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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1895
Page
2
Townsends vaccinating policemen in Townsend Montana prompts questions of disease risk and safety. A San Francisco rumor ties Jack the Ripper identity to a renowned English physician, suggesting the killer’s notoriety persists in medical circles.
Feb 23 issue reports National Assembly meeting in Antananarivo with Queen Ranavalomanjaka attending. She vows to lead Madagascar to battle if fatherland is threatened, alongside Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony. The leaders ignite national zeal recalling Andrianampoinimarina's founding era.
The London school board debates whether girls should be thrashed as a disciplinary method. One member claims girls are more spiteful than boys and that caning would help. Critics compare it to outdated punishments and stress modern reform. The piece cites Beecher on child discipline and notes moral suasion appeals to many girls.
Mrs. Bowen of Philadelphia described as pale and emaciated with a racking cough diagnosed as consumption at Episcopal Hospital. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People following a friend’s suggestion, she regained health, gained weight, and has been declared well by physicians. The pills cost 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 and are sold nationwide.
A humorous note cites Pearson's Weekly about a literary friend who telegraphed himself to London to meet him at a set price but failed to sign his name, causing confusion. The gag highlights miscommunication and the era’s telegram conventions. The rest discusses rail fare sales, dining car expansions, and various ad-like items.
Conversation at a social event recalls hosts and guests. The hostess requests soft music while a gifted amateur offers to play. The dialogue shifts to a canceled invitation and a note about Mrs Luge’s party, with remarks on planned but unattainable purchases during supper.
A mosaic of brief humor and social vignettes from old newspapers. Bits show streetcar scenes, family quirks, shop talk, and light gossip featuring Mrs Strongmynd, Maud, Miss Elderberry, and references to public notices, theatre chatter, and a magician’s trick.
A collage of humorous exchanges captured in the New York Herald and Chicago Times-Herald, featuring a kiss rumor, a failed business run, a quarrel with a trader, a shop assistant remark about a hat, and a comic mispronunciation in a Pittsburg Dispatch snippet.
A 1857 account recounts Jules Richard meeting a French zoo official skilled in animal languages who claimed to speak ape speech. The man toured the monkeys cage and then learned to operate and maintain a streetcar, gaining confidence after two weeks and continuing to learn daily.
Readers are surprised by the numerous macaroni varieties beyond the common shape. An example is macaroni and egg with a yellow hue formed into discs two and a half inches wide and stamped with ornamental devices, priced at ten cents a pound. Several other distinctive forms are described.
An advertorial promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring medicine to cure fatigue and languor caused by impure winter blood. It claims the tonic purifies blood, strengthens nerves and muscles, improves appetite and digestion, and restores energy for warmer weather. Users are urged to take it now for renewed health.
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