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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1891
Page
2
The item surveys eight hour debates and proposed wage by hour scales, critiques law enforcement and citizen duties, notes Italian pressure on the U.S., and mentions Wheat pit figure Orn Hvevren plus brief social snippets about local suitors and architects.
Readings from a 19th century sanitation discussion warn against mouth breathing during smoke and recommend nose breathing, water storage practices, and a silk scarf as a smoke barrier. It also urges open windows in mornings and airing bed clothes to prevent infection.
A Chinese sacred lily is described with its growth from bulbs in water and gravel, showing air and water nourishment and floating stalks. A fairy tale explains a rich elder son losing his land to his younger brother after mismanaging tea gardens, yielding bulbs that transform a swamp into wealth and a golden dragon flag atop the elder’s house.
A group of Armenian capitalists in New York forms a syndicate to buy several thousand acres for a climate suited to silk, fruit, and farming. They aim to found a self supporting Armenian settlement with loans to migrants, led by anonymous financiers and Townsend Scudder coordinating land seeks likely in the South or Southwest.
A historic remedy describes mixing equal parts white tansey and rhubarb water with two drams of sal ammoniac per half pint. The fluid is applied with a feather or hair pencil to pimples or tetters on any body part, up to four times daily.
May first Mrs D Hoover will fill orders for pansy plants at 25 for $1. Cash orders left at the Mussexcrr office or sent to Mrs D Hoover will be filled promptly.
A summary of ancient beliefs about the date palm oak and ash as sacred trees. The piece recalls Egypt and Assyria depictions of the date palm, the Paradise tradition with three sacred gifts, Winnifred’s oak episode in Saxony, the St Peter chapel built from oak, and the Norse mythic ash Yggdrasil with Upsala and Dithmarschen lore including a white magpie signifying future liberty.
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