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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
8
Poem lines describe Ursula amid festive warmth then shifting to her tomorrow laboring to comfort the poor and aid widows. The speaker, a beggar, reveals unrequited affection as a subtle emotional thread. The verse blends admiration with social gesture and personal longing.
A Connecticut sportsman recalls a tense meadow crossing with decoys gun and ammo. A charging bull forces him under a boat twice earning a risky escape before reaching the creek and launching again. A Sporting Judge recounts Baron Martin dismissing prophets in a racing case with Stammers courting Scripture.
A Troy Times anecdote tells a Sunday school tale where a boy asks if a missionary eaten by cannibals will go to heaven. The father explains yes for the missionary but no for the cannibals, prompting the boy to wonder how the missionary could go to heaven if the cannibals do not.
The passage collages snippets likely from various papers, featuring odd dialogue about clocks, wool boxes, rain habits, and a Mrs Thriby. It references Detroit Free Press and Indianapolis Journal style notices with scattered phrases on finance and truth. The mix resembles a clipped, garbled historical newspaper page.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune features a playful exchange on grammar between a precocious juvenile and his mother. They discuss whether the letter J follows I and if the phrasing “after I” is correct, highlighting language quirks with humor.
A New York Sun account recounts Dr Eric David Ewen’s psychic feats including levitation of a heavy tamarind jar without touch and healing a rheumatic patient on a Bermuda island. The article notes witnesses’ reactions and questions his motives and path to mystic wisdom.
Consul Hart reports to the state department that the Bogota house of representatives has granted a six year extension petition by the Panama Canal Company. The company still has six years to continue construction of the canal.
The London Echo extols living flowers as unmatched in color and freshness, noting their failure in art to reproduce perfection and praising their perpetual vitality, nectar production, and environmental benefits. It concludes that flowers, while beautiful, offer small but real utility alongside beauty.
An old remedy, Shiloh, is touted to cure incipient consumption and relieve advanced cases with a money back guarantee. Prices listed at 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar. Also advertised are 360 acres of farm land with implements under fence suited for hay grain and sheep ranching with reasonable terms from Hyatt & Dotenry banker.
A penitentiary visitor tale questions a death of an octogenarian convict as the Supreme Court weighs the last point next week. A Washington Post quip recalls Alfred Henry Lewis meeting De Grafenried of Texas with wit. The famed opal once owned by Empress Josephine, named Burning of Troy, vanished after Paris fell. Palm products fuel island attire across South Sea communities.
A Cleveland youth treasured a birthday watch and fled the street after spotting a suspicious character near a party. He abandoned his escort to protect the watch, later recounting the incident with humor. The tale, cited from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, reflects fears of footpads in that era.
The article recalls Sir Frank Lockwood cross examining a lady with irrelevant questions until she challenged him with a witty retort. A humorous aside follows about a book agent offering the Life of a Millionaire for five dollars payable in weekly installments. Chicago News notes the scene as a light, banquet of satire.
The seller offers the Shelly ranch now renamed and located about four miles from Townsend. The property encompasses 820 acres with 120 acres of alfalfa and contains water rights potentially belonging to E. H. Goorman. Sale terms are reasonable and at a low figure.
An advertisement from Matthew's Pharmacy touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a remedy for sick headaches caused by overwork. It claims the tea purifies the blood and builds tissue with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Price 25 cents and 50 cents.
A rich donor gave $10,000 to Dr Nicholson's Institute in New York to provide free Ear Drums to Deaf people unable to afford them. Address 1252c Nicholson Institute Eighth Avenue.
An old label from Matthews' Pharmacy promises a two thirds use guarantee for Shiloh's Consumption Cure. If no benefit is felt after consuming two thirds, return the bottle for a refund. Prices listed as 25 ets 50 ets and 1.00.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure is advertised as miraculous for croup with claims of immediate relief in severe cases. The ad lists prices of 25, 50 cents, and 1 dollar and gives Mat thew's Pharmacy as the seller, appealing to worried mothers.
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