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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1892
Page
4
Townsend Messenger reports on sewing solicitations from the Ladies Aid Society and orders with Berg Bros. News notes include horse sales, hog farming opinions, a missing mare recovered, new livery arrangements, stage fares, social gatherings, mining figures, revival meetings, local incidents, business moves, and coal delivery updates from Berg Bros.
A piece of dry cottonwood shows a worm boring a ten inch long hollow through the heart of the pole. The insect rolled green alder leaves into compact half inch thick segments as food storage for larvae. One larva hatched and began consuming its house within days, prompting curiosity and calls for others who have seen the creature.
BELG BROS and the Helena Commercial Club contract engineer W A Haven to survey a Helena to White Sulphur Springs and Castle railroad route. If feasible at moderate cost the club may sell rights to builders, hoping a through line could boost Montana's links and attract capital. J W Provard, a mining man, spent the Sabbath in Townsend.
Reports describe the Bald Eagle mine three miles above St Louis with a shaft of twenty feet and a tunnel at 125 feet depth, rich gold ore hit in the tunnel, lease at one year and bond of $20,000. Also notes on the Magpie mine with a 22 inch ore body valued at $100 per ton, the Mountain Key run by Messia Farrow Johnson, Buckeye shaft to 100 feet, Gold Post reorganization pending, and Hard Cash Mill and mine expected to operate soon.
Stevens Point sits at the gateway to a vast forest region extending 200 miles to Lake Superior. The Wisconsin River, nicknamed Old Wisconsin by lumbermen, powers mills and fuels pine exports. The city hosts large lumber operations along with multiple manufactories and Wisconsin Central Lines car shops. For tickets and info, contact G. F. McNeill in Minneapolis or James C. Pond in Chicago.
Miss Josie Wilkinson departed Townsend on February 25 to reside with grandparents in Los Angeles and attend school. She has been a Townsend resident for about two years and is said to have many friends there. A group of local youths attended an ice cream party at Mr George Dean’s on Sunday February 31.
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is praised for making hot buckwheat Indian or wheat cakes hot biscuits doughnuts waffles or muffins with no fermentation. It uses pure cream of tartar ensuring a neutral result that preserves natural flavors and yields consistently light sweet-tasting baked goods.
Valley Temple No 1 expresses sympathy to Sir Knight Patriarch J E Pickle and family after the death of his wife Mrs J E Pickle on February 1 1892. The resolutions honor her as a virtuous Christian wife and mother and direct copies be sent to the bereaved husband. Committee members Chas HR Baldwin H Brisbin L 8 Pollard.
Ranch sale offering about four hundred bushels of American Banner oats that mature early and yield high. Located on Beaver Creek, Montana in 1801 with an average of 46 pounds per bushel. Priced at 2 cents per pound cash at ranch or delivered to Placer railroad depot.
Union Pacific offers daily year round round trip tickets to St. Paul Chicago Sioux City Omaha St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Denver Pueblo Leadville and to Salt Lake City Colton Los Angeles San Francisco on the fifteenth of each month. Helena to San Francisco takes sixty two hours via Ogden, twenty eight hours faster than other routes. Free reclining chair cars available on Montana to east tickets. Passengers may choose eastward routes via Salt Lake City Denver Omaha Sioux City or Kansas City. Two solid vestibuled trains each way daily between Montana and the east. The line boasts high dry altitude and luxury palaces dining and sleeper cars. Tickets at No 28 North Main St Helena. Ii O Wilson Freight and Passenger Agent.
Advert says Electric Bitters cure liver and kidney diseases and purify blood. Claims include removing pimples boils salt rheum malaria headaches consumption and indigestion. Promoted at J R Westens Drug Store with money back guarantee and price one dollar per bottle.
The partnership Collins and Mann doing business as Collins & Mann in Placer Mont dissolved on October 21 1901 with the undersigned withdrawing. K G Mann Macer Montane Feb 16 1802.
Lost Bay filly three years old with white lip and one or two white feet. Branded on left shoulder. Reward five dollars for return. J W Scharp Townsend Montana February 19 1892. Also Berg Bros advertise bulk tin canisters sale 1000 pounds at one cent per pound down from 75 cents. They promise cash bargains across goods in Montana. Notice of dissolution Tim McCarthy and James Job dissolving partnership with McCarthy to continue business at old stand. McCarthy thanks Townsend for liberal patronage and pledges continued service. Townsend Montana January 19 1892.
A call for clear, concise language discourages verbose jargon and overblown rhetoric. It urges straightforward remarks about the Wisconsin Central Lines and its role as a preferred through route from St Paul and Minneapolis to Milwaukee Chicago and beyond.
Mt Carroll Seminary presents collegiate and preparatory courses with a vocal and instrumental conservatory. Tuition free for one teacher per county. extensive arts opportunities and preparations for college. fall winter and spring terms with varying rates and board inclusive.
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