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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1892
Page
2
The notice explains that mineral patent applications must be published in the nearest newspaper. It warns that illegal publication wastes time and money. It notes mines in Beaver Creek Park St Louis Rodersburg and Dogtown Districts must appear in Messnger Morning when applying for patents.
An extended notice promotes canal irrigation aiding 30 000 acres near Townsend to draw settlers. It touts low land prices 2.50 to 10.00 per acre with high yields of oats 40 bushels wheat 25 potatoes 250 and strong fruit production. It highlights mines nearby, a future military post and growing towns as driving demand for home produce and land.
The notice suggests Col. Wilbur F. Sanders will be placed on the retired list the same day as Harrison. Officials say there is no serious loss to the country or the state.
Democrats nationwide applaud a historic win marked by renewed confidence after a long stretch without a major triumph. Supporters hail the victory as a turning point and a source of renewed morale for the party.
Our Democratic Electors were chosen in Alabama by a decisive majority as rival factions for governor wage a fevered feud. the dispute threatens to become as fierce as historical conflicts.
The notice states New York and Illinois residents will be honored with tests in the new cabinet. Montena is named to manage the Interior Department. Hon. W. A. Clark of Buutte is proposed to receive the portfolio.
The text forecasts a political shift bringing renewed mining activity and other dormant enterprises. It claims Democracy will deliver silver legislation that raises silver value and boosts mining profits, signaling an unprecedented period of Montana prosperity driven by demand for home products.
A collage of brief quips and jokes from old papers including lines about letters for public view, stamps kept by editors, and misinterpreted scriptural quotes. Observes social manners and humorous exchanges among readers and editors in a bygone era.
The article surveys diverse beliefs from Europe Ireland and Asia highlighting rituals and amulets. It notes women adopting vegetarianism for judgment day luck horses hooves under beds boots of magistrates and pocket charms from ancient Egypt and other regions.
A patchwork of quirky items from Vermont, Kansas and North Carolina. A bathhouse sign in Vermont boasts cool waves while a Kansas editor calls a rival an ass in a self addressed note. A lawn party attendee in Atchison wears three sunflowers as a corsage. Wax dolls melt at a Puritanima toy dealer half melted by heat. A Kansas man mails weekly postcard sample requests. An ad in Churchman by “A Western Priest” seeks work and vows to keep a congregation awake on a hot day.
Wasps nests can catch fire from chemick action of wax on paper materials. A Trenton man owns a stamp valued at 31 000 bought for nine cents. A colored church picnic at Westminster Maryland featured a novelty washing contest.
A collection of aphorisms on love and spirituality such as true life requires love not bread alone, God creating not to please all, diligence in faith, and the danger of living wrongly despite wealth and practice. Ends with the note that living rightly is more serious than dying.
It Should Be in Every mouse J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa declares he will not be without Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He says it cured his wife who faced pneumonia after la grippe and that other remedies failed. Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa reports it gave him more relief from long trouble than any prior remedy. Free trial bottles at J R Westons Drug Store. Large bottles 50c and 1.
A light survey notes highly unusual British names like Thankful Joy and Sim Lyon Puiagrarr. It covers a woman editor manager of Feathered World with 20 000 weekly circulation and charmed titles in Hayti's early 19th century. It ends with remarks on the Prince of Wales aging since his son's death.
The text surveys diverse traditions and practices from the Isle of Guernsey to Greenland and India. It notes tax on aliens, Muslim silk perceptions, mourning garb by islanders, a buried living dog for the dead, Japanese doctors who accept payment freely, Buddhist and Muslim prayers beside plants, and Chinese cobblers lodging with families during repairs.
At the world’s fair plans include a large American flag from Ionia county's women, a Nevada county miners association stamp mill display, Minnesota’s Pioneer printing press, and new postage stamps from the postmaster general commemorating the discovery of America. Missouri also shows a long exhibit detailing counties and product values.
Davprr praises women writers noting they express what men cannot. Architect Rupyarp Kirtiso secures plans for a Balestier cottage near Battleboro costing £10,000 with construction next winter. Manton Crawford born in 1865 at Lucca. Sam Ward dismisses Crawford’s link to Sam Ward's nephew after reading Mr Isaacs. Marshal MacManon’s souvenirs will fill three or four volumes within two years. he is 54 and began as a captain in the 1887 African expedition.
The item lists quirky notes about several individuals including a Brown spelling her name Broughne, Dr Nathan Kimmats now Ogden postmaster, a Labor Federation correspondent receiving over 100 letters daily, a large waste basket, a quote about executive life from Mr Harrison, and Mrs Cona E Tomas of Hanover Pa visiting Liberty Ind claiming to be 30 years old and childlike in actions despite measurements of 55 inches in height and 30 pounds weight.
The piece notes 1826 as the first horse railroad year, 71,000 workers on American street railroads, and a steam engine using ten gallons of water per mile. It also cites 492,430,000 railway passengers in the year ending June 20, 1890, a Parisian backed street line in Tashkend, and a Trextox cash infusion for compressed air streetcars. A rail company distributed a watermelon with a ticket in southern Texas.
A vintage ad promotes Dr. Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It guarantees relief or money back and offers free trial samples at J R Westons Drug Store with large sizes selling for 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Lafcadio Hearn writes of a Japanese garden with high mossed walls and tranquil sounds from birds frogs and water. he notes the absence of city life within the garden and a dreamlike past charm. The article catalogs many animal visitors from frogs and lizards to snakes and mantises and describes the yamabato song that defines the space.
Missouri moves toward a grand exposition with a large St. Louis warehouse filling with agricultural, timber, mineral and fruit exhibits. Space allotments for foreign nations in the agricultural building were announced totaling Brazil to Great Britain and including Japan Germany France and India among others. Indian princes plan to attend with retinues and present gold silver ivory art and lacquer works.
Foreign and national restaurants will appear at the exposition with native attendants in charge. A two story New England clam bake pavilion near England’s building will seat ten thousand daily, with refrigerated cars delivering clams lobsters and sea fish.
Since its first introduction Electric Bitters has rapidly gained favor and leads as a pure medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It cures sick headache indigestion and constipation while driving malaria from the system. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bottle and money refunded. Price only be
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