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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1898
Page
3
Bracing fall weather noted as E H Goodman travels to Helena on legal business. Visitors include Mrs Sewell Davis of Butte, James Johnson, Johnny Parks and others. Episcopal services, theater plans, and local incidents fill a busy town week with markets, taxes paid, and a skating park idea discussed.
John Kivlahan visits the Capital city while fresh oysters are on hand at Townsend Restaurant. Bembrick the stockman returned from a business trip to Helena. Master Frank Thompson, eleventh birthday, was celebrated by family and friends with a surprise party hosted by Mrs. Thompson, including a turkey dinner with the Messenger editor as a guest.
Mrs Lucy A Kemper died in Butte and her remains were brought home for burial at Deep Creek cemetery Monday. J W Kemper E W Kemper and wife S W Kemper and sisters Lucy Allie and Lula Kemper accompanied the body. Short church services were led by Rev L Bramble. Floral tributes marked the casket and grave. Aunt Lucy lived with her children in Butte in recent years and was known for her gracious manners and pen work including a large Masonic chart. She was a charter member of the first lodge O E S in the state and active in the M E church South. Her kindness and Christian witness were noted along with a self composed verse she wrote for her niece.
The report notes extremely cold conditions affecting Deep Creek area with below freezing temperatures and strong winds. Residents are advised to limit outdoor activity and dress warmly.
Claude Flynn is hunting deer at Uncle Tom's. G C Ballard builds a large stock shed. R H Clendenin and son Richard visit town with R H heading to Helena. Verne Lewis on an outing this week. Jack Lewin finishes loading a grain car. A Widmer loading another grain car. Thanksgiving near. Mr and Mrs W T Thompson host surprise party for Frankie with Berton Thompson Frank West Meridith Ballard and Erick Erickson present. Mrs W S Thompson ill. Ernest West visits valley. Fred and Harry Ramspeck haul lumber from T T Shoemaker's Saw Mill. Miss Ella West receives California flowers.
A narrator recalls a large blaze feeding on wooden debris and a democratic campaign barrel as flames rise high and cast grotesque shadows. Onlookers watch in awe while the bonfire fades, leaving darkness and a cold night wind to seal the memory.
A Hannibal Missouri citizen recounts a life saved by Dr King’s New Discovery after typhoid and pneumonia left him weakened. He credits one bottle with relief, then full recovery, urging others to try the medicine as a rapid cure for lung trouble. Advertising notes follow for local druggists and shops selling cameras and dry goods.
Tuesday night a bright glare lit the sky toward the pond north of the Methodist church. Shrill voices rose in alarm as residents imagined a spreading blaze and feared families might lose homes to a disastrous fire.
An assortment of medical preparations from De Witt’s Little Early Risers to Shiloh’s Cure and Geyser Cream are marketed by Matthews' Pharmacy. The ad mix pushes health cures, a Shelly ranch for sale four miles from Townsend, and guarantees with refunds if products fail.
The notice promotes Karl's Clover Root Tea as a nerve and bowel aid, sold by Matthews' Pharmacy in Hartford. It also touts Berg Hardware Co soaps for sunburn and skin blemishes, Downey's Dry Goods offers new cheap arrivals, Shiloh's Vitalizer for stomach and liver relief, and Early Risers pills.
A Broadwater county resident endorses Geyser Cream after it healed his chapped hands and bleeding sections during winter. Townsend merchants advertise glassware and promote Dr Prickett’s osteopathic trips, with local medicines and Matthews' Pharmacy pushing One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and croup.
Property offers 360 acres of productive farming land with all necessary implements and fences. Suitable for hay and grain production or as a first class sheep ranch. Terms very reasonable. Apply to Hyatt and Doventy, Bankers.
The Berg Hardware Co displays a complete lamp assortment with prices from 50 cents to 8.50 dollars and marked at low prices. The ad also promotes The National Land List as a nationwide real estate paper with bargains and exchange offers. It touts free consultation with Dr Prickett osteopath at Townsend Hotel on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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