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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1891
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger lists advertising rates on application and notes its post office registration as second class matter. It is published every Friday morning with J. C. Keaney as editor and proprietor, dated Friday morning January 2, 1891.
Mrs T McCarthy hosted a New Year dinner and later an afternoon tea assisted by Miss Mamie Driscol with several ladies in attendance. Mr Joseph Wine and family joined Mr C E Blair for a turkey feast on New Year’s Day. Mrs J E Knouse entertained guests from Mountain Glen Helena and Deep Creek while Mrs Belcher and Mrs Kanouse hosted their male friends with several assistants.
Mrs. Collins of Council Bluffs Iowa mother of Mrs. J Wilkinson arrived yesterday. Ben Towneley late Radersburg resident dined January 2 at Townsend House. John D Ripley and wife of Radersburg suppered there Wednesday. W C Daniels of Confederate Gulch called at Messencer office Friday. C E McKain appointed mail clerk on the Butte Chinook route and expected to hold the job as long as Harrison.
The New Year's night dance at Tierneys Hall drew a large crowd and lively spirits. Carpenter Brothers provided music praised by all, with George Carpenter prominent in prompting. Notable attendees from abroad included Moran and Durnen pairs, Burch, Roberts, Wilkinson, and more. A separate note reports Townsend businessmen reviewing a wagon road to the Park District, with delays over Mr Murray's reservoir issue, and a brief update on L R McGougan’s leg injury from a St Louis sidling ground fall.
In Memoriam from Creek Missouri Valley dated Dec 29 1900 notes the coming of death during Friday and Saturday last week as the chill shadow of the reaper Time entered the home and touched the community with loss.
Viola Johnson and her two younger sisters died within days of each other, aged 16 and under seven, after a family bereavement. The community gathered for Sunday interments, and the parents expressed grief and faith, while a friend’s tribute urged trust in divine will and hope of reunion.
The Michigan Supreme Court affirms the graded rail fare act for road companies earning over three thousand dollars per mile while limiting higher earnings to two to three cents per mile with special provisions for the upper peninsula. It also declares the 89 legislature's cumulative voting law unconstitutional in districts with multiple representatives.
An old Illinois farmer fosse select partisan zeal after Joe Cannon's defeat. He plans to move but changes mind, realizing no place to relocate. The note ends with a quip about hog rates in a railroad bulletin.
Helena furniture dealer Whitehead faces attachment by the sheriff. Pioneer Wesley Alexander dies in Dakota. Missoula bookseller J D Murray assigns with liabilities of 10000. Butte burglars loot Gans Klein’s Christmas night. Unionville family survives windstorm and fire aftermath. Bantman notes dangerous Christmas tree.
A young wife pleads with a family physician to persuade her husband Algie to insure life for 20000 as his health falters. Also reports a major counterfeit silver dollar conspiracy with 19 arrests in New York and Pittsburgh, plus a cholera scare among chinch bugs and advice on building a family ice house with double walls and sawdust insulation.
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar quotes a speaker lamenting lost hope and love. The dialogue contrasts heartbreak with a failed marriage proposal as the woman becomes engaged to another man. The piece reflects social mores and gender roles in vintage period commentary.
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