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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1893
Page
3
A miscellany of questions and facts: metals known in science, kerosene as ancient animal oil, a predicted Earth imbalance from polar iciness, life expectancy theories, fish defense behavior, stellar masses, visible stars, possible planets, experiments with white brick interiors, and a brick recipe mixing clay sand and sawdust pressed and burned.
Mrs. Leslie Williams is elected state librarian by the Tennessee legislature. A Salemn Ramsey notes in the Journal of Education that English pronunciation and spelling are highly discordant. The Maverick bank’s Porres is convicted on multiple counts. William Greenwood of Germantown Pa pledges to paddle Niagara in a flat-bottom skiff. A London paper awards two guineas for best baby definition. A New York paper proposes spelling Monday instead of Sunday to reflect Christian shift.
A collection of brief, wry lines features debates on life and morals, a tease about Madge and hoopskirts, a quip about duel culture in France, and a playful misunderstanding between a safety valve and a boiler. Read as concise, period style snippets.
Texas permits high-toned convicts to hire substitutes in convict camps. A Montreal girl Mary Parker was found guilty for deserting service to George E. Small and sentenced to five minutes imprisonment plus a five cent fine or eight days in jail. England notes Watrewmnn’s day fading as mail valentines are down. Sami Price of Bowling Green collects wild plants in Warren County, recording eighty eight orders and six hundred fifty species.
The article notes 18th century origins of Sunday schools in Gloucester and Hanover County, Virginia, the 1789 Beverly cotton mill, and a Hartford woolen factory in 1789 with earlier Lyfield Mass 1704 establishment. It also mentions the 1781 first Sunday school, the 1756 American Sunday school, and a presidential election with 60 votes cast.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as a friend in need. It claims the medicine cures throat chest and lung diseases and offers a money back guarantee. Trial bottles are free at J R Westons Druggist with cargo bottles priced at £6 6d and $1.00.
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