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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1892
Page
4
The 4th of March 1892 is set aside for planting trees and beautifying public grounds. Public school teachers are urged to guide youth in practical tree planting and decorating efforts in Helena.
The Ladies Aid Society invites trusted patrons to request affordable sewing, with Mrs George Norton handling children’s clothing. John W Wade travels to Castle for business. Local ads tout M Byrnes Diamond B Tonic Cure for Rheumatism with endorsements. Berg Brothers praise Wallace’s painting. R D Miles offers wall papers and contracts. J G Pickering sells shade trees grown in Montana. Community notices cover meetings, elections, St Patrick’s Day, and upcoming Missouri Valley Canal work.
This editorial urges residents to patronize home industries to keep money circulating locally. It argues small extra costs are justified for community support, cash purchases aid stability, and extended credit helps families during emergencies, warning against reliance on distant markets and urging sustained local business backing.
Valley Temple hosts a literary entertainment and banquet with sword drills, solos, readings, and duets led by Patriarchal Circle members. A separate notice discusses county poor care contracts in March, noting wide price differences and urging adequate provision.
The Switzerland mine faces a tunnel 120 feet from the surface with two feet of rich ore and well defined lead walls. Various miners report high grade ore in multiple claims, including Uncle Ed, Two Mary's, Lost Cash, Dixon, Carey, Bass, and Eureka mines. Local notices advertise lumber, railroading, and printing services as part of regional development.
Laboring men at Butte vote to take $2 per day for work on the Montana Central spur claiming it will provide bread now and enable mining employment later. Also notes new Spring Dry Goods line in Townsend, sale of four hundred bushels of American Banner oats, and business dissolutions and notices in Placer and Townsend including partners Collins & Mann and Tim McCarthy with Jo bbs.
Union Pacific markets daily year round round trip fares to St Paul Chicago Sioux City Omaha St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Denver Pueblo and Leadville. Monthly tickets offered to Salt Lake City Colton Los Angeles and San Francisco. Notable is 62 hours Helena to San Francisco via Ogden, twenty eight hours faster than rivals. Free reclining chair cars for all ticket holders from Montana eastward. Passengers may route via Salt Lake City Denver Omaha Sioux City or Kansas City. Two solid vestibuled trains daily between Montana and the east. High altitude travel praised for health. palace sleepers free chair cars colonist sleepers and dining cars on all through trains. Tickets at 28 North Main Helena. H O WILSON freight and passenger agent.
A newspaper announces a free one year subscription to the American Farmer with advance payment for a year in advance. The offer extends to old subscribers and new alike, with samples available at the office. The American Farmer is enlarged and non political, published in Springfield and Cleveland, Ohio.
Electric Bitters is praised as a pure medicine curing liver and kidney diseases and skin conditions. The ad promises to drive malaria from the system and cure headaches digestion and fevers with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold by J R Weston’s Drug Store for 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle.
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