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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1892
Page
2
The notice lists candidates on the National and Democratic state tickets with President Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson as national figures. It announces editorial details and publication facts for the Townsend weekly newspaper dated Friday morning November 4, 19025.
Menegher County announces its Democratic ticket headed by Senator E L Murpiy of Neihart with Representatives W E Tierney Townsend and W H Sutherlin White Sulphur Springs. Other posts include Sheriff James O Mara White Sulphur Springs, County Clerk A W Hlieber Diamond City, Clerk of District Court George Walwork White Sulphur Springs, Assessor J J Hennessy White, County Attorney Powell Black White Sulphur Springs, Treasurer J C Tipton White, Public Administrator Dr J L Bulcher Townsend, Coroner Dr McKay White Sulphur Springs, Supt of Schools Mrs L A Laker Musselshell, and County Commissioners Wm Turner Neihart, J B Kelley Castle, W D McCormack Missouri Valley.
The ticket lists Sheriff Dudley Halford Assessor Alex Gilliam County Attorney M H Parker Clerk District Court J G Rickert Clerk and Recorder Eugene Picot Treasurer Edward MacSorley Superintendent of Schools Miss Edda Lowrey Coroner Dr W C Riddel Surveyor R M Cralle Representatives Ben Wahle J W Cowens and 8 F Tuttle County Commissioners Dr A L Vawter John F Sheehy John Flaherty.
The notice urges voters to support W E Tierney and W I Soatherlin for legislature, J J Hennessy for assessor, Dr Belcher for Public Administrator, W Tierney W D McCormack and J Kelly for Board of Commissioners, James O Marr for Sheriff, E L Murphy for Senator, and a Democrat successor to Sanders, with emphasis on honesty and competence.
A reader asks if a Meagher County voter believes county lands were illegally spent. The letter endorses A. W. Schreiber for Granty Clerk and Recorder, arguing the County Clerk's knowledge and party control imply accountability. The author asserts fraud charges require election of Schreiber to prove or disprove the claim.
A Kansas man who joined the People’s Party withdraws, saying the group is run by lawyers without clients doctors without patients and other professionals without their usual roles. He notes that lawyers with clients and farmers with farms would never have time to start a party based on action.
A Meagher county appeal urges voters to back J. C. Tipton for treasurer amid attacks on Henry N. Blake and the Republican party. It cites past constitutional convention members T E Collins W W Dixon W Y Pemberton and J E Richards and argues for laborers to oppose Richards and uphold eight hour and convict labor reforms.
The dispute over moving the territorial capital from Virginia City to Helena exposes sectional jealousy on the west side. Eighteen years ago editors supported relocation but most west siders favored keeping the seat amid envy of Helena. The piece argues the public would not be harmed to gratify few.
Advocates argue Helena’s central location justified in housing the State Capital and United States Assay office. The piece asserts accessibility and regional benefit, claiming no strong reasons exist to move the capital, given Helena’s historic business center status and the needs of the wider population.
The article projects a favorable outlook for the Democratic ticket in the county. It notes broad discontent with Republican rule and suggests that only a large shift to Democrats could yield control of Congress and the presidency, while third parties pose no real chance.
Charles Hartman the Republican nominee for Congress is an attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad. In accepting the ticket he called interests of the people and the railroad antagonistic and refused to forsake the road for the people. He wears a corporate collar.
A dialogue fragment features Miss Tirzah and Mr Profundis as they yearn for a retreat from crowded life. The exchange expresses a desire to escape daily toil and find silent, solitary nature away from the world’s bustle. Detroit Free Press mentions the scene.
The Great Divide reports Yellowstone National Park hosts about four hundred buffaloes, with Burgess counting herds in Hayden Valley. He estimates a breeding stock of fifty to seventy cows and a calf crop of seventy five to one hundred, indicating a stable, naturally protected buffalo population.
Smithsonian expert Dr. Steineger notes marine snakes from Madagascar to New Zealand are highly poisonous and aggressive, living in open sea rather than shallows. Giant squid myths mix with sea serpent lore as veritable creatures reach massive lengths with large fangs and powerful tentacles.
A San Diego correspondent of the New York Tribune recounts three prospectors dying near abundant water in the Colorado desert region of San Diego County after misjudging water needs. The piece describes desert hazards, thirst symptoms, and historic thirst deaths, noting sandstorms, dry water holes, and water transport practices for desert travel.
Dr. Crawford of the United States Fish Commission tells Philadelphia Press that within two years a boneless shad may be produced by cross breeding shad with the flounder and a jellyfish from Japan. Initial results show a reduction in bones and promise for seaboard demand.
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A San Francisco woman owns a moire silk fragment once worn by Miss Laura Keene in Ford’s Theatre during Our American Cousin on April 14 1865. Bloodstains from the Lincoln assassination era were cut from the dress and later given to Mrs. Joseph W. De Lano.
The Atlantic Transport Company steamer Montana, en route from Swaneea to Philadelphia, was saved in fog by an echo. The captain deduced the sound came from an iceberg, not cliffs, and steered to avoid a collision. Moments later the ship narrowly cleared a floating ice island.
A Leader since its introduction Electric Bitters gains favor as the best pure medicinal tonic for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It cures sick headache indigestion and constipation and claims to drive malaria from the system with satisfaction guaranteed and money refunded. Price 50 cents.
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