FP and A M Meetings Every Fourth Saturday Evening
The hall over Judge Weston’s Progressive Store hosts FP and A M meetings on the fourth Saturday night. All visiting brothers are cordial invited to attend.
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
2
The hall over Judge Weston’s Progressive Store hosts FP and A M meetings on the fourth Saturday night. All visiting brothers are cordial invited to attend.
Advertising rates listed at $1.00 per inch per month. The item carries a Townsend post office entry as second class matter. J. R. Stout is editor and proprietor. The paper endorses free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1 with restoration of the silver dollar to its historic monetary role lasting 582 years.
The senator from Maine argues for remonetizing silver, oppose demonetization, and warns against a single gold standard. He cites Hamilton and Webster, discusses Europe's influence, and urges bipartisan pursuit of both metals as money to sustain circulation and national credit.
A Parks' tea advertisement touts nightly use by a delighted woman, while era politics critique free silver and foreign influence. The Chicago market debate, Canadian coinage stance, and Minnesota Scandinavian postal notes are noted alongside calls for tariffs or bounties on mutton.
Advertisers claim Parks Cough Syrup cures all throat and lung diseases and cures colds in the shortest time. Consumers are urged to try one bottle, with W. E. Tierney & Co. listed as sellers.
U S Land Office Helena Montana publishes Charles A Birney applying for patents on three mining claims in Jefferson County Park district. Surveys No 4571 4872 4875 describe Gold Coin Otaha and Omaha Lodes with areas 10.17 17.85 and 14.65 acres totaling 51.67 acres, adjoining Gold Flake and S P W H lodes. First publication Aug 15 1896.
Information to plan an eastbound trip with exact costs arrival times and reasons to choose the Burlington route. Write to H. F. Rouper in Helena or W. W. Jonuneron in Billings for the precise details.
Land Office Helena announces James L. Moore has filed for final proof to support his claim for the NE4NW and lot 1 in section 31 township 7 north range 2 east in Montana. He will prove residence and cultivation before the Register at Helena on September 19, 1806 with witnesses Ficklen I. McCormick Herman Berg William H. McKnight and Ad Turner of Townsend. First publication August 13, 1806.
For one dollar you receive a year of Stafford's New Magazine plus fifteen complete books mailed in fifteen volumes. Titles include The Scarlet Letter, King Solomons Mines, The Corsican Brothers, A Study in Scarlet and more. Magazine runs twelve issues, premium books mailed on subscription. Address H Starrorp, Stafford's New Magazine, Fulton Street New York.
Land Office at Helena announces Charles L Murray will submit final proof to support his claim on September 16, 1896 before the Clerk of the District Court at White Sulphur Springs. Interested parties include William H McKnight Joseph L Patterson William C Daniels John Manix and W E B Cox as register. First publication August 6, 1906.
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