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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1892
Page
2
Menegher County Democratic Ticket Highlights National Slate
The ticket lists Grover Cleveland for president and Adlai Stevenson for vice president. Local per ticket names include W. W. Dixon for representative, T. E. Collins for governor, H. R. Melton for lieutenant governor, Jesse Hastings for treasurer, RB W. Folk for secretary of state, W. C. Whaley for auditor, E. C. Day for attorney general, M. Y. Pemberton for chief justice, J. R. Mahoney for superintendent, J. R. Sloane for clerk of supreme court, and electors Lyman Fusz Cooper. County offices feature E. L. Murphy as senator, Tierney and Sutherlin as representatives, James O'Mara as sheriff, A. W. Shrieber as county clerk, George Walwork as clerk of district court, J. J. Hennessy as assessor, J. C. Tipton as treasurer, Dr. J. L. Becher as public administrator, Dr. McKay as coroner, Mrs. L. A. Beers as superintendent of schools, and commissioners Neihart, Kelley, McCormack.
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W. W. Dixon
T. E. Collins
H. R. Melton
Jesse Hastings
W. 8. Folk
W. C. Whaley
E. C. Day
W. Y. Pemberton
J. R., Mahoney
Supreme Court
J. R. Sloane
A. W. Lyman
Paul A. Fusz
Walter Cooper
E. L. Murphy
Neihart
W. E. Tierney
Townsend
W H. Sutherlin
White Sulphur Springs
Sherif
James O'Mara
White Slphur Springs
A. W. Shrieber
Diamond City
George Walwork
J. J. Hennessy
White Sulpher Springs
J. C. Tipton
Jefferson County Democratic Ticket Listed for Local Officers
The ticket names Sheriff Dodiey Halford and Assessor Alex Gilliam with County Attorney M H Parker, District Court J G Rickert, Clerk Eugene Picot, Treasurer Edward McSorley, Schools Supt Miss Edda Lowrey, Coroner W C Riddell, Surveyor I M Cralle, Natives Ben Wahle J W Cowens and H F Tattle, and County Commissioners Dr A L Vawter John F Sheehy John Flaherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodiey Halford
Alex
Gilliam
Atorney
M. H. Parker
Merk District Court
J. G. Rickert
Eugene Picot
Edward McSorley
Miss
Edda Lowrey
W.C. Ridde
I. M. Cralle
Ben Wahle
J. W. Cowens
F. Tattle
Mineral Patent Rules and Beavers Creek District Candidates
Notices explain that mineral patent applications must be published in the nearest newspaper to the claim to avoid penalties. It lists Beaver Creek Park St Louis Rodersburg and Dogtown areas for required advertising in Meseexorn. Also reports the Democratic ticket conference in Meagher county naming L Murphy Neihart as State Senator and Tierney and Sutherlin as Representatives.
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Beaver Creek
Park
St. Louis
Rodersburg
Dogtown
Meagher County
L. Murphy
Iine
Senate
Nancy Hanks
Republican Party
Ander
Miners’ Union
Neihart
W. E. Tierney
Will H. Sutherlin
Meagher County Convention Announces Slate of Local Officers
The Meagher convention endorses James O Mor r as sheriff favorite and nominates J C Tipton for County Treasurer J J Hennessy for County Assessor George Walwork for Clerk of the District Court A W Schreiber for County Clerk and Recorder Dr J L Belcher for Public Administrator Dr McKay for Coroner M s L F P Baker for Superintendent of Schools W D McCormick J S Kelly Wim Turney for County Commissioners and supports keeping the State Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Office
James O’marr
White Sulphur Springs
J.C. Tipton
J. J. Hennessy
Meagher
George Walwork
A. W. Schreiber
Diamond City
J. L. Belcher
Townsend
McKay
Springs
Sherif
M.s. L. FP
Baker
Musselshell
W. D. McCormick
J.S. Kelly
Castle
Wim. Turney
Neihart
Nine to Be Elected to Montana Senate
Nine state senators will be elected this fall from Beaverhead Deer Lodge Meagher Park Custer Dawson Silver Bow Gallatin Lewis and Clarke. The resignation of Senator Hennessy of Butte made the ninth seat necessary. Nominations not yet set in all counties. Current Senate: Democrats from Missoula Cascade Madison Jefferson and Republicans from Fergus Yellowstone Chateau. If Democrats carry Gallatin Silver Bow Dawson Custer Meagher and Deer Lodge again they will hold a solid next senate.
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Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Meagher
Park
Custer
Dawson
Silver Bow
Gallatin
Lewis and Clarke
Hennessy
Butte
Senate
Missoula
Caseatie
Madison
Jefferson
Fergus
Yellowstone
Chateau
Caster
Silver State
The Tool of Monopolists as Reed Seen for Speaker
The Savannah News argues that Republican success this fall would install Tom Reed as Speaker of the Fifty-third Congress. It claims Reed is the tool of protection bosses and would block any relief measure not sanctioned by the bosses in the House.
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Tom Reed
Democracy
People’s Party
Reed
Savannah News
Tariff Debate Drives Campaign Policy Question
The campaign centers on tariff policy and tax levels with debate over revising tariff laws. The outcome will shape whether taxes are cut or kept high under government policy. The text mentions Stevenson and unnamed national leaders as figures in the discussion.
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Tionel Srakaemdetecs
Adil Ee
A Journey Through Europe Debunking Myths and Facts
The article surveys Europe with notes on crime estimates, Scottish farm servant fairs, Sweden liquor laws requiring food, a Paris Berlin pneumatic tube, and life expectancy trends in Norway. It cites wine consumption in France and Argentina bound travels across the Andes by carriage drawn by mules, ending in Catama after eleven days.
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Europe
Scotland
Sweden
Paris
Berlin
Norway
Andes
Argentine Republic
Catama
Funny Gits In Fractured Bits From The Week
A jumble of humorous quips and comic fragments from various papers. Jests on dose of poison in ice cream, dictionaries, and dictionary puns collide with a railroad crash joke and domestic banter about dressing a chicken.
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N. Y
Miner
A Little Wit and Fringes of Humor
A collection of quips and witticisms from various papers. The fragments poke fun at speed on the road, work and fishing, telephone girls, paper dolls, and church music, reflecting light local humor of the era.
Around the Libraries
London free libraries issued five million books last year. The Tun Sutro library in San Francisco holds about two hundred thousand volumes tailored to specialists. A Philadelphia librarian notes dainty bindings get damaged by soiled gloves and some European libraries bar glove use. George W. Childs presents Philadelphia with presidential portraits and autographs and manuscripts by Thecke rey Dickens Bulwer Lowell Hunt Bryant Willis and Cooper.
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London
Tun Sutro
San Francisco
Adulph Sutro
Thx
Deexe. Iverrrrtt
Philadelphia
George W. Childs
United States
Theckerey
Dickens
Bulwer
Lowell
Hunt
Bryant
Willis
Cooper
Bush and Wine and Wistaria in Plant News
Twelver average tea plants yield one pound of tea. Panvene in New England Australia shifts to grape growing. Importing watermelons from Mexico expands. The wistaria, a fragrant blue vine, honors Dr Caspar Wistar. Am erican elm praised as ideal shade tree for its V-shaped top requiring less trimming.
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Panvene
New England
Australia
Mexico
United States
Caspar Wistar
Philadelphia
Laamrador
Commercial facts and vast trade figures from 19th century
The excerpt notes Resta exports over eight million pounds of ceviar yearly and cites a 1891 English and Welsh oyster landing of forty million, with Cincinnati and Lovistias hogshead sales. It also mentions a large cargo of bird seed from the Italian bark Marciani and praises several patent medicines with guarantees.
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Resta
England
Wales
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Lovistias
Cincinnati
Marciani
Acia
Head Shapes as National Indices in Hat Fitting
A St Louis Republic report notes that head shape reflects nationality, with Americans generally long and narrow, Germans wide at temples, and English heads varying on a sliding scale. An anatomists claim Turkish skulls resemble late nineteenth century U.S. heads, while overall head size increases from six and seven eighths to seven and a quarter inches since 1860.
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England
United States
St. Louis Republic
Advice on trousers for a Bourbon restoration
A Parisian royalist advises Comte de Chambord to switch German tailoring to Paris fashion, arguing trousers reveal status. The anecdote sits alongside a tale of a climber hurt by misinterpreted English, highlighting language slips and the value of precise speech in perilous Alpine crossing.
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Comte de Chambord
Vrobsdorf
Charles X
France
Henri V
Paris
Marquis
Lienri V
San Francisco
Remarkable Calculating Professor and Drunken Farmyard Tale
A Boston Traveller account describes Professor Truman Henry Safford of Williams College testing age calculation limits and exposing a leap year error. The second item from Cincinnati quotes a farmer near Charleston about a drunken cow and poultry after a corn jug spill, leading to comical animal antics.
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Truman Henry Safford
Williams College
Prof
Safford
Dboston
Heer
South Charleston
Cincinnati Faquirer
Leap Year Chatter and Electric Bitters Ad Blend
A light dialog about marriage ends with Miss Keedick noting a husband who can cook is hard to find. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a pure medicine for stomach liver and kidney ailments promising cure of sick head ache indigestion and malaria with a 50 cent price and money back guarantee.
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Mrs. Gasket
Miss Keedick
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National Democratic
Grover Cleveland
of New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Menegher County
Democratic
Jefferson County
the County Ticket
Yellowstone Valley
Tim
Detroit Free Press
Momerville Journal
Somerville Journal
Binghamton Leader
Bush and Wine
Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Bucklin
Alpine Club
Alps
Pearson’s Weekly
General Merchandise
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Helena
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Canyon Ferry
Diamond
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Erildd Shearissa
Townsend Brewery
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Nrewers
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Webstar
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District Court
Frank Henry
Sixth Judicial District
Park and Meagher
Park County
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Idaho Stage Company
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Townsend, Mont
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Treva
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A. M. Darcy & CO
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