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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
4
In a New York Tribune piece the Observing Man classifies pie eaters into types. He notes a rock ribbed pie eater addicted to pie, an occasional customer who fears staff, and others who eat pie for hunger, habit, or social image.
A Boston school story shows a teacher urging pupils to return borrowed items. During the lesson a visitor asks the class to send back Miss Blank’s blotting pad that had been borrowed the other day, illustrating the moral about returning borrowed things.
A Chicago News item recalls a man who wrote a letter to a friend asking for fifty dollars and misspelled the friend’s name. The anecdote highlights the folly of letter writing and potential embarrassment from simple errors.
A Newark New Jersey club reports frequent hat mixups at the rack as absentmindedness leads to misplaced derbies among its mostly middle aged merchant and professional members. The sedate group shows no sign of jest in the hat exchanges and worries over wrong headgear.
The article recounts hat misadventures among club members including swapped hats and mistaken ownership, then describes a strenuous journey to a Wisconsin bluff with a narrow arch bridge. It ends reflecting on coinage changes and American thrift, as discussed in the Kansas City Star.
The letter recounts sparrows attacking and killing native birds like wrens and orioles. It notes sparrow predation during nesting and cites a 275 billion descendant figure from a Department of Agriculture report. The writer warns of sparrows' spread and impact on songbirds.
A hidden Wisconsin natural bridge near Honey Creek lies 20 miles from the city and 8 miles east of Prairie du Sac. The massive arch, detached from a rocky face, attracts local curiosity but remains largely unknown beyond the immediate area due to limited access and past railroad isolation.
The scene shows rugged rural Wisconsin hills with hidden tilled lands and scattered log houses. A natural arch bears signs of past visitors for Independence Day gatherings, and beneath the arch a 7 by 25 by 50 foot cavern serves as a natural beer cellar used by local Germans during celebrations.
The piece contrasts German pfennig and French centimes with American coin use, noting Europeans’ small-denomination coins and Americans’ reluctance to adopt coins under a cent. It observes a gradual shift in U S money habits, referencing a historical memory of the picayune in the Mississippi Valley and broader cross cultural views.
A New York Weekly item notes a German rifle company is soon to celebrate its seven hundredth anniversary, prompting reactions about health and longevity as discussed by Deacon Rumnose and Mrs R. The dialogue contrasts beer culture and historical longevity with newspaper reading habits.
Valley Lodge No. 21 A F and A M meets on the fourth Saturday evening in the P C Hall. All visiting brothers invited to attend. H S Hyatt W M Da G W Gittam de s e y.
oO Eighth meets on the second Saturday in the Masonic Hall. All visiting members invited. W M Marie McConmice and Secretary Mollie Mayer oversee. Townsend Montana area residents urged to attend.
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