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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1893
Page
2
Friday morning June 30 1893 ad rates listed at 1.50 per inch monthly. Publication notice shows Townsend post office entry as second class matter under editor and proprietor C Kouxy.
The piece reviews court rulings on subscription renewals and delivery, detailing six rules about renewals, continuations, and responsibility for unclaimed papers. It then shifts to opinion on China immigration and Americas’ tariff woes, arguing for protectionist measures and American worker priority to curb foreign money drain from Montana.
The article lists historic Connecticut blue laws printed on blue paper. It cites prohibitions on voting for dissenters, church membership requirements, Sabbath restrictions, social activities, and penalties for mincing pies, dancing, or gambling. A street anecdote about Old Mike Shays ends with a quip alluding to Marc Antony.
Extract notes Prof. E G OE on English education not enough focus on language. Emphasizes mastery for ministers and leaders in public address. Criticizes colleges for neglecting rhetoric and English, leaving students to learn haphazardly. Calls for stronger focus across all faculties.
A discussion argues faster trains reduce danger when built with proper construction and skilled staff. It cites English practices showing high steady speeds are safer than frequent stops. The article also notes President Cleveland received a 1837 silver half dollar from Andrew Jackson Long as a lucky pocket piece.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa says he will not be without Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds its claimed to have cured his wife who faced pneumonia after la grippe doctors failures. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa says it has done him more good than any remedy for lung trouble. Free trial bottles at J R Weaton's Drug Store Large sizes 50c and 1.
The piece surveys rising suspicion of hypnotism in London Paris and across Europe noting confessions by professional subjects. A man describes a traveling mesmerist who faked hypnotic feats and simulates telephone hypnosis with doctors testing the subject as he lies restrained in the hall.
An 1890s analysis contrasts manufacturing wealth with agricultural output, noting industrial products valued at $5.01 billion versus $1.4 billion in crops. It traces land expansion, population growth, and slower crop area gains, while farm animal value rises from $1.576 to $2.414 billion. Also discusses brutal Italian immigrant labor contractors using armed guards and coercive control as a quasi-governmental authority.
A new medicine bottle marks dosing hours. Scales measure candle flame and eyebrow hair. Henry Case of Gloversville built a steam engine 814 inches long with 2 886 parts. Henry in Longuyon France made a paper clock running two years. Duluth masons kept warm with hot bricks. a building costs 300 000 dollars. W K Vanpernitt builds a Birkenhead yacht named Valiant claiming 17 knots, 310 feet length, 5000 horsepower.
The German and Austrian Alpine society has built 419 mountain taverns for student boarding at reduced rates. An Australian wedding saw petals blanket the bride in the carriage. The giant Dia- Buten copper statue stands over sixty feet, worshiped for twelve centuries. A Russian peasant Turopore Krasnovsky reportedly dies at Tokaroka aged 120. Africa colonization tax aims to settle whites. England dispatched settlers to Mozambique to colonize 300 square miles between the Zambesi and Sabi.
Household tips advise using a soft sponge for stove blacking and window cleaning while suggesting mutton tallow for chapped hands and salt in kerosene tarps for maintenance. Remedies include ten drops of Nrrus for fevers, a lard chalk mix for corns, and flexible collocion for cracks with air protection.
A series of odd medical and supernatural reports fill the page. Lessie Woodward of Washington DC died following extreme scope jumping, while sevies horses at Circleville Ohio showed numerous parasites in their stomachs. Porter county Indiana man lost his hearing overnight. Festerta Ohio young woman Mi w fairy Musetter’s hair turned white due to neuralgic causes. A coffin incident in Eldon Tennessee ends with Peter Johnson rising and asking about the fuss.
Hutchinson Kansas requires chicken owners to coop poultry from March to October while Colorado protects mountain sheep and Belgian law considers monetary compensation for broken marriage promises. A Missouri case Tapley versus Abe McMike’s estate traces to 1854 over the recovery of enslaved people taken south by Meike.
An inmate at the Michigan Hind school has baked 4,822 loaves of bread since October 1. The report highlights the inmate’s baking output at the institution.
Advertisement offers Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Sample bottles free at JR Weston’s Drug Store Langage. trial bottles at no cost to readers. Prices listed as $1.
A promotional note claims Electric Bitters leads as a pure medicine for stomach, liver, and kidney ailments. It asserts efficacy against sick headache indigestion and constipation, promising satisfaction with every bottle.
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