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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
4
A. O. A. W. Townsend Lodge No. 6 will elect officers on Saturday evening June 17. The town notes a busy period with Osborns, local merchants and visitors, and various social events and notices throughout Townsend and the valley.
Miss Lulu Kelley and Fred Rapspeck, students, rode the Springs coach to their homes last Saturday morning. They plan to use their time in school to prepare for future endeavors. Mrs Hesse reported Missouri bridge water about two feet deep. A Giant Powder accident caused facial injuries from flying rock at Iron Mask. Little Miss Maggie Gillogly hosted a party with fifty children and two young ladies as hosts. Oscar Hesse built a 12 by 28 two story frame house near Bedford, now being wallpapered and painted. Martin Crahan visited friends in the valley this week.
State Superintendent of Schools E. A. Steere travels from Helena to the World's Fair with a party aboard Union Pacific special Pullman sleeping cars June 15. Stops include Salt Lake Garfield Beach Denver Manitou Colorado Springs Pike's Peak and Kansas City. Sleeper reservations advised. tickets valid to November 15. H O Wilson agent 28 N Main St Helena Montana.
Gillology and Herbers report receiving 15 000 pounds of binding twine this week. They offer Hollingsworth rakes including mowers by Deering and Self binders in widths four to seven feet. G M Jones promotes a new clothing line with competitive prices. Chas 8 Fee of the Northern Pacific Rail Co provides three folders useful for Montana and Alaska travel. A split brief notes a broncho incident involving Pat Griffin and the death of Clara Bell Woodward in Bitter Root Valley. condolences extended to the family.
Dr J L and Mrs Belcher hosted a Friday evening gathering with music dancing and light refreshments at 11 o clock The piece then extols Encyclopaedia Britannica new Standard Edition noting unified subject headings and fuller details with input from leading authorities Orders will be taken next week at the Messrs gen office or with Will Hall at the Commercial Hotel.
Fragments report F L T Hall of the LO OFF with Judge Weston at a drug store and weekly Monday meetings. Mara Teague visits sister Mrs Dan McCarthy. Suits advertised at W E Tierney Co. Editors face $125 World’s Fair cost. L B Olds, longtime Madison resident, sought for swindling $6000 and $1200, likely fled to Canada.
An advertising notice from Pacific Publishing Co calls for local agents to sell The Guide. It promises generous pay, freight on orders, and more premiums than rivals. It urges immediate response with 75 cents for a canvassing outfit.
Sarah Raymond died at the residence of John Wilson in Greenfield township at age 82. She emigrated from Yates County New York in 1882 and lived in Greenfield for over fifty years, mother of ten children with all but one surviving. Her son June Raymond served in the 111th Pennsylvania and died in 1864 from Dallas Georgia wounds. interred at Nashville National Cemetery. Surviving children named include C B Raymond T A Raymond M G Raymond Henry Raymond of Montana J Ross Raymond Mrs D R Bovee Mrs M C Lincoln and John Wilson among others.
C H Lefever announces weekly delivery of Golden Roll to patrons on Friday and Saturday at fifty cents per roll for the entire season.
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