pure Medicinal Tonic
The advertisement declares Fredric Bitters the leading pure medicine among tonics and alteratives, suitable for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It promises cures for sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria with a 50 cent price and money back satisfaction guarantee.
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Fredric Bitters
Professional Bouncers Reveal Life of Hotel Detectives
A veteran bouncer describes hotel life as a detective’s, detailing low pay, required bluff, and constant watch for theft. He recalls a staged pickpocket scam where a small boyish thief outsmarted staff, pocketing money after a staged disturbance and walkout.
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New York and
Expressman
Bowery
Tie
Ruby types compared with spinel and balal rubies reveal differences
The article explains three ruby varieties the oriental true ruby and spinel and balal rubies. It notes the true ruby is alumina rich with chromium free and its color from arterial blood hue. It cites prices and historical gems and then shifts to beliefs about bees and war in England France and Germany.
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Usapar
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Petersburg
Nees
England
France
Germany
Extraordinary Coincidence In A Missing Man Tale
A Carbondale correspondent recalls Pryce R Blair Jr son of a prominent local family vanished after moving to Colorado and possibly to Utah Idaho. An advertisement leads to a Salt Lake City clue about a man Virginia Lander Wyoming bearing exact likeness to Blair but proves to be James Blair of Nebraska, unrelated.
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Pryce R. Blair, Jr
Colorado
Carbondale
I.a
Iris
Marysvale
U. T
Idaho
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Bryce R. Blair
Avirg
Lander, Wy. T
Diair
Pryce Idalr
Sune Natu
James Blair
Nebraska
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs
Two trial bottles offered at no cost prove the remedy's value for coughs colds and throat chest illnesses. La Grippe sufferers report rapid relief with Dr Kings New Discovery. Free samples at J R Weston's Drug Store large sizes 50c and 1.
HIS REMARKABLE MEMORY OF DIAMONDS
A Maiden Lane jeweler recalls a diamond worn by a Australian comedian years earlier. The gem, now in a new setting, is identified by a gray haired Englishman who says he can recognize every diamond he ever handled, a memory others in the trade share but cannot explain.
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Pane
Maiden Lane
New York
Australia
Dan Maguire
Melbourne
Ex Royal Outlaw and Wonders of Eggs Report
A former king of Servia is described as an outlaw with no nationality or civil status after renouncing rights and ties to his homeland. The Austrian emperor revokes his honorary colonelcy and removes his name from the army list. A second note surveys wonders of eggs and the birth of the animal within the yolk membrane, citing an alligator as an example.
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Milan
Servia
Reins House of
New York Recorder
Austria
Dr King’s New Discovery For Consumption Coughs and Colds
A Million Friends praise Dr King’s New Discovery for throat chest and lung diseases. Trial bottle free at J R Weston’s Drug Store. Large bottles ere 50 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
J. R. Weston’s
The Corner Policeman Passes Jordan at Lake Street
A Chicago Herald description likens a police officer directing traffic at Lake Street and Fifth Avenue to biblical Levitical frontiers. The tale portrays the officer halting and guiding two streams of travel so pedestrians and vehicles may pass safely, with drivers impatient yet obedient under the baton.
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Chicago Herald
Jordan
Lake Street
Fifth Avenue
Canaza
Growth of the Hair Is Affected by Diet
A British Medical Journal note links hair growth and shedding to diet, citing influenza-related alopecia. It notes hair composition includes sulfur and silicon, iron and manganese in ash, and suggests iron and cereals like oats with brown bread promote growth, especially after constipation and poor scalp circulation.
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British Medical Journal
Do You Buy Ice Cream Says the Millionaire
The Chicago Mercury notes money cannot buy simple pleasures like street vendor ice cream. A penny buys a square of brown paper for one bite as boys enjoy morning editions, while a millionaire would pay for carts of cream yet face no such freedom.
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Chicago
Strangers Bond Over Shared Pipe At Suburban Station
At a suburban rail station two latecomers, an Italian and an Irishman, stood beside each other. They spoke little, but when the Irishman stole and used the Italian’s pipe, the gesture broke the ice. The pair then exchanged a cautious but friendly conversation.
Emperor William bans car types for guards officers
Emperor William enforces strict conduct by guards officers a general order forbids unmarried officers from using broughams or coupes allowing only victorias photon cars and drags. The measure sparks wide spread discontent among corps officers who view it as an unwarranted intrusion into private life.
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William
Division of Guards
Deserving Prices and the King Remedies Promoted
We have sold Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Dr Kings New Life Pills Backlins Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters for years with universal satisfaction. We guarantee every purchase and will refund the price if results are not satisfactory. These remedies have gained popularity on their merits. J Eston
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Backlin
J.eston
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