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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1895
Page
2
The column blends reaction to cultural icons like the Mikado and Ailsa with remarks on Dr. Buchanan’s death sentence and a Paris kleptomania piece. It also discusses British and French Africa policy, the Nicaragua matter, and a Venezuela presidency dispute with Europe, noting potential shifts if Crespo retreats.
The New York Board of Health reports a forty percent drop in general diphtheria deaths from antitoxin treatment. The decline should grow as serum use expands, sparking hope that a major disease is being conquered and lives saved.
A European engineer cites a Tolima Panama route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific via the Toto Javiesa and Tayra rivers with a total project cost under 48 million dollars. The plan calls for a two mile Cordilleras tunnel at 11 million and only two tidal locks, with the Engineering News urging further study. The piece also contrasts a Cuban praise of the Spanish navy with historic defeats of Spanish forces at Trafalgar and Lepanto.
Samuel R. Jordan of New Portland recalls a hard years long battle with locomotor ataxia. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills his health improved, enabling him to walk unaided with renewed vigor. The ad notes pills sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York at 60 cents a box or six for 2.50.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and lists endorsements from Toledo firms. It also notes a London proposal by J Astley Cooper for a world festival of games every four years and comments on a colonial view of such a union event.
Send for a free copy of a small Burlington Route booklet titled A New Empire. It promises opportunity for readers dissatisfied with surroundings and seeking a better life, detailing Sheridan county and the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming and how thousands are hopeful about moving there.
Senator Iltis of Chaska wins favorable committee action on amendments to Minnesota game law targeting mink otter beaver and muskrat rules. New text bans killing in spring to fall for mink otter beaver and limits muskrat capture to March and April with a ten day jail penalty or $10 fine for out of season kills. He recalls army days trapping rats and notes vast fish losses from winter rat kills while praising roasted muskrat as epicurean fare.
In Carrollton New Orleans a group of English sparrows guards a stray canary. They escort him to a fountain for baths and keep him safe from intruders. The flock's protection and affection for the songster are evident as they feed him and silence their own chatter when he sings. A mockingbird’s attempt to steal his tunes ends quickly with the sparrows driving it off.
L W Stacy reports discovery of an immense vertebral column on the east fork of Powder River. The carcass, larger yet unlike a mastodon, includes thirty feet of vertebrae and tail bones. Legs remain buried seven feet, head missing, initial bones misidentified as a giant serpent.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standard treatment to purify vitalize and enrich blood curing tiredness and nerve weakness amid winter living conditions. A testimonial from Mrs Anya L Cian of Duluth Minn describes her daughters eczema scrofula and skin healing after taking four and five bottles respectively noting dramatic improvements and gratitude.
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