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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
2
A Townsend Messenger note salutes diverse ideas from tomato leaves as medicine to census misses. It ridicules reformers and European Volapuk while urging responsible citizens to run public business and serve the people. The piece mixes satire with calls for accountability and patriotism.
A meditation on diet pinpoints the value of vegetables and warns against poisonous fried potatoes in public dining. It rails at barber shop sponges as infection risks and urges true candor over rude intrusions. It contrasts past travel with modern telegraph delays and distant lines in a sweeping critique of convenience and manners.
A bustling Asheville scene features a Pelham Pharmacy letterhead testimonial claiming No-To-Bac cured a boy of tobacco chewing begun at age three and a father after twenty years. Authority figures including the local chief and a publisher champion the product as a guaranteed cure, with broad advertising ties to Lord & Thomas.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo claiming no mercury and internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It urges buyers to ensure authentic product from Toledo Ohio and notes price five cents per bottle with free testimonials. It also mentions mushroom market near Paris and Chicago Scale Co marketing steel frames for scales.
In Mogallon district three or more strikes in a week include the Maud mine on the 250 foot level with ore four feet wide valued at $200 per ton chiefly gold. Consolidated mine cross-cuts show ore $16 gold and 10 to 20 oz silver. Deep Down mill to process it. La Belle camp near Pueblo grows fast with 700 residents and 50 to 100 daily arrivals.
A French rider on a drafting "Eiffel Tower" bicycle conquers the Paris parade for the oddest design. The 10 foot tall steel frame weighs sixty pounds and cost about $250. The bike, exhibited in New York, blends a safety bicycle base with a towering ladder frame, demanding a careful climb to the seat and a risky dismount.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a wholesome liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases constipation without weakening internal organs. Claims medical approval, cold and fever relief, and broad consumer satisfaction, noting distribution by California Fig Syrup Co. and urging reliance on the branded package.
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