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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1891
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger lists advertising rates at $1.50 per inch per month and notes it is mailed as second class matter from Townsend. Editor and proprietor is J C Kunusy, with weekly Friday morning publication.
A Feminine architect builds a Zulu wattle and daub home. The circular structure uses crepe vines as binding, with a mud daub exterior and a clay floor polished daily. Inside, spear shafts millet millet jars and beer vessels, with smoke staining the roof, describe village life.
A New York Ledger summary notes that myths show fairies as human in structure with marriages births and kinship patterns. They gain gifts with conditions and possess magic powers altering time form and fate while entering fairyland affects mortal return. Legends stem from ancient beliefs in spirits transformations and witchcraft.
Bread and floury confections win broad appeal with Japanization. Tsuke pan vendors sell bread slices fried or toasted with red and brown sugar, skewered for easy eating. Despite unhealthy color and heaviness, Japanese flour compares to California No 3. Kashi yan cake bread appears in varied shapes. The County of Meagher has more rich Silver Bow.
A New York auctioneer touts oil paintings by ancient masters. A traveling company changes a play due to a missing handkerchief. A Kansas banker faces a chattel mortgage describing “Two day mules and all their increase.” A Madisonville Kentucky paper lampoons jury duty for murder cases. A Monticello Georgia school panel fears a dead hickory tree endangering children and hires an unbleached American to felled it.
News notes describe Russia’s large royal lineage with a twenty seventh grand duke born on January 1 and eighteen grand duchesses. It claims stores must heat two rooms via a shared stove, cites a palace fire response, and mentions a ukase on sardine boxes opened at frontiers. Also reports Polish plots and brutal police tactics targeting conspirators' families.
Reports from New Guinea describe non marsupial animals and insects common to the island and northern Australia. The text defines Lulinokolani as Lily of the Heavens and praises a new queen of the islands for executive skill courage and honesty. It notes sociable Philippines natives and a moving banking office in Pal my reston New Zealand with a bank clerk armed and carrying cash.
A long-winded 1891 era forecast predicts widespread destruction across the United States from May 1891 to May 1892, with earthquakes and volcanoes cited globally. Other notes report a 630 mph Eiffel Tower wind reading and speculative shifts in Earth's latitude, alongside local quirks like Boise City’s artesian well and sulfurous 115 degree water.
Across the creek business owners cut clerks and purchases while wages fall. Merchants limit stock, households tighten budgets, the electric railroad service stops, the July race meeting is canceled, a cheaper railroad time card is adopted, and manufacturing trims jobs. Government units alone resist cuts as hard times press.
Compile list of current officials including U S Senators Wilber F Sanders and Thomas Power, Governor Wm W Dixon, Lt Governor Jos K Toole, and numerous state and county officers across Montana districts Bozeman Miles City Helena with judges, clerks, attorneys, and commissioners listed in density.
A light item notes Vermont's formation of a fish and game league. It includes a quip about fountain pens and a home remedy tip using coarse salt to kill weeds on sidewalks and driveways with a warning not to harm unintended plants. Also mentions Crartes Krxa of Danvers claiming to be 110 years old and challenging local boys to prove otherwise.
A clipped Anaconda Standard passage laments the citys hard lines its business nearly paralyzed and residents facing weeks or months of tough times as all interests adjust to the ongoing crisis.
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