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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1892
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger is published each Friday morning with editor J D Kuaisy. Advertising rates are listed as $1.50 per inch per month. Printed as second class matter at the Townsend Post Office.
The piece recounts Phillips Brooks starting gospel work in Sharon a hamlet near Alexandria seminary. Brooks preaches his first sermon, faces hostile opposition led by a Northern infidel, and delivers a scathing rebuke that helps convert most opponents to baptism and confirmation.
A Philadelphia Inquirer reporter notes rumors from Mexican Indians of a vast interior city hidden from whites. The city is said to house sun worshipers who perform human sacrifices, with colossal structures on broad paved streets, rivaling the City of Mexico in civilization and beauty.
A coin collector tracked penny dates from 1457 onward and found 1887 pennies dwindling to fractions of a percent. An 1887 coin dated frame in a Nassau street window signals rising interest. One collector has secured eighty four pieces since 1874, urging readers to seek 1887 coins in change.
A 1698 travel account in The Duke of Wolsteins Travels Into Persia and Muscovy describes a Samara gourd that resembles a lamb. It supposedly moves as it grows, withering grass in its path, the rind developing wool, and is said to be eaten only by wolves.
A city businessman meets his wife at the railway station when she returns from a long visit with eastern relatives. Accompanied by her cousin and the family greyhound, the dog shows exuberant joy, weaving affection around its master’s face in a vivid display of canine loyalty.
A sleepy donkey in the Wallonia distillery bull yard faced two attacking dogs. The donkey feinted and unleashed a rapid dash, sending one dog sprawling and forcing both to retreat, leaving the dogs unwilling to approach the yard again.
Excerpts praise Japanese politeness and language while noting restraint in speech. The text discusses etiquette, gender roles, and national character, citing Arnold on courtesy, resilience, and a forecast that Japan will gain prominence after the Panama Canal opens. It ends with a controversial advice to a Japanese official to strengthen navy, friendship with England and America, and elevate women.
A rosy cheeked Ohio girl new to New York studies art. On an elevated train she sees two men whisper Jersey as she passes. She vows not to walk the streets again until she has proper clothes, proving she is nobody's fool.
A New York Press correspondent laments the coldness of typewritten letters while praising the personality revealed in quirky word endings. The piece recalls Howells' quote that future writers will typewrite and suggests women may discard handwritten notes in favor of typwritten ones.
Free trial bottles offered at J. R. Weston’s Drug Store for Dr King’s New Discovery used to treat consumption coughs colds and throat chest ailments. Sufferers from La Grippe reportedly recover quickly with this remedy. Sample bottles provided at no charge.
An English sahib lies prostrate in East India after heavy drinking. Vultures gather as a Mohammedan shepherd boy pelts the body with stones. By morning the man has become a skeleton beneath fir branches and violets.
A New York Tribune report describes a shop interaction where a saleswoman fits lots of shoe sizes from 3s to 9s and a customer notes feet have grown larger over the last twenty years. They attribute changes to fashion and more walking.
An odd Turkish sect called the Yezidees rejects certain letters and words as cursed and forbids uttering terms like devil or satan. Speaking them is deemed a mortal offense, with ritual punishment. They also expunge words containing the sound shun and the word wallet to avoid divine insult.
A writer estimates fifteen million followers of delusions in Russia, noting sects like the Runaways who seek to erase identity by fleeing towns and robbing churches. Other groups include the Skoptsky who practice self mutilation, the silent Dumb Boys, and leader M Soucheliff preaching death by own action for salvation.
A testimonial advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds promising relief for throat chest and lung diseases. Trial bottle free at J R Westons Drug Store with large bottles priced at 1 48 and other amounts guaranteed or money refunded.
The report lists global figures on workers in London and Ireland population declines since 1541, vacant buildings in Lorento, anarchist and socialist numbers in France, snakes killed in India, rapid mass transit between Paris and Berlin, and the growth of Argentina. It also mentions Berlin police seeking cleaner beer glasses to prevent disease spread.
The article highlights Mrs MarGarst R Exxtor as the first Wisconsin Congregationalist woman to enter the ministry. It names Elizabeth Birstenbinder as the real identity behind translator E Werxer. It notes growing traveling saleswomen in the east and a London Ladies Own Tea venture. It mentions Miss Mary Beauclerk as a famed English stenographer and cites Iceland Pitesiro islands and the Isle of Man as the few places with full voting rights for women.
Humorous snippets from cartoons and jokes recount lively barbs and social banter. References span Heidelberg anecdotes to opera tickets and fashion glove vanity, with playful exchanges between lovers sisters and critics. The tone echoes early 20th century satirical flair.
A survey of prominent figures reveals J L Cast as a self made man with an estimated fortune of 5 million dollars. Mrs A T Stewart funded lace curtains at 500 per pair, while Baltimore's Robert Garrett showcases curtains at 200 per yard. Yale infirmary funds reach 22000 from Mrs Warrier and Mrs Vanderbilt. Stories of Gen Stonewall Jackson and his wife highlight leisure with their child. Wichita resident O I Bentinury is famed for constant letter writing to public figures. Senator Planib received two letters daily in his final years.
The article notes locomotive power at nine hundred horses and contrasts English railcars without bells lights or cow-catchers with U S rail construction. It cites the Poughkeepsie span at 548 feet and reports New York elevated trains adding steel smokestacks to cut weight from eight hundred to about one hundred pounds. Egyptian railways carried 4 006 286 passengers in 1800 and 4 875 453 in 1889, an increase of 317 553, with 960 miles of line open in 1890 versus 945 in 1859.
A reflection on the Anglo Saxon content of the Bible and the first Russian newspaper in 1705 with Peter the Great’s involvement. It mentions Prov Kervex of Leyden dying at sixty three and notes a Whittier celebration farmer joke about Plato ideas.
Advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for weakness from grippe and headach. It claims to act on liver stomach and kidneys, offering speedy relief after a single trial. Sold in large bottles at J. Br Westen's Drugstore.
A roster of government officers including William F. Marshal for Foray and Butte District Attorney. Helena customs collector J Sullivan. internal revenue collector James H. Milla. surveyor general Geo O Eaton. U S district judge H Knowles and clerk Geo W Sprowle. land district registers S A Swiggett Bozeman and Sam Gordon Miles City. receivers Bourquin Ferris Carlan and Campbell. assay office A Seaver W D Wheeler. melter M A Meyendorff all serving in Helena and nearby districts.
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