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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
8
Poem reflects on faded dreams and worn passions as rain of past years settles over love. A remorseful speaker bids farewell to a once bright romance and contemplates departure before night fully falls.
A travel tale praises African bushmen for exceptional long range vision. A European explorer dismisses the bushman’s warning of a distant lioness with cubs, only to finally glimpse a moving shape and a lioness approaching, validating the bushman’s warning.
A Toledo citizen recalls a strange scene in a Griswold Street barber shop where a man with one side of his face black and the other white sits for a shave, provoking loud laughter and a curious decision to grow his mustache. Also a seminary principal jokes about a large, devoted family visiting from a reader's letter.
A hard featured matron recalls a vanished husband, producing a ginger colored hair band she pulled from his head after a dispute. The detective asks for identifying clues, and she offers the hair as proof of his identity, revealing a personal, unresolved scandal.
A man and an official debate allegorical art as a dove stands for peace. The official recalls diplomatic banquets and notes that bruat quail on toast is more popular now, per the Washington Star.
A garbled OCR snippet discusses a city alderman and a franchise discussion. It mentions a red faced official and unresolved matters, with unclear names or dates. The legible elements suggest debate over a franchise and local governance rather than a complete report.
State of Montana Broadwater County Justice of the Peace W Reynolds summons John Hill to appear December 22 1899 at Winston to answer a civil complaint by Joseph Gravel for 35.20 plus costs for goods and money loaned from September 28 to October 8 1899 with judgment to follow if he fails to appear.
Land Office Bozeman Montana announces that settler Benajah Morse has filed for final proof on his claim I F E No 3081 for parts of section eight township four north range one east Mount The proof will be presented December 25 159 before Fred Bubser Clerk District Court Townsend Montana Witnesses E F Nave B F Bembrick Thomas Toston Edward A Kimpton at Radersburg A L Love Register First publication November 23 1890
Roseman Deegan of Helena Montana files for a patent on 1500 linear feet of the Fuzz Lode mine with over 325 feet surface ground in Broadwater County Montana. The claim spans Survey No 5718 in township 9 north range west and includes 11.36 acres with magnetic variation 20 deg 52 min Eb. Adverse claimants must file within sixty days.
Ella Knowles Haskell of Helena Montana filed for patent on 110 linear feet of the God Ren Sunes mine claim in German District Broadwater County Montana. The unsurveyed claim includes 11.24 acres with 12 in conflict with Survey No 3029 and adjacent to Montana Regent unsurveyed on the north. First publication October 12, 599 Register.
Charles D. W. Smith of Hassel Montana files for a patent under mining laws for 316 acres of placer mining ground in Survey No 4s in Broadwater County near Townsend Montana. The description includes field notes and connections to adjacent claims Dennen Placer Saint Louis Placer and others. First publication October 19, 1890 with notice posted October 11.
Trustees of School District No 7 Broadwater County Montana announce public auction for cash of the old school building and four stores from the steps of the new school building in Isid district on Saturday December 20. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Correct Attest WH Brooking WB Dolenty Clerk.
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