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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
7
Various old advertisements and slogans are quoted, promoting Allen's Foot-Ease for foot ailments, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Crams' shipyard employment figures, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and references to political or social opinions. The text blends product pitches with scattered moral and public life notes from the era.
Boston Transcript reports Henry Raymond Rogers argues the sun is not a burning globe but a vast electrical dynamo. He says solar heat and light arise from currents meeting Earth's atmosphere, with optical illusions explaining sun brightness and moonlight.
James Whitcomb Riley drew crowds in a Philadelphia department store as clerks and customers sought his autograph. Within thirty minutes he signed 100 cards and noted he receives about 200 autograph requests daily along with many personal requests during tours.
The passage notes that plants defend themselves through startling movements and frighten animals by appearing inhabited by spirits. It also remarks that many authors are poor, yet many authors are also poor in talent.
Letter from Nancie Shopzk of Florence Colorado and Potty Frame of Meade Kansas praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier and Vegetable Compound for relief from womb trouble irregualr periods and ovarian pain. The ad urges readers to write Mrs Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
The T. M. Roberts supply house explains a misprint in electrotyping reversed knife prices. The Cattle knife should be 77 S B and the Congress knife 7 S B. Their offer of 37 packages of garden seeds plus the Congress knife for 77 cents or the Cattle knife for 97 cents is highlighted as unusually generous.
Easter celebrations began as decorous church feasts and parish games following Lent. The gatherings drew congregations together and offered relief from Lent’s hard duties, but excesses eventually caused the church to abandon the custom.
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