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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
6
In Victoria era style the party moves through park like hills toward the Gray Ranges. Jack Hall tracks a fresh boot print and a dog scent near clay-pans, discovering a white man camp below a gorge and preparing to arrest occupants.
Jack Hall leads a stealth recon down a gully to a roughly built bark hut where white inhabitants are found. He confirms a woman is present and reports the camp’s location to his companions, urging swift action before nightfall.
Royal marriage is driven by political considerations not romance. The Dutch seek a nonthreatening consort to prevent a foreign king ruling Holland. The chosen prince of Wied is presented as acceptable, poor but suitable, with Wilhelmina expected to manage affairs and keep him in line. American meats face heavy German restrictions and inspections affecting market access. United States Consul Barnes cites trichinae history and shows sausage and boneless ham costs would effectively prohibit import.
Albert Ham of West Dresden Missouri tends an apple tree over a century old in his orchard. The tree measures feet 10 inches in circumference a foot above the ground and at six feet branches into four large limbs. It has borne well for forty seven years, yielding forty three bushels of good maples in one year.
Practical advice on raising and breaking horses emphasizes careful feeding with oats barley and occasional corn two pounds daily after weaning plus early education to build mind and body. Observations on horse feet describe laminae and weight support. Also notes huge Jersey Red pig in New York and a German Swiss rain barometer with a frog. Also brief ads and quips on footwear foot powder and Lincoln funeral coverage preview.
A woman from Charlemont Massachusetts writes that after months of fatigue, pain, and digestion trouble she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related products. She reports renewed strength, energy, and appetite and credits the treatment with her recovery. The letter notes Mrs Pinkham’s long experience and offers free advice to all women who write.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a perfect strengthening laxative. It claims to cleanse the system, dispel colds headaches and fevers, and aid constipation without weakening the kidneys liver or bowels. The remedy uses figs for taste but active ingredients from senna and other plants with a unique manufacturing method. It warns against imitations and lists cities California San Francisco Louisville Kentucky New York New York and price 50 cents per bottle.
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