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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
6
Clarence Hobart argues lawn tennis will grow as a popular outdoor sport in 1896. He notes handicap events may aid youth and newcomers, compares tennis to golf and baseball, and traces managerial shifts of P. T. Powers through various teams and leagues up to his 1892 presidency.
The United States Golf Association will host the first women’s championship for a thousand dollar Cox Cup donated by Robert Cox of Scotland and a member of Parliament. The Morristown Golf Club course will stage the event with an enamel vase design featuring a woman golfer in action and St. Andrew motifs.
Eva Booth, a 30-year-old Englishwoman, recently named temporary commander of the Salvation Army in the United States by Gen. Booth, has a long career from street War Crys seller to commissioner. She leads a London province of 21 000 soldiers with calm diplomacy, wearing a blue uniform and a bold “Blood Washed” motto, while awaiting orders from headquarters.
P T Powers, president secretary and treasurer of the Eastern League, born June 22 1860 in Trenton New Jersey, helped organize the first professional team for Trenton in 1883 serving as secretary and director of the club within the Inter State Association representing Baltimore Brooklyn Camden Harrisburg Pottsville Reading Trenton and Wilmington. In 1884 Powers was selected for further league duties.
The duchess of Marlborough nee Vanderbilt is reported to carry life insurance of £500,000 for the benefit of the duke. An application and medical report exist though underwriting is not yet complete. British insurers may accept for a large premium and potential other benefits as syndicates likely underwrite.
A Western reader notes Mark Twain is lecturing in Egypt despite a false report of his death in Bombay. The piece advocates self knowledge, medical science, and cites Mrs. George Rowend of East Main Street praising Dr. Williams Pink Pills. It includes medical ads, a deafness cure claim, and a travel pitch to Virginia and Carolina markets.
The piece notes Syrian and fading women weaving prayer rugs in leisure moments and selling finished pieces to merchants who ship them to Europe or America. It also mentions a Lewiston Montana cave where explorers found ice filled rooms with magnetic ore, inspiring a land claim after prospecting.
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