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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1892
Page
1
Townsend Montana appears in a fragmentary business directory listing several trades. Entries include B4ULE Savings Bank on Main Street blacksmithing firms BMLO LY & Herders and W. K. WeKnight Jdncksmiths plus lumber dealers wrUakT & Patches selling shingles.
The judge of the Sixth Judicial District covering Park and Meagher counties set court terms on December 28. In Park County sessions occur the second Monday in January the second Monday in April the second Monday in June and the second Monday in November. In Meagher County terms fall on the fourth Monday in April the second Monday in May the first Monday in September and the fourth Saturday at J B Wilsons Sharpsburg Pa. Dr King s New Discovery touted for consumption coughs and colds with testimonials from J R Weston s drug store. Electric Bitters advertised as a health tonic claiming to improve liver stomach and kidney issues and skin troubles. A M E Church listings show services Sundays at 7 50 and socials Thursdays at 8 with Sabbath school at 2. Public invited to attend all services.
Regular meetings of Valley Temple No 1 P C are held in Townsend on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays for meetings and on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays for drill. Members in good standing are invited to attend. Specimen cases praise Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with several cures cited. Trial bottles are free at J N Weston’s drug store.
The piece discusses collectors like John Sinelar and a belief that quail existed in Montana before gold rush settlers. It notes shipments by Dan Flowerre and others in the early 1870s, recalls belts and valleys between the Bitterroot and Belt ranges, and seeks verification from Granville Soa and Judge Frank Wey about preexisting wildlife presence.
A branch mail office is established at the Northern Pacific depot to provide Helena residents in that district with mail facilities equal to those in other parts of the city. The move aims to improve service that has been delayed for years.
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