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Newspaper

Townsend Messenger

Location

Townsend, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1893

Page

3

Townsend Local Notes Show Moves and Visitors

Townsend local page reports Mrs W W Higgins returning from Helena and Miss Maud Murray visiting friends C F Fairchild. Mentions Mrs W E Tierney and Mrs L F Wilcox dining with Mrs M McMahon, plus social visits by Miss Hattie Miles and Mr J Rode leaving town. Notes on weather, crops, a mill accident survivor, hair dye ads, a new shoemaker, and visits by James Brewer, S N Crookes, and Dr L Southmayde.

W.E. Tierney L. F. Wilcox M. McMahon Maud Murray Helena

Confederate Cullings and Local Harvest News

The piece notes hard times and tariff talk as fodder for current politics. Farmers harvest with a light yield but fair quality after a bad season. A man employed by J. W. Stafford was killed by lightning in a recent storm. The Moss backs practice for a game with Townsend. schools have resumed in the area.

J. W. Stafford Townsend Boys

Grand Central Station to be converted for World’s Fair use

The Grand Central Station at Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue in Chicago will be rebuilt for hotel use with 100 to 200 rooms on the Third Fourth and Sixth floors. It will open May 1895 and offer hot and cold water electric lights steam heat and modern conveniences under manager T Clifford. The Chicago depot for the Northern Pacific Wisconsin Central Division will provide through cars to the World’s Fair to ease transfers.

Chicreno Harrison Street Fifth Avenue Chicago T. ©. Clifford Grand Central Station Northern Pacific Railroad Wisconsin Central Division

Threshers Seize Jim Ireland’s Home as Others Relocate

Threshers report possession of Jim Ireland's home Thursday and today. Mrs George Noah and family left on Wednesday’s train for a new home in Dillon. Will Schreiner resigns from G M Jones to take a similar post in Winston. Jim Maguire progresses well while Dr Belcher notes he uses cratches to move about.

Jim Ireland George Noah Dillon Will Schreiner G. M. Jones Winston Jim Maguire Dr. Belcher Cratches

Canyon Ferry Notes From Last Week and Local Accidents

Last Saturday a Canyon Ferry social at the school house ended with Cash Vanbar suffering a badly broken ankle after a fall from a pony. He is recovering at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. Belle Worte of Helena visits Canyon Ferry two weeks with Mrs. Court Sheriff. The Sapphire company reports ten men at Magpie Gulch, signaling more work next year. A stranger named Dewyr, working for Capt. Stafford, was struck by lightning and killed with his horse in Mr. Cooney's field. Two mares and two fences were struck or damaged by lightning in the same vicinity this spring.

Cash Vanbar Coa St. Peter's Hospital Helena Belle Worte Sapphire Company Magpie Gulch Dewyr Capt. Stafford Mr. Cooney Morris Duckett Alee

I O O F Meeting Notice at J Weston Drug Store

P L T Hall of the I O O F invites sojourning brethren to attend Monday night meetings at Judge Weston's drug store. H A Miles, N G T, XN Averi, secretary.

Weston’s Drug Store H. A Miles Averi

Electri Ritters Medicine Promoted as Universal Cure

A notice touts Electri Ritters as a leading tonic for stomach liver and kidneys claiming it cures sick headache indigestion constipation and malaria. It promises satisfaction or money back and cites a price of 50 cents per bottle sold by J. R. Weston.

Montana State College opens with varied courses and low tuition

The Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts begins on September 1 with programs in Agriculture Domestic Economy Applied Science Business Music and the Academy. Tuition is ten dollars per year for all but Music and board and rooms cost four dollars per week. Catalogues from President A M Ryons office.

The Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts A. M. Ryon

Zimmerman’s Band Concert Then Dance Tomorrow Night

Zimmerman band will give a concert tomorrow night followed by a dance. The music is described as the best in the land and attendance is encouraged.

Government Orders Dr Price's Baking Powder in Large Quantities

Purchasing agents of the United States Government have ordered nearly one hundred thousand pounds of Dr Price's Baking Powder in the first five months of this year. The government notes the product as the best, claiming it stays fresh during long sea voyages and climate changes and is free from ammonia or alum. It adds that the powder is prepared by a physician of high standing.

United States Dr Prices Dr. Prices Dr. Price

Union Pacific Excursion Rates to Various Cities

The notice lists excursion fares from Helena to Chicago and return 32.00 with up to November 15 limit, to St. Louis 66.20 and Missouri river points 50.00, plus multiple California and Utah points. Monthly and six month limitations apply, with San Francisco 75.00, Los Angeles 89.00, Salt Lake 30.00, and Salt Lake tickets valid sixty days while others have six months.

Helena Chicago St. Louis Missouri River Utah California San Francisco Los Angeles Salt Lake

Dr King’s New Discovery and other remedies praised by dealer

A dealer claims long selling success for Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pill Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. He guarantees satisfaction with a full refund if results are not satisfactory and attributes popularity to merit. J. R. Weston.

Dr. King Bucklen J. R. Weston

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the Townsend W. W. Higgins Charles Reibold Aver Hattie Miles England Ayer Jack Frost John C. McIntosh Hard Cash Park District Townsend J.C. Stuart & Co 8. N. Crookes Northern Pacific Railroad Company Buckingham J. Rode Hieston, Dillon Jas M. Tucker James 8. Brewer White Saulphar Springs Oscar Hesse Zimmerman E. F Smith la Crosse Wisconsin John Potter Angus McQueen Southmayde Montana Chris Schreiner Kate McCarthy Valley Jas. M. Tucker Helena, Montana Carson's Harness Store John Nelson Prop Surounding Country A. ©. Carson Grand Central Army, Navy and Indian Department Hood Sae A. Weiout Healdsburs Cal Portland Oregon W.B Lowell Union Pacific Missouri River Points P. C Feld Valley Temple No.1 P.C Order Geo Norton Reedioing John B. Jones Waterloo Weasel Gulch Beaver Creek Jefferson County Henry J. Reed Minnie Reed Tribune Western Slope Intermountain Est Dover Bune Saur Uraat Thomas Dixon Broadway Lew Rata Thomas Dimes Idaho Stage Company Wdilye HH Castle ASD Neihart Northwest W. E. Tierney & Co White Sulphur Springs Ofice Postoffice Castle Ofice William Wood R.C. Watson Aram Pacific Hotel E. D. Andrews, Pro N. P Solieted
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