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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
2
A French inventor creates a phono graphic clock that speaks the hours. The column notes elevator sickness, a Will dispute over a California millionaire's estate, a New York World poetry damages ruling, a Russian countess selling fruit, a Yale commencement reform, and various society observations.
The remark compares current light recreation during a furlough with the severe trials endured about a year earlier when a student at the University of Pennsylvania was among the leading football players. It questions what carries the meaning of fighting pig tails with cannon and ball versus adjusting a necktie, likening the effort to Hercules.
In a 19th century critique, the author objects to translating Emperor William’s hymn to Aeger into English claiming it misleads orthodox readers. The piece argues Aeger was a pagan not deserving of capitalization and warns the rendition of a pagan hymn on a Sunday afternoon would dampen devout sentiment like an unwelcome boil.
In New London Ohio a photographer H W Minns and model Elmer Ellsworth Masterman spark debate with Christ heads images. Community splits between shock and defense while Minns cites artistic intent and presses on with his controversial photographic project.
The article cites photographer Mr. Rockwood presenting a midnight audience shot using a new pyrotechnic technique enabling good pictures between eleven and twelve at night. It praises future newspaper use of such dawn-into-evening imagery and hints at social advice for couples attending theaters.
A 1560 Paisley clock once built for John Knox has surfaced in Huntington Pennsylvania. It descended through generations to John Witherspoon who took it to America when he became Princeton College president. The clock remains in the hands of Knox’s lineal descendant Joby Knox, perpetuating the historic timepiece.
Indians in Marshpee Massachusetts have grown to about four hundred due to intermarriage with colored people. They inhabit a shore reserve on Marshpee Lake called Mashpi by locals. Catachnit, the tribe’s chief, serves as postmaster, with an Indian boy delivering mail to Sandwich. Three lake islands are owned by a local fishing club whose members include Grover Cleveland Joe Jefferson R W Gilder and Alexander Wood of Boston.
The Burlington Route announces completion of a northwest extension to Billings Montana connecting with the Northern Pacific under a traffic agreement. The new line shortens travel between Omaha Lincoln and western points by up to 71 miles and offers luxury cars and scenic views through Nebraska to the Black Hills and Crow Indian Reservation.
A dialogue contrasts modest budgets with Astorbilts vast wealth. Downton’s finances appear strained as Downton-De Broker loses money. Upton notes Downton’s ascent to a higher flat, while cautioning against judging by appearances. A baby rumored on the second floor adds local tension.
Clara-Why questions Dora about agreeing to marriage with Mr Hardhead after he proposed in an ice cream saloon. Dora explains she felt compelled to accept to avoid losing the chance if she refused, revealing a strategic quick engagement in a lively New York Weekly excerpt.
A weary exchange unfolds as a housekeeper confronts Lee Man about not visiting yesterday amid scorching heat. The brief dialogue highlights frustration and fatigue in the heat of the day.
An awkward collage of patent medicine claims and anecdotes. It touts Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia flatulence and liver issues while promoting Piso s Remedy for Catarrh and various salves and tonics. The piece features humorous vignettes about peddlers and a nagging snoring tale.
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