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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1892
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes show a local post office item with scattered references to morning issues and routine operations in a town. The readable bits suggest standard postal service reporting without clear event details.
A Russian exile writes to Free Russia describing the dull routine of exile life. He laments the lack of fresh news and life, the delayed post, and the ache for letters, newspapers, and books from Europe. He notes how readers vary from eager to methodical, with health concerns framing endurance.
A historical note explains the Le Despenser barony created in 1264 by writ and transmissible through the female line if male heirs fail. After abeyance and revival for Sir Thomas Stapleton, Mary Frances Stapleton became Baroness Le Despenser in her own right. The title merged with Viscount Falmouth, to pass to male heirs or fall into abeyance among daughters depending on birth order.
An early 20th century note on Dermarte style for kindergarten teachers. It cites the Kindergarten Magazine on the value of passivity during a child’s perplexity and discouragement and discusses how to foster energy and poise in teaching.
A collage of humorous quips and inkling jokes from late 19th and early 20th century papers. Notes on tar and feather, inventions, skates, self made man, awkward moments, and a cartoonish carerci wire with household folly.
Rochefort the French editor fought twenty three duels with seven wounds. Duano Xuo the Shan tung governor died $1,000,000 in debt. Bronze busts of Gen Boulang er flood Paris as shops reject them. The Chinese emperor studies arithmetic while the tutor fears the geometry problem. The French president earns 180000 and hosts receptions with more than tea and cheese. Gustave Banxewirz who saved Bismarck's life died in a small German town enjoying honors.
A Traverse City firm produces 1359 hames daily for horse collars. U.S. artificial teeth output nears 40 million yearly with top exporting houses diversifying color types. The Thames tunnel project costs 4.555 million dollars, 1200 feet long and 26 feet diameter, with crown just below river. Cleveland Iron Trade Review notes many locomotives are exported, $2.802 million shipped in ten months to Oct 11, 1891, vs $857,980 in 1890.
Advice on patient horse training and animal husbandry. The text urges slow training of colts, cautious breeding, and careful cattle care. It warns against insecure housing and stresses warm, tight stables with proper ventilation to save on feed costs and avoid deceit in selling livestock.
The note lists varied trivia from language use and telephone effects to musk odors and social tact. It mentions Chinese speakers outnumbering English speakers, a Fiore made from banana, and scarce second growth white ash affecting carriage production with oak likely replacing ash for poles in the future.
Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds promises relief with money back guarantee. La Grippe sufferers report speedy recovery. Free trial bottle offered at J R Westons Drugstore with a large size available for sale.
An English youth recounts a near tragedy on a seashore when a rising tide cut off three boys from land. The brother Tom Boyle and Ton Royle acted bravely, racing to rescue others as a mounted rider plucked the group from the water’s edge.
A Providence Journal item notes amateurs overreact to telegraph code gestures and facial signals at a dinner in an uptown hotel. A mother communicates with a wink using fork and knife blades while the son misreads and shouts Rats. The story highlights etiquette breaches and overreaching anticipation in amateur telegraphy.
A Cassell’s magazine excerpt notes birds steal nest feathers and drive rivals from feeding grounds. The robin, despite its gentleness, chases larger birds, and a frost led to a crowd of sparrows driving away a blackbird to seize a worm for their young.
A Whittier anecdote recalls a reply to religious debate about race and heaven. The St Nicholas piece notes Russian cows wearing blue spectacles to mitigate snow blindness, a curious veterinary experiment illustrating unusual care in the czarist era.
A testimonial declares Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a great cough medicine with curative powers for throat chest and lungs. Trial bottle free at J R Weston’s Drug Store. Large bottles priced 0e and $1.00.
A page of jokes and riddle lines riffing on words and puns. The corny quips mix history, religion, and everyday life with a playful tone, ending with a Biblical joke about the widow's mite.
A compact, period voice extols innocent amusement as a public benefactor and key to virtue. It argues that cheerful play transforms sorrow, fosters wisdom, and forms honest character in youth, equating joy with nurture of the young and society.
A collection of witty maxims and humorous quotes from early American papers. Topics range from fate and honesty to vanity, curiosity, luck, and personal conduct.
The article lists vast cattle numbers in Kansas to be sold next spring and summer. It notes a United States wine crop equaling a quart per person. It cites oil tankers shipping about 5,009,000 barrels yearly and names six major world tunnels with lengths. It also reports Chicago mail activity: 899,099,009 mail packages and 27,009 tons transferred, overseen by 10,000 postal workers.
Useful to know tips include soaking salt fish in sour milk to freshen it. A folded mosquito net piece tacked serves as a dishcloth. Smoked crusts cleaned with water and dissolved soda. A spoonful of horseradish in milk keeps it sweet for days with possible taste in tea. Molasses removes guass stains from children's clothing with normal washing afterward.
The item notes 1.4 different religious sects in the United States and counts 25000 Church of England clergy with total, including colonies and missions, rising to 27009. It also mentions Turner churches in Toronto and a Welsh Baptist minister in Llanlyr Wales nearing ninety who preached at Abergele and spoke on Christmas Evans.
Strength and health claims target readers not feeling strong or healthy. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for grippe fatigue as it strengthens liver stomach and kidneys. It promises speedy relief from headaches and urges a single trial with large bottles priced at 60 cents at J R Westen's Drugstore.
The list names key state and federal offices in Montana including Governor Jos Toole and Lt Governor John Richard along with the Secretary of State Louis Rotwitt and State Auditor Edwin Kenney. It covers Attorney General Henry Haskell Chief Justice Henry Blake and various state and district officers in Helena Butte Bozeman Miles City and related offices and roles.
The W C T U of Townsend holds meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 3 p m in the M E Church Mrs E H Goodman president Mara T N Aveniu n recorder secretary Mas J Batowrs treasurer
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