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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
7
A garbled text fragment mentions a club, feather, truth and mother, with references to a newborn or two, a lace down, and a boy. The passage hints at a personal domestic moment but lacks clear events or names.
An advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a renewing tonic for ailments from digestive issues to nervous fatigue. It claims strength, regularity, and long life defense for worn out laborers, mariners, and travelers, and notes a New York manager signing Jim Root for a starring stage role.
Advertises a California Fig Syrup laxative noted for its pleasant taste and cleansing effect. Claims to soothe headaches fevers and constipation without weakening organs. Sold by druggists in 50 cent and one dollar bottles with the California Fig Syrup logo on each package.
Atlanta correspondent recalls Frank L Stanton a diligent printer and poet whose songs cross oceans and smokestacks. He writes verses amid factory roofs and rail yards and learned rhythm from his devout mother and early life on farms.
In the Okeechobee region cracker families hunt otters. Groups include men with wives and children, two horses, a rough wagon, and scarce food. Three months of hunting yield about twenty otter skins worth one to five dollars each and a few dozen smaller pelts.
A squadron of French war ships anchored in New York harbor recently without prior official notice. The visit, conducted on a secret diplomacy, involved all dealings through the American Consul General. The etiquette breach is minor since no salute was fired from American ships.
The piece recalls a Savannah postwar reminiscence of General Sherman visiting an invalid veteran. It contrasts southern youth resilience with wartime hardship and notes a later tale of Oklahoma melon patches plagued by thirsty coyotes that crack melons and share with the pack.
An ostensibly genuine letter from a boy at school describes poor food and worn uniform, jokes about convalescence, and a bleak line I do not think I shall last long. He asks his mother for more money, hints at borrowing, and signs off as a loving but retched son.
An 100 dollar reward for Catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure is advertised by F J Ey & Co Toledo Ohio with endorsements from West wax and Warpine Kinnax Manvix. The passage mixes product pitches and unrelated social notes and names.
Beth Mast died in Florence in 1768 after outliving seven husbands. She wed the seventh at seventy and, on her deathbed, weighed each marriage and named her fifth husband as the favored one. Her remains rest not far from his. Market Gardeners and Farmers message and seeds ads clutter the page with notices and snippets.
A letter praising Dr R V Pierce Buffalo for pre confinement tonic said to ease labor and shorten confinement while aiding nourishment and reducing morning sickness and nervous distress. The writer reports feeling stronger after using the remedy before childbirth.
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