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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
7
A collage of jokes, quotes, ads, and brief notices including a remark about cannibalism punishment, a Swide invention using light rays, Goethes energy quote, Kerker musical, Allen’s foot remedy, German canaries value, Rio Grande dining cars, and assorted anecdotes from Chicago and Colorado. The text mixes humor, health ads, travel details, and local notes with many proper nouns and dates.
An assortment of scattered notes mentions Hall's Catarrh Care taken internally priced at 75 cents. The passage recalls ice industry concerns and a quip about shoemaker's wax, plus a humorous exchange about appearances and a mention of travel on the Union Pacific Overland Limited with the 101 Main street ticket office noted.
The article details live cattle shipments from Argentina to England, noting 3 022 oxen and 1 200 sheep landed at Deptford after a voyage past storms. It compares polled herds in North America to horned cattle in Argentina and describes their transportation, hold conditions, and transition to beef and mutton markets.
In a Tin- Bits item a maid relates a cat ate the canary and the parrot while the mistress was away, sparking concern she forgot to feed the cat. The tale ends with the feline's assured good care.
Near Lilledal by Christiania Norway a heavy snow fall and thaw cleared river ice. An avalanche slid down the mountainside into the stream, pushing snow and fish up the slope and into the river bed. For days valley residents gathered the fish washed from the snow.
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