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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1892
Page
4
A mining decision requires notice of mineral patent applications be published in the newspaper issuing nearest the claim. Mines in Beaver Creek Park St Louis Rodersburg and parts of Dogtown must be advertised in Massexeer. Unauthorized ads risk loss of time and money for mine owners.
Townspeople plan a public Fourth celebration with singing orations, horse racing, and bonfires at night. Leap Year women may rest, while farmers are urged to own Racine fanning mills. Hotel Grandpn opens in Melena with cleanup details.
Capt J W Stafford laments in a Missexpress letter that Col C A Broadwater's remains were not buried near the Broadwater Hotel. A monument to his life could be erected, and Helena residents are urged to act promptly. pioneers and friends will respond generously.
An old shaft near Tumacacori church ruins, Tubac, has been found by James Fisher and two Nogales Mexicans. The ten by twelve foot excavation shows drill marks and appears filled to twelve feet below surface. Tradition says the Jesuits and Indians found a rich mine and hid it from Apache attacks, while a later note recalls a prize problem and an offer from The Canadian Queen for readers who answer correctly.
Local ads boast low shoe prices from G M Jones in Montana with men’s and children’s footwear. Community notes include a theater appearance by Orson Clifford and a festival raising funds, church services by Rev Ratens and Bishop Brewer, a town rest period before Townsend’s celebration, and new goods arrivals in Townsend Montana.
Delegates and alternates were selected at last Saturdays primary to represent Townsend in the County Convention tomorrow. Delegates include H S Hyatt, James Jobb, W B Tierney, J C Kerley, W D McCormick, a Vv Cooper. Alternates are Fred Bubser, J L Belcher, Owen Gillogly, William McKnight, John McDermott, R M Vaogha.
Fragmented prose notes a cautionary line about drinks and a soda fountain ad from Madison Indiana. It mentions Miss Mate Wyland recovering enough to be seen on the streets and references Bennett Pros Co of Butte Montana promoting machinery including binders and mowers. An implied sales push invites inquiries to Bennett Bree Co and Townsend agents for machinery and vehicles.
Eldridge Manufacturing Company markets Bay sewing machines as leaders in reliability and performance. The firm emphasizes durable builds and steady operation praised by buyers in early press reviews.
Executor of the estate of Mark Shelley will sell at public auction at the Shelley Ranch on Deep Creek Meagher County Montana on the Mth of June 1892. Personal property includes five work horse herd two four year unbroken horses six one year unbroken horses three two year unbroken horses one yearling colt three cows seven head of range cattle one Woods Reaper and Kinder one mower one hay rake one hay press household furniture three wagons water wheel turbine terms cash in hand. Additional items include miscellaneous notices and travel advertisements from the period.
A Groton woman writes that four doctors gave her up with consumption after a severe cold and cough. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Cough and Colds, saying eight bottles cured her and she is now well. Trial bottles free at J N Weston’s drug store with regular sizes 50c and 1.
The round Silver Plume area in Clear Creek County Colorado hosts the world’s highest grade mining camp with many paying mines. Over the past twenty years the ore value averaged about 9900 dollars per ton and the camp has produced around 2 million dollars annually for several years.
Advert says Electric Bitters are a purer medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases, clears skin problems, drives malaria from the system, and treats headaches, consumption, and indigestion. It guarantees satisfaction or refunds. Sold at J. R. Weston’s Drug Store for 50 cents or 1 dollar.
A vintage advertisement claims over a million users found a friend in Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It promises remarkable throat chest and lung relief with a trial bottle offered at J Weston’s Drug Store and large bottles priced at 64.40.
The Townsend club holds meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 3 p m in the M B E Church. President Mrs E H Goodman recording and corresponding fortress Feoy Mas J Basowssx serves as treasurer.
An ad requests readers to send 59 cents for a four hundred page advance guide to the World’s Columbian Exposition with engravings, portraits, a map, and rules for exhibitors. It then highlights Stevens Point as a lumber hub on the Wisconsin Central Line with vast pine forests, water power, numerous manufactories, and car shops, offering information through G F McNeill in Minneapolis or James C. Pond in Chicago.
J B Wilson of Sharpsburg says Dr King's New Discovery cured his wife of a near pneumonia after La Grippe and other remedies failed. Robert Tarber of Cooksport praises it for lung trouble. Free trial bottles at J R Weeton's Drug Store. Large bottles 60c and 1.00.
An IL chapter held a weekly meeting Mondays with visiting brethren invited. A. E. Spriggs served as NG, H. A. Mires as secretary, discussing the drug estate with Judge Weston as the focal point.
In this fragment a passage references passenger and general carrier rates and maps. It mentions Northern Pacific and a timetable style notation with times such as 1155 pm and 222 pm. It reflects a historical tariff or schedule notice for travel conditions and agent contact.
An illustrated self pronouncing young people's Bible is offered with 700 pages and many full page colored plates. Agents wanted nationwide with high commissions and pre paid freight. Also promotions for the American Farmer offer and real estate notes near town. Electric Bitters praised as a tonic for stomach liver and kidneys with guarantee and refund.
The Mount Carroll Seminary outlines offerings including collegiate and preparatory courses, a conservatory with piano and organ, and free tuition for teachers from each Northwest county. It notes strict discipline, pecuniary aid, and discounts for daughters of clergymen and missionaries, with detailed term prices and payment terms.
A farm and home agricultural journal the American Farmer is offered free for a year with a subscription to the Townsherty Weekly News. The American Farmer has enlarged features and is non political. Free subscriptions are available to old subscribers paying a year in advance and to new subscribers paying in advance. Sample copies available at the office.
The advertisement promises a money back guarantee if the Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds fails after fair trial. It offers a free trial bottle at J R Weston s drug store with a large size price of 61.08.
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