Townsend Messenger Schedules From Townsend to Canton and West
The Townsend Messenger lists travel times and routes to Canton and White Sulphur Springs. Vans depart Townsend at 10:00 a.m. for Canton arriving 12:15 p.m. Daily service to White Sulphur Springs leaves 7:00 a.m. and returns by day’s end. A westbound run to St. Louis via Mont. departs Bedford each Tuesday and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Eastbound runs occur on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m.
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Townsend
Canton
White Sulpher Springs
Dp. My
St. Louis
Mont
Bedford
Norther Pacific Railroad
Sa .m
Townsend items and social notes mix town news and ads
Town and Valley highlights retail offerings at W F Tierney Co and R M Vaughn's stock, announces a masquerade ball, religious services, and social gatherings. It also notes bridge construction, local trade, lamp post proposal, new barber shop, and a Justice of the Peace incident amid town progress and travel demands.
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Leithbridge
W. FE. Tierney& Company
A. M. D’arcey & Co
R. M. Vaughn
Clark
Mittie Stateler Chapel
Vaughns
R. M. Vaughn’s
Post
Townsend
New Bridge
Chas. E. Blair
Election of Officers The Duck Creek Literary Society
Residents of Duck Creek organize a literary society meeting weekly at the schoolhouse. From 16 members to 43, the group grows with lively debates and improving public speaking. Officers elected: President Charles F Harvey Vice President Samuel Rowland Secretary Ella Glenn Treasurer Maud Retz Editor T F Bateman.
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Duck Creek
Charles F. Harvey
Samuel Rowland
Ella Glenn
Maud Retz
T. F. Bateman
Charles Glenn
Columbus
Washington
Wellington Retz
T. J. Glenn
HW. J. Glenn
Chas. Henry
Parker
Frank Keene
Tinsley
Lizzie Keene
Ovnsunver
Pneumonia Claim Ends Mr Downs Life at 56
Last Sunday Mr J S Downs was transported from the Gold Dust mine with pneumonia. He died Wednesday at 8:30 am. He leaves a sister, two daughters and a son in Clinton Iowa. Doctors Gilliam and Belcher attended but could not save him. Funeral service was not held due to the minister being away. A graveside prayer was offered and hymns sung by local mourners. He was laid to rest in a foreign land among strangers.
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J. S. Downs
Downs
Clinton
Iowa
Gilliam
Belcher
Averill
Weston
Watt
Downey
DeRemer
Townsfolk and visitors send notes of travel and progress
Mr John Potter traveled from White Sulphur Springs to Townsend to catch the noon Helena train. Thomas Kenney and wife left Canton region for their mountain home. Lewis Heitman and Max Waterman returned to White Sulphur Springs. Wm Gordon will supervise Cumberland smelter construction at Castle. Visitors include Agnese Roberts Helena Allie Kanouse Geo E Boos Mehaffey Helena Journal R G Wight and Rev W A Hall. A Park road is assured with eleven hundred dollars raised and a citizens committee of Hyatt Berg and Tierney chosen to oversee the project.
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John Potter
First National Bank
White Sulphur Springs
Townsend
Helena
Thomas Kenney
Sheep Creek
Canton
Lewis Heitman
Max Waterman
Wm. B. Gordon
Castle
Ife
Cumberland
Messexcen
Agnese Roberts
Allie Kanouse
Geo. E. Boos
Mehaffey
Helena Journal, R. G. Wight, of White Sulphar
W. A. Hall
Bozeman
Messrs. Boose and
McHaffey
Helena Journal
H. 8
Incorporation and town notes from the Northwest region
The Livingston Enterprise reports farmers plowing in the upper Yellowstone valley and the Park county jail to be lit by electricity. Frank Hall, a porter in a Livingston liquor house, is jailed for thirty days on larceny charges. The Castle schoolhouse gains seating of latest design. Northern Pacific issues a shipper guide listing offices. A Barker newspaper publisher is incorporated with $50,000 capital. Justice Fleischer in Helena rules contracts with disreputable women void. Butte reports a surplus of about $2,000. Three men arrested for lumber theft in Livingston. Butte Public Library to be incorporated. A Missoula bartender pays a $10 fine for selling liquor to boys. A bronco injures a man near Livingston. Great Falls dam shows a 46 foot fall. limited power used by Boston and Montana. Four hundred houses planned for Smelting Plant workers. T. E. Collins discusses a Milk River valley irrigation scheme via St Marys Lakes. Grantedale gang robs a store for six months totaling $500 to $1,000. A homicide in Townsend under investigation and a coroner’s inquest records the death of Thomas Ward. Townsend school reports and local meeting notices follow.
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Townsend
Duck Creek
Castle Stage Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Whipple
Northern Pacific
R. R. Richardson
Townsend House
An & Cos
Livingston
Yellowstone Valley
Park County
Frank Hall
Castle
Northern Pacific Xpress Company
Barker
Justice Fleischer
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Boston
Montana
T. E. Collins
Milk River
St. Mary's Lakes
Rockies
Grantedale
Gil
Dastardly Murder Near Toston On Northern Pacific Track
A man named Thomas Ward was found dead beside the Northern Pacific track about three miles north of Toston. He had been seen in town after paying for board and quarrelled with a hotel keeper earlier that night. The jury could not determine the source of the fatal injuries, suggesting a blunt bolt may have caused the wound.
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Northern Pacific
Toston
Ile
Townsend
Drs. Belcher
Gibham
Thomas Ward
Bourne
Morrison
Railroad seeks odd numbered sections of Pallayup Reserve
Northern Pacific plans to claim the odd numbered sections of the Pallayup Indian reservation in Washington after a land grant confirmation. The 18 000 acre tract near Tacoma is valued at about 2 000 000 dollars. If upheld the titles of 200 Indian families granted land in severalty would be void.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Congress
Pallayup
Washington
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Global figures and oddities in a bustling year
Tur Rothschilds open another free hospital in Frankfurt. Glapstoxr continues tree felling in his park. The Turkish sultan’s rule shows humanity with only one empire execution in seven years. Count Ivo is appointed president of the house of peers opened by the Emperor. Cannix saves barber hair for relics at 80 per lock. Patsee Kinsyasowo tours Berlin with Japanese entourage for studies. Cuan the Chinese giant becomes a naturalized British subject living in Bournemouth. The Duke of Orleans becomes an avid amateur photographer with many Niagara Falls views.
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Tur Rothschilds
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Glapsttoxr
Tur
Turkey
Count Ivo
House of Peers
Cannix
Newman
Patsee Kinsyasowo
Berlin
Mikado
Japan
Cuan
Bournemouth
England
America
Duck
Orleans
N Falls
Strikes in China End With Shortened Workday Return
The Klangnan arsenal faced a strike over a proposed nine hour day, opposing the long standing eight hour rule. After initial standoff the workers yielded, and the extra hour was dropped, restoring normal output within half a day.
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China
London Times
Great Arsenal
Klangnan
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Lerarr
North Main Street
C. W. Pitts
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G. P
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Alex. C. Carson
Broadway, Townsend, Mont
A. M. D'Arcey & CO
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