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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1897
Page
3
Thursday Evening February 11 1897 Townsend Meagher County broadside lists society and visiting locals including Wm Parberry Hossfeldt and Langhorne. Notes on post office improvements jury lists suffrage and district conference reports plus theatre and club notices.
Fire Department calls for Department One to meet at set intervals and for practice with two rings at intervals to drill responders and coordinate readiness.
The council approved bills totaling small sums for lights salary and ditch work with Alderman Potts absent and Berg Bros. bills unpaid. Sidewalks were ordered on Cedar and Fourth streets to Oak and Sixth. A town event featured a humorous apple poem contest with slips of paper, judges and prizes, including Apple Pies and a consolation no pie.
At Tierneys hall Friday evening additions were made to entertainment committees and chairs chosen. Arrangements include Mayor Hazelton and others. Finance and Invitation lists. Program and Transportation teams. Reception and Decoration groups. Banquet roster with multiple local figures and ladies named.
Lady proprietors hosted a banquet at the Hoffman House on Saturday evening January 30. Doors opened at 5 PM, 100 guests enjoyed a sumptuous feast, the event closed at 9 PM with dancing until midnight, and guests departed with hearty congratulations.
Col Ewing manager of the Diamond Hill and his bride spend a few days at Hassel. Rev Geo King preached at Hassel Tuesday evening to a large congregation. John S Miller of Helena, former Diamond Hill proprietor, visited Hassel. Miss Jennie Hagley earns praise for organizing and conducting the Sabbath school. A Hassel AFL lodge formed with 68 initiates. officers named: President Lawrence Leach, VP J J Warren, rec sec James Duncan, financial sec John Blewett, treasurer Eugene Courtney, guide Robert Colins, guardian Vergil Patterson. The season’s social highlight was a banquet and reception hosted by the...
The Home Boston offers special 64 page Knitting and Crochet ing book with more than 50 original designs including lace patterns shawls hoods jackets. Subscriptions 60 cents yearly with a free book, six month option at 15 cents for the combined package. Free 1897 premium list upon request. Also a求 ad seeking a permanent Broadwater County superintendent with strong letters of recommendation. Apply P Box 1632 Philadelphia Pa.
Valley Lodge No. 21 AF and AM records a brother fallen in faith and service. The lodge mourns William S White, extending sympathy to his relatives and requesting publication in The Messenger Townsend Montana February 10 1897. Committee members Julius Bers G W Girwam W DD McCormice.
Kenny N Copp, Washington DC land lawyer, revises Copp’s Prospector’s annual with a Colorado mining engineer rewriting the mineralogy section. The work covers U S mining laws locating and surveying claims forms and mining information. Price 50 cents at bookstores or from the author.
An upholstered Pullman tourist sleeping car runs weekly from St. Paul to San Francisco via the Northern Pacific and Shasta route. It departs St. Paul at 2 45 p m each Wednesday and Townsend at 8 35 a m Friday, arriving in San Francisco Monday morning. Double berth rates are 6 00 from St Paul and Minneapolis and 3 50 from Townsend. For tickets contact W H Brooking, ticket agent NP Ry Co Townsend.
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