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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1895
Page
4
A wall of brief items covers advertising rates in Townsend and notes on mail, post, and local editors J R Stout and G G Watt. It also reviews the Friendly Visitor Helena edition, political matters in Texas and Montana, a judge’s stance on N P receivers, a prize fighting bill, and the Homestake mining suit in Deadwood.
A fervent editorial argues that workers must organize to resist bankers and speculators who dominate political power. It cites Gorman and Brice over the sugar trust, condemns the Wilson bill, and pleads for self rule in economic policy with calls for reform and unity among Democrats.
A historic appeal by Eugene V. Debs echoes through prison walls at Woodstock, not for personal hardship but as a symbol of organized labor resisting suppression. The piece frames Debs as a representative figure whose incarceration highlights labor struggles beyond individual punishment.
A denunciation accusing the corporation and government of oppressing labor and imprisoning Debs. The piece argues that labor created civilization and wealth, condemns the president, Jenkins, and the Supreme Court, and calls for union unity against perceived political oppression aimed at workers and Debs.
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