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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1893
Page
2
Local paper notes advertising rates and weekly publication. An asthmatic San Francisco Chinese doctor dies from the disease. A Georgia woman, age 25, gives birth to her 13th child. Spring arrives. Halifax liner brings passengers amid cholera fears and debate on halting immigration this year.
Frank Hickey, tried in Butte for the murder of Police Officer Jordan, was released on bond but could not post 15000 dollars and remains in Butte jail. He is suspected in the 4 year old Clayton murder in Arkansas, prompting a governor’s requisition. The piece casts him as dangerous yet argues removal benefits public safety.
The Missoula county loses three prominent figures this month C C Keefe Baron Thomas Williams and Hon W E Bass. Keefe was an early Montana fruit grower who found success and served in the Legislature earning respect. Bass and Williams also held public roles.
Mrs Pushman, convicted for causing the death of her 11 month old by cruelty and neglect, receives one year in the penitentiary. The abuse left the child starved with multiple broken bones. The speaker calls the verdict an outrage and urges harsher penalties or asylum if insane.
The Helena Independent denounces plans to call representatives to the Courts of St James and St Cyr Ambassadors, labeling the idea foreign and unbecoming. It argues America has thrived with ministers abroad for over a century and questions the motive behind adopting such plebian practices.
A newspaper argues the U S Senate will rule on whether governors may appoint senators when legislatures fail to elect. The piece favors sole legislative selection to ensure representation and prevent one man from dominating Montana politics, noting silver legislation implications.
A mining decision requires notice of mineral patent applications to be published in the newspaper issued nearest the claim. Applicants must advertise in the specified paper for Beaver Creek Yark St Louis Radersburg and portions of Dogtown. illegal publication risks loss of money and time.
Publishers invite public participation in a contest ending May 30 1893. Submit questions and answers plus $1 for six months' subscription to Ladies' Home Magazine for a chance at prizes of 1000 dollars to 100 dollars in gold and silver tea sets.
A collection of kitchen tips and recipe ideas including brass cleaning with lemon, potato bais fried balls, Cream Salap Dressing, GranaM Puppine steamed with currants, and Sweet Potato Purrs baked in custard cups. Also notes on general cooking methods and serving suggestions.
European thrift and ancient relics populate this notice from late history. Switzerland touts a 900 year old hotel while Breslau uncovers 4000 historical documents beneath a town hall floor. France reports 6 million savers with 112 million pounds in deposits as Roman graves near Hagneau reveal warriors’ remains and coins. Feather merchants in Paris receive millions of birds from multiple continents. A Sussex correspondent cites brides favoring love and cherish over obedience.
The article notes Swepemore's Arcana Calestia printed at age 61 and cites global newspaper reading, a London sale of Goldsmiths Vicar of Wakefield copy for 475, the author selling copyright for 500, and Queen Victoria owning the largest book, 18 inches thick and 63 pounds. It lists 3538 German journals and changing counts of papers from 1591 to 1889 with rises since 1888.
A new Methodist Episcopal church is under construction in Glasgow Montana as the nearest church lies 267 miles away. Rev Joseph Osgood of Cohasset Mass declines a higher salary to remain pastor and celebrate fifty years at the First Unitarian Church. The census shows the Methodist Episcopal church with 2 220 251 communicants in 1800 versus 1 707 000 in 1880, indicating rapid growth beyond population.
The article notes jewels worth an estimated 1,500,000 pounds worn at a drawing room day. It describes lavish Thames housekeeping and a German firm introducing Watermoor cellulose paper for tablecloths and book backs. It also mentions Greenland hair ribbons signaling social status and a Hudson country seat wedding with a Virginia reel on the lawn.
A historical note lists milestones in cutlery, tableware, and advertising with dates in 1652 1783 1431 1808 1616 1726. It references Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as a remedy praised by J B Wilson and Robert Barber of Cooksport Pennsylvanian claims it cured his wife of pneumonia after la grippe and multiple doctors failed.
A schooner City of Clinton sails into Chicago bearing a diverse World’s Fair exhibit. War relics from Chickamauga to military items mingle with rare minerals and southern woods. The ship’s crew, Capt Bettes and Joe Coyle, towed to cover most miles of the journey while the bond secured a Boone tree fragment.
Germany plans a grand empire pavilion at Jackson Park designed by Berlin architect Radtke. Stone blocks and iron work are prepared in German foundries for a multi story building with a gothic cathedral end, natural wood interiors, and no plastering. August Fiedler will supervise a 125000 cost project as German commissioners announce space limits and anticipated October completion.
The liberal arts exhibit under Superintendent Rosenau in the bureau of charities and corrections surveys prison life from early history to modern methods. It contrasts Homeric and medieval punishment with humane trends and shows varied facilities from Siberia to Joliet and Sing Sing.
Twenty humble eighteen Japanese builders and a civil engineer construct the village on the fair grounds north end. A rice paper pennant on a central pole signals warding off misfortune while level testing amazes onlookers as the head carpenter experiments with the tool.
Mrs. D. M. Madden acted swiftly when a black snake stretched at her two year old daughter Mary under a tree. She seized the snake by the tail and hurled it away, noting the bells on the tin hoop seemed to calm the reptile before her intervention.
Cure for coughs and colds promises relief or money back. Suitable for throat chest and lung complaints with quick recovery noted by La Grippe sufferers. Free sample bottles offered at J R Weston's Drug Store with large 560 size and $1 options.
Spanish promoters plan to bring bull fighting to Chicago as part of the world’s building attractions. The plan envisions nightly scenes inside the building with bands of vagrants roaming the corridors. Watchmen report dozens of animals roaming nocturnally, creating echoes and loud cries through statuary hall and the crypt choir.
The Stickeen Indians insist they have seen mastodons in Alaska within the past five years with tracks as large as a salt barrel and tusks described as yellowish white. Other hunters corroborate seeing these creatures along Forty Mile Creek while bones and tusks are found nearby. An upcoming grand reunion of surviving 1849ers is proposed for Chicago next year.
Since its first introduction Electric Bitters has gained rapid popular favor and leads as a pure medicinal tonic. It is recognized as the best remedy for ailments of stomach liver and kidneys. It will cure sick headache indigestion constipation and drive away illness.
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