22 Jan 1892
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1892
Page
1
Fragmentary listing of Townsend Montana firms and professionals including land attorneys mining lawyer blacksmith lumber dealers livery services and a meat dealer. Contains multiple misspellings and garbled names but indicates a local business directory snapshot from Townsend and Helena areas.
The advertisement touts six months for one dollar with a premium choice of dominoes or illustrated Lincoln home, plus French colored pictures. a year for two dollars includes both pictures. It promotes sample copies and lists addresses in Montana and Pennsylvania.
A list-style entry enumerates U S Senators Wilber F Sanders Thomas Power and congressional members Wa W Dixon with Montana officials including District Attorney EF D Weed Surveyor General Geo O Eaton U S District Judge H Knowles and others in Helena Bozeman and surrounding offices.
The co partnership between Tim McCarthy and James Jobb is dissolved by mutual consent with McCarthy to operate the business from the old stand and to settle all debts and collect all accounts. McCarthy thanks Townsend citizens for patronage and pledges continued effort to earn support. The Silver Star Mining Company of Montana disclaims authority to incur debts in its name and asks claimants to present via 102 Main Street Council Bluffs Iowa for auditing and payment.
A New York Advertiser tale describes a sharp swindler posing as a buyer who rents a second floor room then returns with a partner. The pair steal a suit from a clothing store pretending the mother will pay and the victim discovers the ruse as the con artists flee with the loot.
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