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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
6
A Windsor Hotel fire sparks advice on escape, stressing steady nerve over general rules. Firemen face the same dangers as guests, with exits and rope ladders judged unreliable for panicked crowds. Reports note patents for liquefied air and portable gas capsules, plus concerns from New York hotel keepers on rope escapes.
Readers learn vines brighten homes with privacy screens and shaded nooks all while suggesting quick effects from morning glory and cypress vine and longer lasting ivy and honeysuckles. The piece adds a health product prompt for Cascarets Candy Cathartic sold by druggists for a dime.
A noted prowler claims peanuts before returning home after drinking absorb alcohol and dull the nerves. He asserts six to seven drinks followed by a pint of peanuts nearly eliminates the liquor's exhilaration, better than onions and less offensive to companions on the ride home.
London is described as the largest city globally with a population equal to the combined populations of Paris Berlin St. Petersburg and Rome. The streets laid end to end would encircle the world and still reach beyond to San Francisco.
Marine underwriters paid twelve million dollars in sea losses last year as insurers tally heavy claims and adjust premiums. Strong carriers faced substantial payouts amid enduring shipping risks and higher repair costs.
Hundreds of years ago between the sixth and twelfth centuries Ireland built tall round towers near churches. They served as shelter for priests and people and sometimes held bells after their introduction. Most towers stood eighty to a hundred feet high with peaked roofs and small windows, with ladders between stories and doors high above ground.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price 75c. A humorous verse laments a guard-house stay arising from childish pique and a captain's anger, spoken in May St. Nicolas by John C M Valentine.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for new shoes and foot ailments with a 25 cent price and free sample from LeRoy New York. The May Atlantic carries H de R Walker writing on Australasian Extensions of Democracy detailing colonial financial management banking deposits loans taxes and pension systems.
A caller asks to see Mrs May Fair and learns from Mr Pat Keane that she is at home all day. The note mentions she was considering having a tooth pulled earlier.
An article contrasts Abraham Lincoln's immunity to flattery with public critics who sought a second term. It highlights Lincoln's saintlike patience and strength amid constant criticism from party associates while praising civil treatment of railroad patrons in a Baltimore and Ohio notice stressing courteous conduct by all employees.
A fragment discusses Populist views on trusts and profiteering, then shifts to consumer ads for Allen's Foot-Ease and lemon baths, and mentions Union Pacific rail service and Collier's Weekly April 22 content including Arlington military burials and the Quay investigation in Harrisburg.
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