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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
2
Townsends Post Office in Townsend is listed as second class with J B Stout as editor and proprietor. Local pricing notes mention advertising at 1.00 per inch per month. Missouri apple prices report ten cents a bushel while a Missouri bank failure is noted for over a million dollars. Grand but mixed statewide items include the Nesbit trial at Helena and Neihart Miner’s county annexation request to Cascade for better county seat access.
The past record of the Democratic Party on financial questions and the free trade ideas of late leaders are cited as reasons for the silver defeat in the last election. The piece notes that a name can influence outcomes and urges forming a new party to champion silver in 1900.
Seventeen mortgaged farmers in a Wisconsin township advertise for factory jobs to pay interest and taxes. After two weeks of searching they remain unemployed. The notice adds a political jab, urging voters to expose and punish fakes.
Mrs Margaret Adamis captains a canal boat and fights Michael Haynes with a marlin spike. She wins the first round but retires to cry, then overturns items in anger. Meanwhile economic woes hit banks, mills, and rail firms with widespread layoffs and wage cuts as McKinley politics loom.
A terse remark laments 7000 workers displaced as carpets lose demand. It critiques the proclaimed prosperity while noting wage cuts and layoffs, and accuses the single standard of benefiting the rich.
The Great Falls Leader argues against predictions silver mining will cease. demand will grow as supply tightens. It notes Broken Hill in Australia may exhaust, U S mines are limited, but rising Orient demand and arts use suggest silver will remain profitable and in demand.
The proposed Broadwater County comprises parts of Jefferson and Meagher counties covering about 1730 square miles. It has 15320 registered voters and ~4000 people with an assessed value near 2.5 million. The Missouri river runs the length, mining zones like Diamond Hill and Park lie within, and the area promises rapid growth and diverse industries.
The article outlines a movement to create a new territory by separating from older counties. It explains motivations and plans to publish detailed causes in upcoming issues, signaling a sustained, organized campaign.
A reflective critique argues that daily sustenance reveals social inequities. It calls for a restructuring of civilization to protect the weak from the strong and to ease the struggle for bread, allowing time for higher human development.
Dear Dolores responds to a humorous letter about the Colonizing Club leaving Townsend for the Manless Isle. The letter laments lost local services and urges restraint, while joking about a shipful of Townsend belles welcoming the travelers and noting the town’s aging professionals.
Local ad offers a large herd of Poland China pigs, thoroughbred stock, both sexes, serviceable this fall. No better in the state, priced very low. Seller: Joan Scarement, Townsend, Montana.
The Helena business college presents its fourteenth year offering shorthand telegraphy penmanship architectural drawing music and conservatory instruction. It promotes private lessons for foreigners and backward students, correspondence with merchants, and a normal school for English branches bookkeeping and penmanship.
A funeral notice recalls Mrs Mariah West who died November 22 1896 after a six month struggle with stomach cancer. She leaves a large family and renewed faith before death, with prayers for her husband and children. The family cites consolation in Christ and eternal rest.
Valley Lodge No 21 A F and A M Townsend Montana expresses grief at the death of Charles J. Pitts. The resolves note his lodge service as an ornament and faithful brother and extend sympathy to his relatives. Resolutions to be recorded and copies sent to relatives. Committee: Junius Bere H S Hyatt W D Meccemrer.
Helena New York sixth Avenue and Main location at 165 Sixth Ave described in a brief classified notice.
Our offer claims the lowest price on any article, inviting customers to give name and address to receive a price list proving the savings. The message focuses on guaranteed low cost and a direct request for personal information to deliver the list.
The advertisement touts steel ranges with malleable iron tops and trimmings, asbestos lining, reversible grates, and warp resistance. Ranges can include reservoirs, warming closets or shelves, with prices 15 to 20 percent below competing models. Thanksgiving orders encouraged. includes Standard Oysters priced per can at 40 cents for select Rs.
The listing compares skates from brands such as Barney and Berry Peck and Snyder and Steel Skates with clamp styles. Various options include nickel plated toe clamps and hardened steel runners for ladies and general use with prices around 1.26 to 1.75 and 35e for some pairs.
The narrative describes the Custer battlefield visible from the Burlington Route. A nearby monument marks the resting place, about a mile away, with the train offering a view of the site. A booklet on the battle is available by request, along with information on Burlington routes to Omaha Kansas City St Louis Chicago and other southern cities.
Hopewell Clarke of St Paul and Tom D Cooney of Helena Montana filed for patent on the Glory Etta Clarke and Cooney Lode claims in Jefferson County Montana Surveys No 5000 5001 and 5002 covering 52.12 acres total The notices state unsurveyed township 7 north range 1 west with boundaries and coordinates listed and that the claims are recorded in Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Boulder Montana The Diamond Hill group mine John S Miller et al are nearest claims and Cox register filed first October 20 1896 with first publication October 22 1896
Land Office Helena Montana publishes notice that New Era Mining Company seeks patents for 906 feet of the New Era Lode and 805 feet of the Crowbar Lode in Park District Jefferson County. Descriptions define corners, bearings, and measurements with an area of 11.86 acres for New Era and 898 acres for Crowbar, adjoining New Park Mining Company.
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