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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
3
The piece laments city fashions that burden flowers with handling and clothing styles that push tight skirts and outside corsets. It contrasts gentle care for blooms with urban habits and describes current trends toward fitted waists, outer corsets, and abundant decorative underlayers shaping the gown silhouette.
A debate in Germany considers four terms for a married woman gemahlin gattin frau and weib to reduce disputes over proper address. The issue centers on avoiding ignorance or impertinence in social usage.
The piece notes proposed titles based on social rank such as consort spouse and lady, then describes a deaf mother living near Grant's tomb who smiles when a salute from the Brooklyn cruiser is fired on Memorial Day. She believes her son George is coming as she hears footsteps.
An ornate costume description features a colored canvas gown with a pointed tunic over a double heliotrope glace silk petticoat. It has an embroidered silk net bodice with a taffeta lining, a canvas bolero with tiny frills, and a black and violet hat.
A country wedding in Ford County Kansas attracted 300 guests. The local paper details a lavish spread with one large beef roasted three hogs baked seventy five pies fifty cakes fifteen gallons of canned peas ten gallons of pickles thirty chickens and ample bread ham and vegetables ensuring a square meal for all attendees.
In the West Side, locals discuss a willowy rumor about a rising young politician and his footsteps, a tale that may or may not be true as neighbors share stories and doubts about his path to power.
Select uniform sweet green peppers and prep by removing seeds. Boil five minutes, fill with bread crumb and minced meat seasoned with salt pepper butter and onion juice, bake with stock, finish hot. Then prepare a milk sauce with butter flour hot milk yolks and whites. Bake, then make ginger puffs with flour ginger nutmeg sugar wine and eggs. Fry whitebait and serve with brown bread, butter and lemon.
A light exchange quoted from the Chicago Post notes a man claiming he has a first mortgage on Miss Blinks rather than being married or engaged, reflecting a comic take on romance and social norms.
A Cuban League all star squad will tour the United States in August, managed by W W Laidlaw, with plans to play against New York League teams and minor clubs. The piece argues for balanced talent over star rosters and notes Cuban players’ social standing and readiness to entertain patrons with high quality games.
Captain Hugh Duffy, longtime Boston nine leader, is praised as an aggressive winning ball player and exemplary fielder. His teams are famed for clean National League play, reflecting credit on his methods. He adapts positions, cares for health, and remains an ambitious, earnest worker shaping a storied career.
An editorial in the Chicago Times Herald attacks the magnates basing the baseball business on a flawed system. It argues teams should reflect the city they bear and that patrons care only about first class play and a strong race, criticizing the National League partnership structure.
Third baseman R J Wallace replaced James McGarr for Cleveland and drew praise as a versatile player. Initially seen as harming a pitcher by shifting him to infielding, he soon joined Collins of Boston as a striking third baseman before being moved to shortstop to accommodate Sove Cross and excelled there, with standout performances noted in game reports.
Baseball notes report player sales and swaps including Deck er to Syracuse and Croft to Worcester. Judge Cullom shifts allegiance to the Brooklyns while a balk incident at Weehawken highlights game quirks. Reports critique Tenney’s fielding and Householder’s base running in the Western League.
Aboard, a boarder quips about Chinese going to the front with burning irons, while another notes Chicago Chinese join the war effort with the same fiery metaphor revealing urban vigilance and satire amid conflict.
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