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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
3
Local ad offering deep discounts on groceries and hardware items. K C Baking Powder 25 oz for 25 cts, 15 oz for 15 cts. Jersey sweet potatoes 5 cts per lb. cranberries 2 qts 25 cts. Apples, blankets 70 cts, men's woolen overshirts soon. Towels 10 cts each. New dishware, heating stoves, coal, and blacksmith wares advertised.
Fraternal groups announce gatherings at Judge Weston’s Drug Store location. Rocky Fork Col F L T Hall and A F and A M invite sojourning and visiting brethren to attend on Mondays and fourth Saturdays respectively. Secretaries J W Rearpos and G Gilliam sign, with W M Spriggs.
Local notices list tobacco cigars at Matthews Pharmacy and Parks Tea promotions, a new night clerk at Townsend House, Halloween pranks, ministerial events, and a string of community updates. Reads like a bustling small town column with brief events, shop ads, and personal notices.
Alexander Rothenstein aided by Judge G W Jackson organized the Order of Pendo in Townsend recently with 17 charter members. The group offers mutual aid for health and misfortune, detailing coverage from illness to accidents and disability, urging prudent membership for protection.
Svis expresses heartfelt gratitude to many friends in the trials of bereavement for the sickness and death of wife and mother. T. H. Allen and children.
For the month ending Oct 30 the Radersburg School reports 65 pupils enrolled and an attendance rate of 97 percent. Students achieving 85 percent and above include Millie Sitton Della Johnson Lotie Sitton Mary Doughty Maud Pennell Geo Pennell James Wood Lee Rader Geo Bottler Arthur Smith Hannah Berg Winnie Duaff Alfred Doughty Ella Pennell Hattie Zimmerman Lawrence Berg Geo Temple and the teachers C F Henry.
Breeding grade Poland China pigs available this fall. Both sexes, all serviceable. Low prices offered. Contact John Schreier Townsend Montana.
An advertisement promises stylish up-to-date furniture at a price of one dollar and ten cents. The notice hints at a sale running from the current date until after an election, aiming to attract buyers with affordable modern pieces.
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