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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
4
The ad explains common kidney and bladder symptoms and urges diagnosis. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a rapid remedy, claiming dramatic relief and urging readers to request a free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer Co.
Three prospectors led by P Welch Howard Shipley and Al Small struck a rich copper and gold deposit near Clark's Fork river forming the Paystone Lookout and June Bug claims. In Leadville a smelter trust faces organized resistance by mine owners and managers aiming to control ore prices. Justice Walkem rules in Center Star vs Lion Mask with injunctions and release, while Ballarat Australia hosts the famed Band Barton Albion mines yielding vast output.
Wholesale and local quotations cover wheat, flour, bran, shorts, hay, wool, butter, cheese, eggs, honey, vegetables, fruit, poultry, meats, and regional cites like Portland Spokane and San Francisco. Prices given for various goods, with regional price notes and latest market activity.
A new sprinkling wagon attaches a gasoline engine and centrifugal pump to draw water from any source, eliminating pumping plants and hydrant reliance. A 244 HP Hercules engine powers a 8 inch pump filling a 12,000 gallon tank in six to ten minutes, at about three cents per fill.
Grand Forks North Dakota November 16 Chief Justice Corliss of the state supreme court declared an innocent man hanged by mob at Williamsport The court ordered a new trial in Coudot case due to uncorroborated testimony by Holytrack and Ireland who later confessed to the Spicer family killings Dr Ross alibi notes and his memorandum book corroborate the strong defense Mob lynching indicted as a foul crime and blot on the state name with killers to be punished
An examination of Charles Doble’s accounts shows a four thousand dollar shortfall in funds of Washington lodge No. 19 LO O F where Doble was trustee. A lodge investigation team visited his home to seek a settlement when he stepped outside and took his own life.
A Buenos Aires dispatch to the Herald reports Argentina's wheat crop at 1,500,000 tons with at least 1,000,000 tons available for export after home consumption. Flax is seen at 40,000 tons while maize may be short unless December brings rain.
A J Sage a well known rancher living six miles below Sandpoint Idaho was shot and instantly killed while out hunting on Sunday John Snyder an old acquaintance accompanying Sage fired at a moving object he mistook for a deer and found his friend dead Sage had lived in the area for years and was unmarried
The piece compares the human body to a steam machine, insisting overwork causes neuralgia and rest cures it. It touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick, effective remedy repeatedly proven by users, claiming restored ease and smoother function after treatment. A curious aside notes an echo test near Milan and a historic library fact.
The Washington Monument stands as the tallest at 555 feet. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, completed in 1889, rises to 989 feet, making it the highest structure of any kind.
Spokane, Nov 16 A fireman named Joe Williams employed by the Northern Pacific died after, while mentally distressed, leaping headfirst into the locomotive firebox seven miles west of Mandan North Dakota during a slow repaired track section. The engine stopped immediately as the contents burned, Williams body badly burned.
The Montana state supreme court affirmed the inheritance tax law, imposing 5 percent on bequests to non-relatives from estates over 100 dollars, and 1 percent on direct inheritances above 7500 dollars. The decision is expected to yield about 40000 dollars from estates already in settlement.
In Emmons county near Williamsport, Alex Coudot Paul Holytrack and Philip Ireland were grabbed from the jail by about 40 masked men and hanged from a beef windlass. Deputy Sheriff Tom Kelly watched and the mob, planning for hours, left the bodies to hang all day.
In St Louis on November 14 an ordinance to prohibit football was introduced by ex Speaker Lloyd who calls the game worse than prize fighting Harvard claims primacy as the oldest U S college founded in 1628
A letter from Mus. F. Bennett of Westphalia Kansas praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for gynecological problems. The writer suffered two years with womb enlargement and ulceration, then regained strength and halted a prolonged menstrual flow after following the advised treatment.
Boise report says the murder trial of H. C. St. Clair began in Idaho City with jury selection. The defense submitted a long affidavit seeking a continuance claiming the outfit, team, and funds alleged stolen from John Becker belong to him, supported by affiants in British Columbia.
Lazar Green gard, claimed as the oldest Hebrew in the United States, celebrated his 105th birthday in St Louis on November 16. He hosted family and friends including six children, 36 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
In Nelson B C on November 12 Justice Walker issued a decision in the case Center Star against the Iron Mask from Rossland. The injunction against the Iron Mask is continued and all obligations against the Center Star are released.
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