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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
3
A terse item from Downsend Messenger notes a March 80 1890 reference near Turrs Bay. The fragment offers little context for a full event, focusing on a dated maritime or coastal mention without clear actions or participants.
Town scene items include visits by Prof. G R McDonald and relations with I W Foster barber shop, Easter millinery openings, and court and road law updates. Notes cover deaths, court matters, school trustee race, and local civic events with multiple named residents and organizations.
A Townsend Montana Methodist congregation appeals to members and friends to fund the church benevolences. The letter promotes a special Easter offering, cites a $150 apportionment for the Townsend circuit, notes small gathered sums elsewhere, and invites all to attend next Sunday with pledges due by August first. Rev A D Raleigh will speak and music will be provided.
The family expresses gratitude to kind neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sympathy during their recent bereavement.
A cash basis business announces strict cash sales and urges price competition. The notice highlights stock from W. E. Tierney & Co and editor S A Fackler and family’s illness, promoting One Minute Cough Cure from Matthews’ Pharmacy. It also promotes Shilon’s Cure, glassware from The Berg Hardware Co, and Geyser Cream, urging visits to Matthews’ Pharmacy.
Mrs Litton and daughters Dora and Lottie visit friends in town while residents await spring garments. Mrs Don Ringleberg recovers from a week of illness. Arthur Wilson considers a trip to Southern Africa. Helena miners tour the area seeking placer diggings. Charley Easterly pursues hunting with enthusiasm. Sunday school attendance remains high as winter ends. Townsend play and ball drew many youths. The Hidden Treasure work continues with hope of finding ore. Cyrus Vincent.
Beginning March 12 1899 the Northern Pacific Railway will operate two westbound and two eastbound daily trains linking St Paul Minneapolis Duluth to Seattle Tacoma and Portland. Trains No 1 and No 3 run westward from eastern terminals and No 2 and No 4 return eastward with through dining and sleeping cars and speeds up to 75 80 mph. Also noted are service trains via Helena and Butte and special Pullman accommodations for Yellowstone Park travelers.
A Hannibal Missouri citizen credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life from typhoid pneumonia and lung failure after other treatments failed He reports rapid improvement and praises the medicine as the surest quickest cure for lung trouble with trial bottles available at Romig Bros Geyser Cream is lauded by a Montana user for healing chapped hands after three days and strong recommendations to friends
Manchester man George D Williams recounts his wife overcoming five years of paralysis with Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy with curing nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backache fainting and dizziness. A 50 cent bottle guaranteed by Romig Bros.
Mrs. S. A. Sweet of Hartford Connecticut reports dreadfully nervous condition improved by Karl's Clover Root Tea. She states it quieted nerves and strengthened her system, relieved constipation kidney and bowel trouble, and rapidly restored health. Sold by Matthews' Pharmacy.
Advertises Shilohs cough and consumption cure as a miracle for croup among children. Claims to relieve worst cases immediately with a price range of 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00, sold at Mat thews' pharmacy.
360 acres of productive farming land with all necessary implements. Well fenced and suitable for hay and grain production. Good range, ideal as a sheep ranch. Terms very reasonable. Apply to Hyatt & Dotenty, Bankers.
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