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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
4
One year six months and three months advance advertising rates appear town notices show a Townsend postmark and editors J R Brout and G G Watt. Citizens Ticket lists aldermen candidates W T Hazelton J R Marks W C Pierce Peter J Meloy Mike Garnett Lewis M Potts with clerk certification of nomination filings in Townsend.
The piece lauds the Silverman figure as unwavering in duty and principle while railing against foes to virtue. It then shifts to spring health concerns in Townsend, urging the city council to clean back yards alleys and streets to curb disease and improve public health, noting hogs could spread cholera if not confined.
For twenty years the people fought to restore silver as money. In 1894 gold standard advocates won decisively. Plutocrats from the east with vast sums have manipulated Congress to gain control.
A polemical column argues demonetization of silver has crippled industry and workers, boosted gold value, and sparked multiple panics. It claims free coinage supporters face corporate opposition, notes eastern states as foes, and predicts a silver network will weld in time, restoring national prominence and full employment.
The town invites all to an Easter ball on Monday April 6 to raise funds for a Townsend Catholic church. Reports note mining interest in Diamond City with plans to expand placer and quartz operations as several syndicates show strong local investment.
Advertisers tout Parks Cough Syrup as the remedy for all throat and lung diseases and claim it cures colds rapidly. W. E. Tietney & Co. sells bottles to prove the claim.
The Radersburg country anticipates a busy season with mining and related businesses picking up. Officials expect higher activity across quartz and placer mining and other enterprises, predicting overall business will improve beyond the many years past.
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