This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
3
A poetic lament portrays General Maximo Gomez as tired and faithful, delaying riches for duty. The speaker urges gentle guidance as Gomez rests, asking for visions of a peaceful, ideal land beyond time. The verse contemplates mortality, courage, and the hope of death’s repose.
A Havana era tale depicts Gen. Maximo Gomez confessing poverty when asked to fund a telegraph dispatch to President McKinley. An American envoy learns the general’s honesty after Gomez admits he lacks funds to send the message, earning respect for his integrity.
A visitor to Apia reports Mataafa s army resting peacefully after battle. Soldiers and families lounge under mats, play tom-toms, and share smiles as waves of locals greet enemies. A white flag incident shows restraint amid fighting, reflecting amiable Samoan culture.
Report notes a brief exchange between two chiefs and their men after a white man orders a ceasefire. Horses are moved to safety as hostilities pause, then resume. The account preserves the tense moment and the shift in action without graphic detail.
An early war transport Zelandia carried troops from San Francisco to Manila, including the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers and the Utah battery. En route the undisciplined troops played pranks, dragging in noncoms and officers into escalating skits, with a private jokingly demanding the colonel's presence and the chaplain soon follows.
An irascible Civil War veteran Col Gunson battles neighborhood boys over his barn roof. After a dramatic blaze sparked by a passing match, the boys rescue the roof with water buckets, earning Gunson’s pledge to repair it. He invites play, but the boys stop using the roof, wary of their mischief.
The Indepen dent discusses Margaret Deland urging cheerful novels that end well. She contrasts grim Siberian convict tales with stories that reveal truth yet leave readers hopeful, urging belief in moral purpose, God, and the goodness of life.
In Chicago news Funston dismisses rumors about his birthplace saying he has not cited a political office he would accept and denying a report claiming he was born in Ohio. The exchange suggests the report was incorrect.
The piece blends curiosities from Pacific life and winter musings with a local economic anecdote about moss hair used as curled hair substitutes. It reports moss harvesting in Micandony Florida where 140 bales weekly shipped when frosts freeze southern moss supplies.
The Guam piece highlights night fishing by torchlight, rice paddies, and a water clock relic. It notes flying fish near the reef and a curious Irishman’s joke about rice paddies. The column shifts to baseball history, tracing the sport to 1846 in Hoboken and the Knickerbocker club, and contrasts early amateur play with modern business and professional involvement.
The article describes Spanish moss in southern forests as pale green yet alive, hanging in festoons and thriving in shade. It notes a dark brown horsehair like fiber beneath the green covering, valued for upholstery, and says moss is gathered in large heaps lightly covered with sand or muck.
An old memory recalls Tycho the dog faithfully attending family worship and church services at Thorparch. He would sit with the women, march to the pew, and stand with the congregation during singing. On one occasion he inspected the preacher, drawing mixed reactions from the gathered worshippers.
In New York a young socialite with modest funds found work dusting prized bric-a-brac for friends. Her careful service reduced feared breakages and allowed her to grow income and affording new dresses, all while spending mornings tending delicate possessions.
The Queen of Portugal, a physician by training after earning an M D, married the Crown Prince without full knowledge of him. Her rising stoutness prompted her to study medicine to aid him, trusting she could help more than doctors, learning from Portugal’s top physicians.
A jury impasse is described as an obstruction to fair verdicts and a threat to judicial efficiency. The piece argues hung juries hinder justice and stress prosecutors and defense alike.
The Iowa Agricultural College expert Dr Craig explains a method to assess sheep by hand rather than sight. He details a thorough examination from head to hindquarter, noting teeth, neck, brisket, shoulder, rib spring, back line, loin width, hip length, hindquarter fullness, and leg development. He also cites market values for each part, emphasizing back and leg development as key factors.
At a Ohio State Horticultural Society meeting Prof. Webster reported experiments with bisulphate of carbon to kill root lice. Trees died when lice were killed. ants burrow to rootlets to deposit lice. He urged fumigation certification over inspection and showed a safe model house for fumigation using hydrocyanic gas. Potash and phosphoric acid fertilizers improved sugar beet quality, with nitrogenous fertilizers reducing juice purity. Large beet seeds yielded better crops. 14-inch plowing depth recommended.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.