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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
5
Townsend community news covers Fred Radburn's east trip, Amelia Allen teaching her first term, M. W. Marsh becoming N. P. operator, base ball games, and travel promos. Mentions of Catholic services, mining activity, town improvements, and civic notices provide a dense snapshot of town life.
An advertisement touts Parks Cough Syrup as a universal remedy for throat and lung ailments. It claims to cure any cold swiftly and urges readers to buy one bottle from W. E. Tierney & Co.
C Barr Smith dies at his Beaver Creek home in Fergus County after a long illness. An old Montana settler who arrived in 1866 and lived along the Missouri valley for over 18 years, he was known as an upright and industrious citizen.
Advertises 1360 acres of adjacent ranches known as Barr Smith Dean Saunders and Wilkins for lease for one year or longer with contact at Montana National Bank Helena. Also notes a roan stallion branded 2 found at Shoup Creek and to be claimed by owner. A reflective editorial urges charity to tramps, arguing hard times drive begging and theft, urging aid over incarceration.
The sporting fraternity is offered all kinds of fishing tackle including poles rods reels silk lines fly hooks baskets and more at prices never seen before.
In Meagher County Montana the District Court orders all interested parties to appear on the Sunday of June 1596 at 2 PM in White Sulphur Springs to show cause why an administrator should not be granted to sell necessary portions of the real estate of Thomas Fletcher deceased. A copy must run four weeks in the Townsend Messenger.
A fragment lists jams and preserves in glass including orange marmalade and California marmalade. It notes condensed mince meat per package, French mustard per bottle, chili sauce small bottle, olive oil per bottle, and a few stray numbers and letters from the page.
Classified ad lists calicos per yard fine dress cashmeres in all colors serges per yard dress ginghams ladies summer underwear per item mens heavy cotter socks per dozen. Sale item is a miscellaneous dry goods assortment with variable pricing.
A Concord harness and collar sale lists various items with prices including collars at 38.00 and 32.00 and padding options shown in a hurried catalog fragment. The Boston team appears in the text amid product listings.
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