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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1891
Page
4
An 1901 notice lists daily mail arrival at 13 15 and departure at 7 30 with a plea for readers to send a preserved copy of the Mason County issue dated January 30 1891 to receive one year free of the Messenger.
Farmers urged to prepare for harvest as Kerley of Townacnd offers a new fanning mill through a terms friendly purchase plan. Prosperity prospects highlighted.
Townspeople and visitors fill the record with farm, church, school, and social updates. Dr. M. Blake begins grain cutting near Confederate mouth.Miss Dolly Dean to teach three months. races eyed for August 17 18 19 at North Montana Fair. a sheriff sale of McMahon horses and cows. several visits and gatherings noted at Townsend and Deep Creek. hailstorm, clay findings for pottery, and local commerce updates.
A survey under R G Wright is finalizing the canal route and grade stakes. Construction expected within weeks, bringing fifty farms within two years and a hundred within four, plus more merchants, a flour mill, and a growing manufacturing town. Townsend nears renewed life with new homes under way amid good crops.
A Stick Ras a Daniel Warren buyer bought 850 dollars of cattle from Fannie Campbell in Gallatin and 635 dollars from Henry Killian in Boulder, paid with bad checks through James Murray's Bank at Butte, then sold and shipped cattle to St Paul. He’s arrested. Sheriff Lloyd pursues under a Governor Toole requisition. The crime spanned Gallatin and Jefferson counties.
Miss Mattie Daniels with companions climbed Old Baldy near Townsend Montana. She gathered a daisies bed near a snow bank and created a bouquet of flowers ferns and red berries. The bouquet was left with the editor and now graces his table.
A. M. Darcy & Co announces goods will be sold on sixty days time at net cash prices. After sixty days all accounts must be settled with cash or by note. At expiration of the sixty days, notes bearing interest for ninety days will be accepted.
The Weekly Miner advertises 64 pages per issue at two dollars a year or one dollar for six months with a premium. Readers can choose from dominoes, Lincoln home illustration, or Statesman autographs, or two colored French pictures. Full year plus two dollars adds both pictures. Send to Misex Pusisaixe Co in Butte City Montana.
A substantial fenced Montana ranch offers 125 to 150 tons of hay yearly and strong dairy potential. It features a good dwelling, large barn and sheds, ample water, and proximity to a post and express office. Within 25 miles of top market, near two large cities, ideal for cash buyers seeking quick earnings. contact J C Kerley at Messexcen for details.
J George Ballard and A E Spriggs followed a cinnamon bear trek near Grayson Creek. After wounding the mother, they chased a den and roped two cubs from a tall pine, capturing one alive before shooting the fractious cub. They returned to the Ballard ranch with a three month old cub weighing seventy five pounds.
A newspaper announces arrangements with the American Farmer of Cleveland to mail the illustrated farm journal free to subscribers who pay up arrears and one year in advance or to new subscribers who pay a year in advance. The 16 page periodical is cited as national in scope with high educational aims, and samples are available to view.
Advert mentions services at the South M E Church on August 16 with morning worship at 11 o clock and evening service at 8 o clock. Includes promotion of local business in the paper.
Notices announce W Langhorne, land and mining attorney, at Baily building Helena, with Frank L. Reece joining, offering land entry services and records review. Also updates on Sheep Creek road work by Moore & McNeil, a cloudburst near Reed’s Point damaging the Northern Pacific track, and inspections ensuring train service resume.
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