02 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
1
A fragmentary town notice page lists law offices and tradesmen in Townsend Montana including Van Ferns land Attorneys Goodman Howell McGoly Herbers blacksmiths and WART Deremer lumber dealers. The text ends with a report that a local resident died in the post office.
The Union Pacific announces a new eastbound schedule with arrivals in Chicago at 9 30 daily linking to all fast eastbound trains. Round trip excursion options include cities such as St Paul Chicago Sioux City Omaha St Joseph Leavenworth Kansas City Denver Pueblo Leadville and more. Special fares apply to Los Angeles San Francisco and Salt Lake routes with limited return windows and multiple routing options.
Co owner Joan G. McLeod of Radersburg states she has expended 100 dollars in labor and improvements on the Queen of the Falls quartz lode claim and 100 dollars for representation on the Warren lode claim both on North Crow Creek Jefferson county Montana. She demands a share of 806.6 dollars plus publication costs within ninety days or all rights will vest in her as sole owner. First publication Aug 26 1892.
The report lists vote tallies across Meagher County for numerous offices including congressman Atkins and Dixon, governor Collins and Kennedy, secretary of state Allen and Fork, state auditor Cook and McKay, chief justice Blake and Pemberton, and district officials such as clerk of district court Basye and sheriff Halford. Totals show wide variation with several candidates exceeding five hundred votes and others near that mark.
A catalog of county offices and associated numeric codes or figures listed for multiple officials and roles including Clerk Recorder Picot Penrod Stevens Treasurer McCall McSorley O Donnell Assessor Fischer Gilliam Raymond County Attorney Greene Parker Superintendent Lowrey Starrett Public Administrator Berkin Smith Wolfert County Surveyor Cralle Coroner Fletcher Farnham Riddell County Commissioners Barnes Benjamin Flaherty Hopkins Patterson Prenitt Sheehy Reynolds Vawter with various figures.
The Confederate Gulch Placer Mining, Land and Irrigation Company filed for patent under mining laws for the Confederate Gulch Placer in Meagher County Montana. The claim covers Survey No. 3020 in German and Baker districts with 30.99 acres, detailed boundary descriptions from corner 1 through corner 46, posted November 10, 1892, with neighboring claimants listed as Collins, Rankin, Parberry, and Patterson.
The Weekly Miner offers free premiums with subscriptions. Two dollars yearly or one dollar for six months grants a premium choice such as a Lincoln home illustration or American Statesman images, plus French pictures in color. Sample copies available. subscription forms mailed from Mixer Perpissitive Rotte City Meptana.
In Frank Leslie's Weekly, an office disturbance prompts a man to be ordered out. A sergeant defers, seeking reasons for stay, and the author ends up ejecting the intruder himself. The officer warns of possible assault charges, revealing tensions between private authority and police conduct.
The Din doo women are depicted as strikingly beautiful with erect carriage and graceful walk. Their attire includes a long white scarf used as a skirt, minimal clothing, gold or silver nose rings, ample silver jewelry, and blue black hair. A forehead mark signals caste in Brahmin tradition.
The article describes early keyless pocket watches and their mechanisms. It notes Napoleon L owning a fine specimen wound by a lever and weight, with a small dog dropping into the gears to wind the spring. It mentions a Kensington museum pedometer linked to a watch and a U S patent office watch wound by closing the case.
The article surveys early 20th century findings on neural transmission from Helmholtz and Hersch. It notes a one minute per mile brain thought travel, a seventh second for a touch to signal, and varying sense speeds for hearing and sight. Daniers measures brain action at about seven five thousandths of a second, with forty thousandths for recognition and thirty five thousandths for willing response.
A Nautical Magazine tale recalls a Yankee captain freeing his ship from rats by luring them to a British vessel’s cargo through a cheese bait plan. The maneuver sent the rats aboard the other ship, leaving the American packet rat free. Rev Clark aids Rev Lee in nightly services as many join the church. The harvest is plentiful, laborers few.
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