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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1897
Page
2
The Townsend Post Office newspaper celebrates one year under current management as readers gain broad reach. The editor pledges independence and truth, promises a future enlargement, new features, and continued bold stance against wrong while inviting patron cooperation.
The piece reflects on Christmas as a time of charity and selflessness. It urges making others happy to find personal happiness, emphasizes universal friendship, and calls for living rightly and being worthy friends.
The notice lists properties and owners with unpaid taxes as of December 6 1897 including Frank bers prop 626 rkweather John 903 Sloan Mary Ann Townsend Paul pers prop 1.25 Starkweather Wm 0% oo Blerling Lee S's NWl MG SWi4 see diwp é N 2 EB 160 acres Tait Andrew pers prop 5.51 Tietjen JG 180 Looker John S Townsend Louise Tolman Samuel 1.66 Taylor WS 6.80 West CW 3.00 Wilson Robert Whyte RT 8 West 3.00 Wheeler WD SEI4 NEI-4 SELAS Wha SE wm pers prop 9 08 2M 6.27 19 23 au 95 1.80 10 Emma lode M E Circ.. Cyclone Ruby Silver lode M c 3 66 acres 10 Johnson Nelse pers prop 670 Kleinschmidt & Bro BE NW1-4 Ey sw l-dxeo 260twp YN RI F. 60 acres 15.12 New Era Ming Co pers prop 13.60 Thompson Thos Whitman J A M E187 Surveys 4807 and 481 sect two4N K 1 35.28 acres 2.90 THOS DEAN Treasurer.
A densely packed entry lists numerous parcels of unpatented lands with delinquent statuses, including county locations, lot numbers, sections, and ownership notes. It references multiple individuals and firms such as Townsend, Daniels, Cass, and the Gold Dust Mining Co along with organizations like Common Wealth Title Inc and Crescent Mining Co.
U S Land Office Helena Montana October 27 1897 notice that Samuel T Green John P Jones and Lewis Sperry by Frank L Sizer filed a mining patent application for 1671 acres along the Venezuela lode vein in Broadwater County Montana Survey No 526 in Park mining district with detailed boundary description and references to prior records and adjacent claims. Attorneys Cox and Bourquin listed and first published October 28 1897.
A note highlights apples as the dearest choice for longevity and greater heat output. It stresses longer-lasting quality and practical value for repeated use.
Regular meetings of Townsend Lodge No sare on the 1st and 3rd Saturday evenings or new month at Masonic Hall Broadway Townend. Sojourning brethren are cordially invited attend W U Brooking MW W CC Whale y Recorder M Garnett Financer
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