Townsman notes and social updates from March 11 1892
Local and personal items report sewing work offers at Mrs. George Norton and a Diamond Tonic ad praised by experts. John W. Wade travels to Castle on professional business. Townsfolk discuss grippe cases, new mail trains, Arbor Day plans, butter quality, and local politics with hints of potential state ticket races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aid Society
George Norton
John W. Wade
Castle
M. Byrnes
G. C. Swallow
Henry Herbers
Townsend
Helena
Jim Perkins
Jim Farrow
St. Louis
E. H. Goodman
Jefferson County
Henry Raymond
Bedford
Stevens Point Wisconsin Central Hub of Lumber Trade
Stevens Point sits on the Wisconsin Central Lines at the gateway to a vast northern forest region. The Wisconsin River, nicknamed Old Wisconsin by loggers, powers mills and feeds thousands of acres of pine, supporting millions of feet of lumber annually and hundreds of jobs. The city hosts diverse manufactories and the Wisconsin Central car shops, with ticket and map information available from G F McNeill in Minneapolis or James C Pond in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Lake Superior
Wisconsin River
Wisconsin
Neenab
Menasha
Central
Wisconsin Central Lines
G. F. McNeill
Minneapolis
Minnesota
James C. Pond
Chicago
Accident Not Serious on White Sulphur and Castle Line
Mrs Swift and her young daughter were thrown from a carriage of Jobb and McDonald near Townsend after the team veered into a ditch. The child was unhurt and the mother soon regained consciousness. Dr Belcher treated Mrs Swift, and she recovered from the shock enough by Monday to return home. No damage to horses, harness, or carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond
Will McKnight
McRea
Thomas Swift
Garnett
Bigelow
Charles H. Badwin
Castle Tribune
Stuart
Castle Mail
Berney
Northern Pacific Railroad
Townsend
Vagrants Punished Under Montana Vagrancy Law
A local editorial argues for strict enforcement of Montana vagrancy laws against idle and dissolute persons. It urges 30 days for first offenses and up to 90 days for repeats, with work assignment on streets and even ball and chain as deterrents to curb begging and nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Summit Mine Produces Two Cars of High Grade Ore Weekly
The Summit mine in Dogtown District ships two car loads weekly to Kansas City averaging eighty four ounces of silver per ton and sixty five percent lead. Owner interests include Hartford CT based stockholders. development aims to install a 40 HP hoist and Burleigh drill. The shaft reaches 320 feet with stoping at 300 feet. cross cuts at 200 250 feet reveal a 16 to 24 foot vein width, widening to 35 feet at 300 feet. no water encountered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Pierce
Summit
Dogtown
Townsend
Kansas City
Pierce
Hartford
Connecticut
Montana
T. Greene
O. T. H. Allen
A. E
Jones
Helena
J. W. Provard
County official pleads guilty to charge in grand jury case
Lewis and Clark County commissioners told Public Administrator F W Ellis a resignation would be accepted after a grand jury indicted him on three charges. He pleaded guilty to one, paid a light fine, the other charges were quashed, and the court may still oust him though he resists resigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clark County
F. W. Ellis
Buckwheat Cakes and a New Baking Method
The article contrasts old overnight buckwheat cake making with yeast fermentation producing indigestible byproducts. It introduces a new method using Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder to bake hot cakes in 12 minutes, claiming lighter texture and suitability for dyspeptics. It notes the powder contains egg whites and implies superiority over traditional leavening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
Dr. Prices
Butte Laborers Accept Two Dollar Daily Wages
Laboring men in Butte vote to work at two dollars per day for the Montana Central spur project claiming it will feed families and spur mine employment as idle men seek work. The notice includes several local ads and business notices from Townsend and Placer Montana with oats for sale and partnerships dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Placer, Mont
J.W. Collins
FE. G. Mann
Collins & Mann
Tim McCarthy
Tim McCartiy
James Job
Electric Bitters boast and guarantees sell at Weston’s
This advertise touts Electric Bitters as a pure medicine claiming to cure liver and kidney diseases remove pimples boils and salt rheum purify blood drive malaria and prevent malarial fevers with a money back guarantee. It promotes prices of 50 cents and one dollar per bottle at J R Weston’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Weston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pridly Morking
Lower Broadway
Salvation Army Sisters
Fred Bubser
Charley Kanouse
Kanouse Ranch
Mr. Watt
Prof. Walters
Col
Dick Richardson
Lloyd’s Ranch
Walter
W. E. Tierney
County Coital
Tierney
Charles F. Hubbart
Charley
Charles H. Baldwin
A. E. Spriggs
J. E. Fickle
Messrs. Banta & Clark
Vulcan
Boulder
Park District
Comer
Switzerland
Park
Saint Louis
Ile
G- M. Jones
the Wonderful American Banner
Beaver Creek
R. R
Placer
Mont
George Beatty
Bk. G. Mann
Placer, Montana
J. W. Schaaf
McCarthy & Jobb
A. C. Carson
West Main Street
James
Brewer
Union Pacific System
St. Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Denver
Pueblo
Leadville
Salt Lake City
Utah
Colton
Los Angeles
San Francisco
California
Ogden
North Main St
N. O. Wilson
Springfield
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Americas Fanmen
Electric Bitter
R. M Vaughn
Townsend, Mont
General Variety
Orthern
Pacific
R.R
Passea
North Dakota
Manitoba
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Winnipeg
Helena Butte
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Pullman
Chicago St. Paul
Pacific Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Northern Pacific R. A
Alaska
States
Northern Pacific KR. K
Fast
United States
Canada
Evr Qi
Oes
Helena, Mont
Kates
Whipple
Gichere Pacific
Chas. S. Fee
St Paul
Salt Lake
Tribune
Western Slope
Intermountain
Beat
San
the Tribune
Sact Lane
Cory
Uran
M. D'Arcey & CO
Meagher Cousty
M.D
Webster
Russia
Adress
Janes W. Pinales
Cedar Street
New York
Mt. Carroll, Il
Mt. Carroll Seminary
Miesiasippi
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Mowat Carroll Seminary
Ita Conservatory
Northwest
Oread
Tudent
Capense
Maste
Art
Merle
Heyer
Lee Institution
Sion Tee Mu
Ees
A. M. D'Arcy & CO
A. M.dyarcy & CO
Upper Broadway
McCartity
Joun Glass
Broadway, Townsend, Mont
J. F. Walter
Staffords Old
Scientific American Agency For
Rweeree
Munn & CO
Olfest Bureau
Scientific American
Berg Bros
Thomas McCormick
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