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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
2
A column from Townsend Montana offers aphorisms on politeness, dialogue, and social behavior alongside discussions of current events. It notes the alleged knockout of Alabama's dispensary law, comments on Jim Crow policies, and reflects on Spain Puerto Rico relations and potential tariff proposals, including constitutional questions.
Brazilian minister promotes Yerba mate as a cheap stimulant and temperance drink to replace tea and coffee. Rio de Janeiro consul notes its nerve benefits, lack of liver and kidney harm, and popularity in Uruguay and Argentina among gauchos who rarely use alcohol.
Miss Orpha Sheets, 22, is under arrest in Green Spring Ohio accused of poisoning Claude Tuttle with a wine drink shortly after he received $800 life insurance proceeds. Authorities allege robbery motive as Tuttle planned to start anew in a neighboring hamlet. Evidence cited includes missing funds and a note found in Tuttle’s overcoat.
In Columbus Georgia Captain J W Murphy cashier at the First National Bank murdered P T Shutze paying teller and confidential clerk then killed himself. The incident occurred in the directors office during a temporary period of insanity with no clear motive as Shutze was a close friend.
Two women clashed over the body of Dr Gustave Mahe in Sioux City Iowa each claiming to be his widow. One woman from San Francisco and the other from Sioux City appeared before City Clerk Slitzer. The Sioux City claimant confessed she was not the lawful wife after a telegram from the San Francisco wife demanded the body.
In a Syracuse Herald item a character named McSwitters resists an encyclopaedia request. An agent asks if someone nearby might have one, and McSwitters suggests the man next door, described as a know-it-all.
Mrs. C L Tina Hirth was pronounced dead after three months illness at the county hospital. At the undertaker’s room she stirred faintly as embalming prep began and again when a weight fell from the sheet. Doctors revived her with restoratives. she spoke briefly and can move, though recovery remains uncertain.
The will of Elizabeth J Gouin recorded in Warwick New York provides a 114563 dollar estate with a trust of three 8000 dollar sums for her three daughters. Each daughter would receive semi annual interest while single. upon marriage or death the targeted share is reinvested and divided among the survivors. The youngest Antoinette already married loses her portion per surrogate ruling.
Charles H. Sagar once confined to a tricycle for muscular rheumatism walked Main street a week ago. He credits his cure to Christian science after years of illness and unsuccessful medical prognosis in Boston. Now in Nashua he plans to join a church and attends local meetings.
N K Goss a merchant of Edenburg Ohio was murdered by burglars. Frequent losses from burglary led him to install an electric burglar alarm connected to his house. Hearing the alarm he dressed quickly, sought a neighbor s help and went to the store. He entered the store while the neighbor guarded the rear alley. A volley of revolver shots struck him mortally wounding the proprietor. The three burglars fled through the front entrance.
A Washington Star clipping recalls a mother and professor praising a boy with a remarkable ear for music. The mother reacts with delight while the professor weighs the boy’s future, wondering if he will become a piano genius or merely whistle and annoy.
In Chicago Tribune fiction, Miss Lida Nelson uncovers a lonely, mysterious Rumford at 696 Main via the telephone. The voices reveal a man cut off from life by propriety and isolation. After Rumford’s death and a manuscript gift, Nelson realizes her missed chance to bring happiness.
An old colored man in Atlanta reflects that a large family can be a blessing for a poor man. He notes nine sons, one run over by a railroad and compensated damages, none losing a leg in the last war, and says government compensation has left him feeling comfortable as he grows older.
Daisy Medders asks Abner Appledry why he loves her. he replies he cannot explain why. The brief dialogue conveys affectionate humor between the two characters.
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