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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1893
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger prints every Friday morning under editor and proprietor Kerrury. Advertising rates are $1.50 per inch per month with one year in advance and three months in advance options. The issue is entered at the Townsend Post Office as a second class matter.
The Bi-Metallc Congress meeting in Washington adopted resolutions demanding free and unlimited coinage of silver at sixteen to one and denouncing any discrimination between silver and gold as money. They oppose repealing the 1890 silver purchases and oppose new government bond issues as unwarranted. They vow to continue the struggle, educate the public, and broaden outreach across the middle and eastern states urging industrial emancipation.
An 1890s style advertisement offers a promotion for The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents with premiums and travel to the World’s Fair, plus a cattle sale note. The piece blends a sales letter for a history book with a quoted cattle deal by A Hollams of Smith River, noting premium terms and shipping costs.
McClifford of New Castel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver and weight loss until three bottles of Electric Bitters restored health. Edward Sheperd of Harrisburg Illinois healed eight year leg sore with three bottles of Bitters and Backline Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio found five fever sores cured by one bottle Bitters and one Back Salve. R Weston druggists supplied remedies.
The Autocrat of the Club in the City describes England’s milder police approach. A disturbance in an office led to a polite police response rather than force. The sergeant advised the writer to leave, and the writer then removed the intruder himself, provoking the officer’s concern about potential legal action.
A historical description praises Hindoo women for beauty and poise while noting customs such as nose piercing and jewelry. It describes stature, carriage, and attire including a white scarf worn as a skirt and sleeveless jacket, with caste indicated by a Brahmin mark on the forehead.
An 19th century note describes keyless watches popular in pockets, with mechanisms using weights and levers to wind the mainspring. A Kensington museum pedometer linked to a watch and a U S exhibition watch wound by closing the case are cited as early examples of automatic winding devices.
The article cites Helmholtz on thought waves taking a minute to travel a mile of nerve, Siersch on facial touch signaling in a seventh of a second, and Drake's Magazine noting hearing at a sixth and sight at an eighth. Donders refines the brain’s interval to about 75 thousandths of a second, with 40 thousandths for recognition and 35 thousandths for willing response.
A Nautical Magazine writer recounts a Yankee captain trapping rats aboard his ship in port by exchanging with a British vessel carrying cheese. He tows his packet alongside, uses a plank smeared with red herring odor to lure rats through a port, triggering a mass rat migration to the cheese-rich ship.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa says the remedy saved his wife from pneumonia after La Grippe and other treatments failed. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing long standing chest troubles. Free trial bottles offered at J R Westons.
A Fortnightly Review critique argues conscription wastes young men who flee to avoid service. It contrasts Italy Germany and France noting mass emigration from Italy and Germany while France shows greater willingness to serve. It blames national selfishness and harsh drills for alienating potential patriots.
The article argues there are more women than men across civilized nations, contradicting the idea that wars kill more men. It cites Finland 1150 to 1000, Norway and Sweden 1070, France and Belgium 1007, Germany 1040 and Switzerland 1040, and Balkan regions with lower female-to-male ratios. It suggests Darwinian sexual selection as a possible explanation.
The article notes the three largest aquariums at Brighton Hamburg and Paris with hundreds of tanks and vast water volumes. It also mentions an anticipated New York aquarium at Castle Garden with 150 tanks and giant ponds for sharks.
Advert says Dr Kings New Discovery relieves coughs colds throat chest and consumption symptoms with guaranteed money back. Trial bottles offered free at J R Westons Drug Store with large sign and $1 price. Sufferers from La Grippe reportedly recovered quickly.
A morning crowd on Twenty third street is energized by flower boys shouting roses and chrysanthemums for sale. A couple, pressed by shopping, quarrels over window displays and winter cloaks before finally buying roses for the woman and softening their mood.
The Philadelphia Times profiles a voracious diner famed for a single minded feast from oysters to desserts. She methodically samples every course, leaving a trail of crumbs and soiled dishes, earning her the nickname India rubber girl.
The piece describes Arab courtship rituals where a lover seeks a confidant to arrange a meeting after swearing secrecy and the woman accepts with an oath. It then explains American campaign banner production by sign painters and sailmakers, detailing processes, materials, sizes, and prices from seventy five to five hundred dollars.
Since its first introduction Electric Bitters has rapidly gained favor and leads as a pure medicinal tonic. It is promoted as best for ailments of stomach liver or kidneys and claimed to cure sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bottle.
Judge Frank Henry of the Sixth Judicial District sets court terms for Park and Meagher counties. Park: January February 24 April 3rd Monday June 2nd Monday November. Meagher: April May September December.
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