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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1893
Page
3
The Townsend Messenger for Friday morning October 27, 1893, presents local news items, society notices, and community updates from Townsend and surrounding areas. Details focus on residents, events, and civic matters shaping the town's week.
L P Fisher San Francisco advertising agent keeps the paper on file. Palmer & Ry San Francisco handle subscriptions and ads. J C Kerley Justice of the Peace at Messenger office. Collections deeds mortgages drawn and acknowledged. Agent for Standard Accident Insurance Company pays insured for 52 weeks total disability. Insurance from $1000 to $5000. Farmers insured at low rates.
Townspeople note Col. John G. Pickering plans a new ferry boat to be launched within about ten days on the Missouri River. The enterprise draws praise for regional benefit but skepticism on financial success.
The Grand Central Railroad Station at Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue in Chicago will be converted into a fire proof hotel with 100 to 200 rooms. It will operate on the European plan with hot and cold water electric lights and ice cream heated rooms. Manager T C Clifford invites inquiries. Opening May 18 1903. The Chicago depot serves the Northern Pacific Wisconsin Central line offering direct World’s Fair trains to avoid city transfers.
Four hundred acres of well fenced and excellent pastureland for sale near Townsend. Enquire at Berg Brothers store or to Thomas and Fick McCormick.
The United States Government has ordered almost 100000 pounds of Dr Price’s Baking Powder in the first five months of the year. The purchaser notes the powder’s suitability for export, its stability during sea voyages and climate, and its guaranteed purity as cream of tartar powder free from ammonia or alum.
A seven year old with a severe white swelling on the right leg improves after Hood's Sarsaparilla. Doctors lanced the area with little relief. the medicine increased appetite and discharged bone pieces, reducing the swelling and restoring full use of the leg. The attest remains from Joan L. McMuskay Notary Ravenswood West Virginia. Hood and Co. apothecaries advertise. Meetings of A M and A. M. lodges announced.
Letters of interest to the Orders are published free of charge in the Montana Lodge Record based in Helena Montana. Agents are wanted in every Lodge and communications should be sent to Post Office Box 1185.
A local notice extols the Caucasian Parsian Steam Laundry for excellent work and fresh scents, contrasting it with Chinese laundries that allegedly return yellow or blue garments with odor. It urges patrons to try Parsian and obtain price lists from J. C. Reiley at the Townsend House, who covers transport costs.
Price Baking Powder Company of Chicago offers free postage paid copies of Table and Kitchen with 400 plus pastry and kitchen hints including dining room setup. German or Scandinavian editions available on request. Also promoting Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs Colds and Consumption with sample bottles at Weston’s Drug Store and meetings of a local lodge led by W C Whaley and G T N Aventis, secretary.
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