09 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1892
Page
1
Attorney-at-Law Townsend Montana HeWELL Jaud and Mining Attorney Ielena Montana. Blacksmithing Allogly Herbers Townsend McKnight Blacksmiths Lower Main Street.
Multiple court notices from Townsend Meagher County Montana include a summons in a civil action between Lewis Petis and Charles Saints for $40 with appearance on August 2, 1862, and an order to show cause in the estate matter of Joseph G Milligan with a sale order sought by Mary M Miller as administratrix, to appear August 24, 1892 at the White Sulphur Springs court.
Round trip excursion tickets available daily to St Paul Chicago Sioux City Omaha St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Denver Pueblo Leadville and to Los Angeles and San Francisco with various through routes and six month return privileges. Fares include 7500 to San Francisco via Ogden 00.00 to Portland routes 75.00 and 89.00 to Los Angeles via Ogden Sacramento or via Ogden San Francisco with or without Portland. Salt Lake trips May 15 return 50.00 ten day limit sixty days overall. Union Pacific touts faster service to San Francisco and Los Angeles plus palace sleepers free reclining chair cars and dining cars. Contact No 28 North Main Helena Montana H C Wilson and E L Lomax.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases cleanses blood and treats pimples boils salt rheum malaria fevers headaches consumption and indigestion. It guarantees satisfaction or refunds and lists price 50c and 1 per bottle at J R Weston’s Drug Store.
Advertises Chamberlains Pain Balm for back and side pain and rheumatism. Recommends saturating a flannel and binding it to the affected area. Claims an ordinary case cures in one or two days. Price 58 cents at J R Weston Townsend.
Fragments show a town paper note with editor J C Kenney and address for second class mail at Port Olice Townsend. The readable line indicates Friday morning publication as an established local newspaper.
The Montana Vociferator notes Western papers attack Helena and other towns, harming state interests. It cites politics in Meagher County, praise for strong local candidates, and mentions Townsend appearances by Will Kennedy and Ella Knowles. It laments partisan rhetoric and praises honest leaders.
Republican slate lists Governor J. E. Richards Silver Bow. Lt. Gov A C Botkin Lewis and Clarke. Secretary of State Louis Rotwitt Lewis and Clarke. State Treasurer F W Wright Park. State Auditor A B Cook Missoula. Attorney General Ransom Cooper Cascade. Chief Justice A N Blake Madison. Supt of Public Instruction A Steers Beaverhead. Congressman Hartman Gallatin. Clerk of Supreme Court Benjamin Webster Chateau. Presidential Electors Hall Silver Bow It Malone Custer Chas Stevens Jefferson.
A Anaconda gentleman reports the proposed Butte Anaconda Pacific railway plans to start work within thirty days. The route would run from Butte along the Montana Union to Gregson Springs then to Anaconda using hill surveys. From Anaconda the line would extend to Philipsburg and Hamilton, possibly linking with the Butte Boise or Great Southern for coast access, with a new Butte union depot likely required and boosted Smelter City growth.
A French origin device uses a glass tube with volatile solvent to produce local nerve paralysis for painless dental and minor surgical work, by cooling tissue with vapor from a hand-heated tube. The Southern Cross mine near the dome is described as a stubborn recovery project with revived expectations of becoming a major gold producer as stockholders regain confidence.
The Anaconda Company plans a one million dollar expansion in Deer Lodge County Montana. The refinery will add 99 tons per month capacity to the electrolytic copper refining process and increase electric power capacity for operations while building a new converter. The project will create work for several hundred men.
A fragment from a local exchange on Austin avenue where a caller tells a boy to pass the message that his mother will welcome a visitor. The speaker notes the mother once said she would be glad to see anyone who did not come to collect a bill, implying a hesitation toward collectors.
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