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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
3
Local notices include Reverend Stringfellow sermons in P C hall and revival plans by Rev Goulder at Belgrade. Meloy expresses sister’s improving health and Whaley Bros. debut Metropole whiskey. Odd Fellows lodge delay announced. Marriage rumors, mischief at Tierneys, and a major tax bill for Northern Pacific. Police and theft reports, train accident aftermath, and the Broadwater county school census and building report summarized.
Miss Josie Shaw visits friends in town as Father Blaer prepares Catholic services at Canton next Sunday and Dr. C A Wilder stays in Radersburg from the 18th to the 24th. Berg Hardware warehouse frame blown down in high winds Saturday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Fred Miller at the Park. Whaley Bros advertise Christmas goods. Romig of La Grande visiting sons Hd and Charlie. improvements noted since his last visit six years ago. J J Byrne starts as bookkeeper for Tierney & Co. Archie Smith of Perry Oklahoma visiting his sister Mrs W D McCormick. Montana may be his home if spring travel is any guide. An old traveler tale and a late-night misread joke circulate among family members. Jr McCarthy sells his interest in McCarthy and Mahoney ranch to Mrs Jerry Mahoney for 3150 with May 1 possession.
For the December Term of Court the next regular session will convene Dec 6. Jurors summoned to appear the day after include Geo Beatty, James Rollins, John Daly, P P Tucker, Pat McCabe, J C Blacker, W L Copeland, Valentine Stauback, Herman Starkweather, Wees Thompson, G B Clark, W C Daniels, P S Nelson, Thomas Brewer, Pat Quinn, Alex Gifford, J T Rathdall, Join Lewin, Matt Small, Mike McMahon, W W Harvey, J L Moore, John Thomas, Ed Kimpton, D B Filson, J C Pauley, A M Sharp, Joseph Blackwell, J L Patterson, N Bowman.
Local items report Jno Hines selling 14 fat cows to Mr. McDonald of Winston and J L Heath renting the Whaley ranch for five years. Cattle buyers paid out a large sum to area ranchers including Keene, Kirschner, Driscoll, and others. News of family health visits, oats deliveries to Helena Brewing, and a Woodmen of the World sympathy resolution for Neighbor Dean accompany agricultural statistics for 1896. A teacher certificate examination is set for November 19-20.
A resident recalls a nocturnal disturbance last Friday near the courthouse. The strange noises startled neighbors and prompted an investigative urge as peace was broken by an unexplained seismic-like event.
Schillings Best flavor extracts and spices offered by W. E. Tierney & Co. with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Local grocer carries the brand and promotes its baking essentials.
In Helena a reader recalls a comic elocution moment and reports a marriage license for Edward Sloan and Cora Foster. The column then praises a new Vendome restaurant near the N. Po depot and humorously ponders local impressions and an angler's mussel catch on Deep Creek.
An 1845 or 1854 dated English coin given in change last Friday has been stolen near the man. A note asks the finder to leave it at the office for a reward. Nearby ad items mention hay and cattle for sale, a Helena osteopathic infirmary visit, and a Canton ranch offered for sale on easy terms with 1614 acres under cultivation and water from two Missouri river ditches.
Hattie V. Dawes returns to Townsend to teach piano and organ. Advertisement notes a Buffalo whim and 200 feet of steel cable with two braces up for sale at a bargain. Address Axcus CampErox, Blacksmith, Rodersburg, Montana.
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