Townsend Messenger March 4 97 Briefs
Local newspaper page notes community notices and short items for Townsend. Read as a compact record of events and public matters from the town on a Thursday evening edition.
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
3
Local newspaper page notes community notices and short items for Townsend. Read as a compact record of events and public matters from the town on a Thursday evening edition.
Local items report Will Hanks visiting, David Williams from Crow Creek visiting, and Henry Heneberg ill at home. George Flecker to run Winston restaurant. births, marriages, hires, and travels updated including Poindexter bonds audit and sheriff changes. Mining news, electricity claim debate, and upcoming events wrap the town chatter with numerous named residents and local firms.
Crow Creek district youths organize a St Patrick’s Day party on the 17th at Radersburg hall to raise funds for the school barn balance and to buy hanging lamps and furnishings. The event is led by David Williams, John Dougherty and William Sherlock to ensure success.
County officers start work with limited setup as commissioners prepare to convene. The Court of Clerk Lambert issued the first marriage license in the new county to R K F Doggett of Winston and Miss Jennie Zimmerman of Aadersburg. The board focuses on organization and has acquired the Allen property for court and office use, with full proceedings promised next week.
A Montana bulletin reviews Meagher county politics with Attorney General Nolan on Thompson's eligibility after Broadwater county creation. It also summarizes USGS Castle district geology describing intrusive granite, surrounding sedimentaries, heat alteration, and eroded volcanic features with map visuals for mining engineers.
The column details monograph notices by Weed and Pirson on Montana geology, mine developments at Diamond Hill and Champion mills, ore findings at Silver Wave and Mayflower tunnels, Hassel House and town events, a fire at Warren residence, civic talks on incorporation, and local personalities like W C Eversole and Harvey Halloway.
The poem invites the Muses to Townsend Montana as poetic influence flourishes around town. It invokes Euterpe Terpsichére and Urania praising local scenes, schools, and nature with lines about mountains, snows, zephyrs, and poetry rising from daily life. C A Mvaeny Townsend Montana signs the piece.
The Home magazine announces a 64 page Knitting and Crochet ing book with over 50 original designs and lace patterns, offered with a yearly subscription. A six month trial includes a copy of the book, and a combined six month subscription plus book costs 15 cents. Also seeking a permanent Broadwater County superintendent with strong letters of recommendation.
A weekly upholstered Pailman tourist sleeping car runs St Paul to San Francisco via the Northern Pacific and Shasta route. It departs St Paul at 2 45 p m every Wednesday and Townsend at 8 35 a m Friday arriving San Francisco Monday morning. Double berth rates are 6 00 dollars from St Paul and Minneapolis and 3 50 dollars from Townsend. Tickets and reservations through W H Brooking NP Ry Co Townsend.
The Burlington Route advertises inexpensive fast service to Kansas City and St. Louis from Billings and via Union Depot connections. Ten hours faster and over two hundred miles shorter than competing lines. Through sleepers and reclining chair cars available from Billings. Compartment sleepers not on St Paul Chicago trains. Tickets and timetables at local offices. H F Reper Helena Montana and W W Jonxatox Billings Montana.
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