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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
6
A testimonial from James Lewis Surveyor General of Louisiana praises Pe r u na for catarrh relief. The ad claims catarrh causes mucus loss and describes Pe r u na as stopping waste by treating the condition. It invites readers to request a free catarrh book from The Pe r u na Drug Manufacturing Co. Columbus Ohio.
John and Eleanor Stone dispute a share of Aunt Maria’s estate after receiving a green pasteboard box with odds and ends. A note from Eleanor’s cousin explains May and their mother split the remainder among themselves during Aunt Maria’s decline, leaving Eleanor with rumored less.
In a Boston Post tale, Eleanor Stone rejects a lawyer’s low offer for an old daguerreotype case from her Aunt Perkins. The case hides a hidden will: a note bequeathing 2500 dollars to the Seamen's Orphans' fund via the daguerreotype owner. The Stone family uses the find to secure a home while the Gordons lose a claim to Aunt Perkins' wealth.
In a Washington department store a young woman pleads for cheaper baby clothes as cherishing a high priced bonnet and chinchilla collar draws attention. A second shopper eyes a marked down option, leaving both with wistful, exhausted expressions and unfulfilled need.
Electricity will illuminate several catacombs in Rome and is planned to be extended to all of them soon, enhancing visitor experience and safety in these ancient burial sites.
An appeal to women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from painful menses and nervous strain. Letters from teachers Kate Cook and Eona Ets describe long struggles with monthly suffering and medical failures, praising Pinkham's remedy as life changing.
In a brief exchange the milkman confesses the milk is not pure and is only half cream, highlighting a possible dairy quality issue reported by the Indianapolis Journal.
Alabastine is a durable natural wall and ceiling coating different from kalsomine. It comes as white or twelve tints in five pound dry powder packages with full directions, ready for use by adding cold water. It is clean, permanent, and re coatable at slight expense. Paint dealers and druggists stock Alabastine and provide tint cards.
The Catapunan Society is claimed to have eight million members in support of insurgents in the Philippines. An assortment of health and beauty ads promote Mrs Winslow's Syrup for teething, Cascarets Candy Cathartic, Allen's Foot-Ease powder, and other nostrums with prices and loaned sample offers included.
Description of ancient Jerusalem as a three mile circumference city on a rocky mountain. The narrative portrays it as a shadow of its former magnificence and historic grandeur.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease burning feet and fit in new shoes. Claims cure for corns bunions swelling and perspiration with 25c price and free sample offer from Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY. Also notes quotes about simplicity and a Stock Brokers pitch by Andrew Lombard Salt Lake City.
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