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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1895
Page
1
An appalling calamity shrouds Butte as the city mourns. Details on the tragedy are sparse but reverberate through the community. Local officials urge calm and promise full disclosure as investigators assess the scene.
A massive blaze at the Montana Central depot sparked by giant powder exploded at the Kenyon Connell Warehouse on January 14. Firefighters battled the fire as multiple blasts sent bodies and fragments soaring. 49 identified and many others missing or decimated. Authorities promise criminal action and full investigation.
The Canton Clatter reports a large turnout from Townsend for a Canton dance praised as the best in years. It notes John Daly leaving for St Louis to pursue claims, a house raising by Mr Hines, grain shipment by Peter Morgatt, hack horses sought by George Wakefield, a birth to James Doggett’s wife, and local social antics including a dead goose joke and a mention of Pan lorg tonight.
A Broadwater County movement argues for forming a new county from the Missouri and Crow Creek valleys. They cite population, wealth, and resources, claim old counties would benefit from segregation, and announce a Broadwater County Club meeting at the Townsend house with local business notices and promotions.
Notice states an election on Saturday February 23 1895 at Charles A Baliwin s office Town Send Meagher County Montana to elect one mayor and six aldermen to govern the incorporation until the next general election County Clerk W Haut records the notice The I C O F installed officers for their term ending January 31 1895 including T N Averill N G W P McCormick W G G Watt Secretary J C Stuart Treasurer J L Belcher District deputy G M
Regular meetings of Townsend Lodge No 6 are on the set Saturdays each month at Masonic Hall Broadway Townsend. Sojourning brethren are invited to attend. Signed by MW W. Whipple W. C. Whaley, Recorder, T. N. Averill, Financer.
A veteran of the First Maryland Volunteers recommends Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for permanent relief from chronic diarrhea suffered during service. He praises the remedy as safe with no bad effects and urges fellow soldiers to try it. sale by Weston & Spriggs in Halsy Oregon.
Isaac McGonigal sues Sarah E McGonigal in Meagher County Montana by summons for dissolution of marriage. Defendant must answer within ten days if service within county or twenty within district if served outside. forty days otherwise. Case notes desertion since February 1891. Filed January 16 1895 with Clerk B W Badger and attorney Chas H Baldwin. First publication January 5 1895.
C A Wilder op Dentist and lodge notes announce meetings every Monday at 7 Hall of the LO near Judge Weston's drug store. Sojourning brethren are invited to attend, with W C Whaley named as a veteran member.
A rough public memo estimates the financial impact of creating a new Broadwater County from Meagher and Jefferson counties. It covers assessed valuations, bonded indebtedness, and projected annual expenses including court, jail, salaries, roads, heat, lights, and taxes. It concludes the new county would start with about 110000 in indebtedness and levy roughly 8 to 14 mills, with state and school taxes added.
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