Townsend Messenger Report of January 20 1808
The Townsend Messenger provides a Thursday evening issue dated January 20 1808. It covers local news summaries, civic notices, and brief community updates pertinent to Townsville residents.
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
3
The Townsend Messenger provides a Thursday evening issue dated January 20 1808. It covers local news summaries, civic notices, and brief community updates pertinent to Townsville residents.
Local notes report Miss Louise Johnson ill from overwork and social hints about Townsend society couples. Skating, church services, a masquerade, and a new Townsend Silver Corner Band formation frame a busy town scene with mining, legal notices, and civic updates.
Local trade notice announces items or stock from W. E. Tierney and Company offered for sale. The listing implies a commercial sale event with potential buyers invited to inquire about the goods and terms.
A wedding ceremony for Miss Connie H West and Irving S Hawkins took place at the Commercial hotel with Rev Goulder officiating. The couple will reside on Deep Creek as friends extend best wishes. A second marriage crowned the evening in Rodersburg as Miss Mertie A Doughty wed Bismark Williams. The groom runs the Radersburg to Toston stage line and both newlyweds are praised by family and community. A New Year candy-pull at Mrs H M Young’s on Greyson Creek drew many guests enjoying candy, games, and social chatter into the night.
Citizens celebrate the new band organization in Townsend, fulfilling long held ambitions. The report notes previous attempts and marks this as a pivotal community achievement.
The writer notes scarce targets during a week of quiet wandering around town. He hopes for something of interest to turn up before the next week begins, reflecting a hint of sentimentality as he recalls his journeys.
A nostalgic Bedford scene recalls a late day stage stop and a dancer’s eve interrupted by a missing stable keeper who dies by his own hand. The piece condemns a hostile Tamman Hall hit piece as libel while defending locals and calling the column a political burlesque.
On the road east of town a lap robe is found and can be claimed by the owner with proof of property and payment. notice dated January 18 1898 from Tuos Dean Townsend Mont. Also listed, 120 One Buffalo whim as good as new 20 feet of steel cable and 2 good buck ets to be sold at a bargain. Address Axcess CaMeBox Blacksmith Radersburg Mont.
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