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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger notes mining safety prompts and faults in the inspector system while reporting Anaconda ore shipments, railroad car demand, and Townsend beef shipments. It comments on the need for law reform, safer cages, and assessment work as year ends.
The article argues with Col. C. Goodwin about the US trade surplus and silver versus gold policy. It claims foreign commerce grows by 74 million to 75 million annually, notes mine gold output and the role of silver, and questions how long prices can stay high if money supply remains gold dominated.
The Chicago Herald notes the Canada census faced unique challenges. Enumerators endured tough travel from Alaska to James Bay, using ships, pack horses, dog trains, canoes, and foot journeys to reach remote communities and gather schedules. The tally involved 4,309 staff across vast regions with risks and hardships throughout.
A long ornate description of Mrs. Frederic Vanderbilt’s linen closet shows a roomlike storage with built in compartments, scenting with violet and rose, each set labeled for quick access. The piece also notes a ceremonial British pyx and a living of Richard Hoops, plus praise for Electric Bitters as a popular tonic.
Ninety eight year old Mme de Variola of Nantua Ain recalls June 17 1815 at the Waterloo windmill near St Amand. Her father M Carpan sheltered her and her sister as Napoleon surveyed the land. They later aided wounded French and heard a Prussian officer declare French defeat. Her husband was Spaniard and died poor. Now she is aged and supported by children with past friendship of Empress Eugenie.
Two prospectors visiting San Nicolas Island off the Ventura coast report a barren land four miles wide by twelve long. They found thousands of Indian skeletons along a five mile beach and on a ridge, with a lone native woman living there for seven years. The article notes a graveyard-like scene with bones strewn for miles and a shanty buried in sand. A separate item mentions Munich's Poeller Optical Institute building a giant microscope for the Chicago World’s Fair, magnifying up to 14 000 diameters with an 11 009 power electric light and a cooling spray to prevent focus shift, costing nearly £10 090.
The first visit of Grand Duchess Sergius of Russia to her father, the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, follows her Orthodox conversion. The move, tied to a state policy on religious affiliation and allowances, spurred wide European reaction and concerns over marital influence and finances.
An advertisement offers Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs colds and lung throat chest troubles with a money back guarantee after a fair trial if no benefit. Trial bottle free at J R Weeton's drug store with large sizes priced at 5 cents and 1 dollar 90.
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