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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
4
The public notice declares support for free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1 with gold and the silver dollar restored to its historic monetary position. It rejects free silver Democrats and any government action in the matter.
A satirical survey notes Japan seizing Formosa, England taking Brazilian Trinidad, France taking John Waller, and Prof. Dyche in Greenland on a dog sled. It quips that missionaries to China need both weapons and faith, a gunboat and a chapel.
The piece contrasts yachting supremacy with national pride and argues for honest political platforms. It laments the New Woman movement, defends Meagher County officials, and questions census authority and county taxation. It urges public scrutiny of the town council and calls for accountability.
A clipping from Tobe Spilkins reports a silver convention at Bony Forks Arkansas proposing a bi metallist monetary plank. It endorses both gold and silver with equal intrinsic value and international cooperation to adjust parity for foreign investors.
A subscriber argues that the United States risks ruin by allowing foreign capitalists to control the treasury and reserves. He denounces a subsidized press and British bankers, claiming the gold standard plan places the country at risk and condemns private syndicates for dictating national finances.
The article surveys changing attitudes as divorces rise nationwide and wives react with illness or childbirth after firings. It notes the Marysville Mountaineer editor’s widow will continue publication, a Helena lawyer argues equal rights to mean a man avoiding a wife learning to ride, and the Princess Colonna pays a titled husband to keep distance across the ocean.
A Georgia court rules a man cannot be fined or imprisoned for kissing his wife while humorous phrases about yum-yum-yum lalli-gagging gurgle and capital fun appear. The city council authorizes a Broadway electric-light contract, now being installed. Water supply remains crucial to town safety and convenience. The Indian affairs commissioner claims he can make Indians work and earn their living, with potential focus on street corner loiterers nationwide.
The Missoulian proclaims its credentials as Missoula’s Republican paper and asserts the white metal’s hopeful destiny in party unity, framing the assertion as a striking statement.
A vintage advertisement touts Parks Tea as a nightly remedy steeped in roots and herbs. It claims gentle daily bowel movement without pills or cathartics and notes availability from W. E. Tierney & Co.
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