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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
3
Townspeople and guests gather for a Broadwater celebration with visits from Duck Creek and Whitehall figures. Local clergy, merchants, and movers attend, with Raderburg and Helena connections noted. a mix of social events, business updates, and community chatter across town.
Canton residents report visits from Lulu Burt of Helena and Miss Stacy Hines from Helena, while Cy Nichols bales hay for Austem Parker and A H Johnson. Johnnie Thomas flaunts a new Studebaker buggy from Berg Bros. A shooting match by R M Vaughn is set for Saturday at 2 pm for a cuckoo clock with 60 yards off hand or 100 with a rest. Townsfolk express pleasure with the Broadwater banquet and discuss plans for a Townsend Diamond telephone line to boost local enterprise.
Townsend hosts Broadwater County birth celebration with a grand reception in a transformed wagon depot venue. Governors, senators, and local leaders attend from Helena and nearby towns as hundreds enjoy tours, speeches, a banquet, and dancing into the early morning amid festive lights and banners.
City council in special session at 2 p.m. Feb 22 authorized Mayor to discuss with county commissioners a plan to divide the lower town hall into three office rooms and rent the entire building for court house use at 15 dollars per month. If the building is too small, add 15 feet and rent at 20 dollars per month. Adjourned.
Obituary notes Martin McNally aged 50 who died at the home of Peter Moryette near Canton after a three week illness. He suffered pneumonia followed by typhoid symptoms and heart failure was the immediate cause. Cousin of Mrs H Rosenbaum of Helena, McNally was well known locally and respected for his exemplary habits. The county provided for a respectable burial.
A special Chicago to Denver train chartered by Henry J. Mayham reached Denver at 3:53 am after 1,026 miles in eighteen hours and fifty three minutes. The trip shattered the previous 64 mile record and proved the Burlington line’s claimed twenty four hour speed. The journey, begun to reach his dying son, averaged over 60 mph and hit speeds over 70 mph across Illinois Iowa Nebraska and Colorado.
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