Local and personal notes from Townsend 1902
In this issue, town items highlight rail and regional news. Mentions include Captain James H Mille as a candidate for penitentiary warden, Chamberlain remedies praised by readers, new bakery and oyster parlor opened in Townsend, and a Great Northern train robbery last Wednesday with $100 taken. Local office distribution across Meagher county is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Emma Lyons
Castle
Orah
Cecil McKee
Chamberlain
P. A. Skinner
Texarkana
Ark
Chamberlin
J. R. Weston
Meagher
Neihart
Montana
Bers
Great Northern
Wholesale clearance sale signals end of business
G M Jones announces a Wednesday November 21 wholesale sale to close out his entire line of men and boys clothing and dry goods for cash only. Charley McCain reports driving two wells this fall delivering cold pure water for W E Tierney Co at the Townsend House and for W C Daniels on Lower Confederate promising better valley water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Jones
Charley MecCain
W. E
Neihart
Charles Wooster
Martin O'Brian
Meagher
T. H. Swift
Texidermary
Joe Stephan
Salve claims cures and assorted ads in local notice
An old newspaper page promotes salve promising cures for cuts and sores with a money back guarantee, plus various ads for Berg Bros silk goods and stoves. It notes a 20 below zero Thanksgiving Day at Great Falls, urges Pioneer settlers to form a county society, and lists holiday offerings and subscriptions from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surah
India
Berg Bros
Great Falls
Gallatin County
Meagher and
Jefferson
Diamond City
A.M. D'Arcy & Co
Various Advertisements and Notices from 1892
An assortment of notices and brief items including a Dr King's New Discovery offer with refund promise, dress patterns and winter goods at local stores, a debt settlement warning from J W Schaaf, a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, report of J E Jewell's death by locomotive accident, official vote results on the Montana state capital with Helena leading, a note on Rock Island Railway Telegrafers pay demands, and news that Sherburne left a local mine to travel east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
J. W. Schaaf
Rock Island
Sherburne
Indian Creek
Master Gene McCarthy Returns from Helena Visit
Gene McCarthy has returned from an extended Helena visit and plans to see friends and the editor before leaving home. Several local ladies, Mesdames Bigelow Cooper and Her bers, have been ill recently. The note urges preparing for next ice harvest with farmers encouraged to store crystal blocks at low cost to ensure ice next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene” McCarthy
Helena
Mesdames Bigelow
Cooper and
Herbers
Electric Bitters hailed as leading pure medicine tonic
The item praises Electric Bitters as the best pure medicine for stomach liver or kidney ailments and claims it cures headaches indigestion constipation and malaria. Money back guarantee with each bottle priced 60 cents sold by J R Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Weston
Miner Hank Hansen killed at Meteor mine head
A rock fall at the Meteor mine near Whitehorse crushed Hank Hansen, killing him. Days earlier another miner died at the H and H mine in Winston after an engineer let a cage rise too high. if blamed, prosecution for manslaughter is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Hansen
Whitehorse
Winston
Union Pacific Excursion to Salt Lake for Mining Congress
Union Pacific offers round trip tickets to Salt Lake City for the National Mining Congress on December 5 and 6. Fare applies for round trip with tickets issued December 2 to 4 and usable for return any time within thirty days. In Helena contact No 28 North Main Street for reservations. Pain Balm advert promotes plasters and relief for chest and back pain with a 50 cent bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
National Mining Congress
North Main Street
Helena
H. C. Wilson
May Brothers Nursery Seeks Agents for Stock Sales Rochester NY
W A W Tweed and May Brothers offer agents to sell nursery stock with special varieties and ornamentals. Territory rights available, commissions or salary. Respond for terms. Rochester, New York.
Lectures Course Promises Insightful Town Hall Reach
A series of lectures by top state talent will be held in Town in the coming weeks. Lecturers are accomplished, delivering a broad range of thought with aims to educate and please audiences. Covers dates in December with speakers Rev Frank E Brush and Ly Prof J F Templeton. Tickets priced 1.75 for single, 3.00 for two. children under 12 free. Tickets at G W Jones store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Helena
Butte
Bozeman
Great Falls
Deer Lodge
Boulder
Toi Lielena
Marcus Daly
Townsend
Frank E. Brush
Aene
J. FE. Templeton
Montana University
G. W. Jones’ Store
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for throat chest and lung diseases. It claims a trial proves its curative powers and guarantees money back if not satisfied. Trial bottles free at J R Weston’s with large bottles priced at 0.50 and 1.06.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. R. Weston’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Times
Alberta
Tierney & Co's
Schuttler
Studebaker
Governor Toole
Maite
Messisahs
W. C. Pierce
Canton
Valley Temple No. 1
P. C
Tierney
J. K. Weston
W. E. Tierney
Representaive
Wm. Tierney
Bucklen
J.R. Weston
Bennett Bro
William H. McKnight
A. M. D'Arcy & Co
Meier, Wegman & Wire
C. J. Hackett
Clinton County National Bank
Wilmington
Ohio
J. E. Jewell
Cheat Falls
Lewis and Clark
A. M. D’arcy & Co's
Berg Brothers
Schutler
Washburn-Moen
Europe
NEW Bakery
Gogandiers
Draggiet
MAY Brothers
Rochester, N.Y
Johnson & Field CO
Racine
Wisconsin
Grain and Lee
Unite States
Wisconsin Central
Milwaukee
Chicago
All Points
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Wisconsin Central Lines
Northern Pacific R. R
Pacific Coast
Jas
Ilinois
Norhern
Pacific PR
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Winnipeg
Helena Butte
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Pullman
Chicago St. Paul
Pacific Northwest
Manitoba Pointe
Yellowstone Park
California
Alaska
States
Northern Pacific R. RR
United States
Canada
Townsend, Mont
Whipple
Ontane
Chas.s. F
Mm Paul
M. E. Church
W. D. Maccormick
M. W. A. FE. Sprices
Sixth Ave
Warren St
J. J. Rohrbaugh
Valley Stables
Lower Broadway
Jobr & McDonald
F.L.T. Flall
Watt
WC Wau
A. M.d'arcey & CO
Meagher County
A.M. Darcery
Livery and Fred Stable
Ors
Tim McCarthy
A. C. Carson
Mont
P. O
PB. C
Order
GPO
Norton
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