Townsend Messenger Mail Schedule Details
The Townsend Messenger lists mail routes and times. Townsend to Canton runs Tuesday and Thursday, depart 10 a.m., arrive 12:15 p.m. Daily service to White Sulphur Springs departs 7 a.m. and arrives 4 p.m. St Louis mail from Bedford leaves Tuesday and Saturday. West via Northern Pacific at 11:30 a.m. Eastbound at 8 a.m.
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Townsend
Canton
White Sulpher Springs
St. Louis
Mont
Bedford
Norther Pacific Railroad
How to Get the Messenger Free
Notice offering one year free paper to anyone sending a well preserved copy dated January 30 1891. Reader must wrap copy and mail to the office for eligibility.
Shade Trees Prompt Town Growth in Townsend
Town and Valley urges residents to plant balm of Gilead and other shade trees to beautify the town. Mass at Canton church on Sunday May 17 announced for Catholic residents. Social notes mention a successful musical at Mrs Patchen's and a sewing business partnership of Misses Marie Maybell and Emma Williams. Weather records note wind and rain with a 90 degree reading followed by showers and riverbank trees in spring dress. Charles T. Rader travels through town with J F McCormick staying at Hotel McTague-Conly.
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Father Lambaere
Canton
Patchen
Marie Maybell
Emma Williams
Townsend
Massenger
John G. Pickering
Eldredge “B
Gilead
Charles T. Rader
Deer Lodge
J. F. McCormick
Judge Henry
McTague-Conly
McCormick
Geo. Sewall
Sheep Creek
McRae and Gurnett Married at Cathedral Helena
The Helena Cathedral wedding on May 6 1891 united Miss Maggie McRae and Michael Gurnett with Father G C Follet officiating. The bride from Helena has long resided in Canton with sister Mrs Thomas Swift and the groom is a prosperous local business man. The Messenger extends congratulations.
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McRae-Gurnett
Helena
G.C. Follet
Maggie McRae
Michael Gurnett
Canton
Thomas Swift
Townsmen greet visiting investors and locals tour mines
Mr Geo F Cowan of Boulder traveled to Townsend this week meeting Mayor M F Rohrer of Council Bluffs Iowa and visiting the Silver Star Mining Co properties. The exchange boosts mining prospects in the state and signals possible investment interest from Rohrer in light of his stock holdings. Other town gossip notes: Hubbarts visit White Sulphur Springs, Timothy Wilcox transfers to Galloway Cattle Co ranch, W E Tierney returns from county capital, Daniel Mullins joins Rocky Mountain Husbandman as a typographical artist, and Judge J R Weston preserves a historic linen table cloth made sixty six years ago by his mother for special occasions.
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Geo. F. Cowan
Boulder
Townsend
M. F. Rohrer
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Dogtown
Silver Star Mining Co
Butte
Charles F. Hubbart
White Sulphur Springs
Timothy Wilcox
Galloway Cattle Company
Judith
W. E. Tierney
Board of County Commissioners
And
Castle
Daniel Mullins
Rocky Mountain
George Norton
Prickley Pear Valley
J. R. Weston
School to Close May 13 for Examinations
The school will close on May 13 with the day devoted to examinations and one oral examination scheduled for the 13th. Interested readers are invited to call J. E Walter to learn more about the activities.
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Lth
J. E Walter
Mining Notes From The Park And Indian Creek
John C. McIntosh started up the Hard Cash mill at the Park and the Falchon mine reports four feet of ore valued at 103 per ton. The Corn Cracker shaft is widening an ore body with gold values at 52 per ton. Iron Mask shows daily gains. one car of fine ore shipped this week. Union Mining on Indian Creek reports a 125 foot tunnel with a cross cut heading into a 14 foot wide lead carbonate ore bench assaying up to 150 per ton. A social note reports a joyous household on a Monday as a stranger arrives and stirs local interest in a future World’s Fair concert in Chicago. A separate item covers a musical gathering at Mrs Patchen’s, featuring Miss Mary Kanouse and teachers Mrs Watt and Mrs Patchen with tableaux and vocal offerings.
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Falchon
Union Mining Company
Indian Creek
St. Louis
Jobb
Jim Jobb
Townsend
Gilmore
Chicago
Chas
Patchen
G. G. Watt
Golden Slippers
Theo Kleinschmidt
Mary
Clara Kanouse
Mary Hyatt
Miss Mary
Rabenstein
Wanderer
Mesdames Patchen
Watt
Mrs. Watt
Topsii Watt
Ray Turner
Lulu Richardson
Ice Cream Supper Planned by M E Church Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church invites all to an Ice Cream Supper next Wednesday evening May 15 at the DeWitt building Main Street. Service available from five to nine o clock p m for patrons.
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Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
DeWitt Building
Main Street
James W. Tate
The Messencer Promotes Central Montana Ads and Local Notices
The note promotes The Messencer as the best advertising medium in Central Montana and invites readers in Helena to enjoy dining at the Chrystal restaurant. It lists church activities at M E Church with service times and adds a lodge meeting invitation and officers at I O O F hall urging visiting brethren to attend.
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Messencer
Montana
Townsend Women’s Christian Union Meeting and Dairy Ranch Sale
Townsend Montana notes list monthly WCTU meetings at the M E Church with officers named. It also advertises the sale of “the Best Stock and Dairy Ranch in the State” cheap for cash, describing enclosure, water, dwelling, barn, hay capacity, proximity to markets, and that a cash buyer can profit in dairying. contact J C Kerley at Messixom office Townsend for details.
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Montana
J. C. Kerley
Messixom
Townsend
Sinking a Shaft Sealed Bids for Gold Dust Claim
Contractors invited to submit sealed proposals by 12 m noon June 1 1891 to sink a shaft 5 by 8 feet clear for 200 feet on the Gold Dust claim in Park Mining District Jefferson county Right reserved to reject all bids Particulars from O T H Allen Superintendent Townsend Montana
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Park Mining
Jefferson County
O. T. H. Allen
Townsend
Montana
Townsend Lodge Plans Monthly Masonic Gatherings
The regular meetings of Townsend Lodge No. 6 occur on the first and ord Saturday evenings each month at Masonic Hall Broadway Townsend. Sojourning brethren are invited to attend. W Soman MW C A Wautrine Reporter W I DeRemern Financier. A town and its inhabitants are judged by the paper printed therein and by its revolutions.
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Townsend Lodge
Masonic Hall
Broadway
Townsend
W. Soman
C. A. Wautrine
W. I. DeRemern
Notice to Creditors Estate of John Link Deceased
Notice to creditors and all persons with claims against the estate of John Link deceased. Administratrix Mary Barker invites filings with vouchers within four months after first publication. Address for claims: residence on Infederate Creek, Meagher County. Publication date May 1991.
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John Link
County
Meagher
Mary Barker
Patent Application for Silver Dollar Lode in Jefferson MT
The U S Land Office in Helena Montana reports Leo Suto of Helena Montana has filed to obtain a patent for the Silver Dollar Lode in Park district Jefferson County Montana Survey No 3130 within Township 1N Range 1W The claim covers about 4 acres and starts at corner 1 of section 11 The ring claimants to these application are not known The first publication is April 10 1910
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Montana
Corver
Nile
M .Om
Official Directory United States Senators and Montana Officials
Official listing of state and federal officials including senators Wilber F. Sanders Thomas C. Power congressman Thomas H. Carter governor Jos Toole lieutenant governor John E Richards secretary of state Louis Rotwitt state auditor Edwin A Kenney state treasurer Richard O Hickman superintendent of public instruction John Gannon veterinary surgeon H Holloway librarian Miss Lou Guthrie attorney general Henry J Haskell chief justice Henry N Blake associate justices W W Dedwitt E N Harwood clerk of supreme court Wm J Kennedy United States marshal William F Foray district attorney R E Weed Helena collector customs J Sullivan Benton collector internal revenue James H Mills surveyor general Geo O Eaton Helena U S district judge H Knowles district clerk Geo W Sprowle Helena land district register S A Swiggett Helena receiver Geo M Bourquin Bozeman land district register E S Ferris Bozeman receiver Jno T Carlan Bozeman Mile City land district register Sam Gordon Mile City receiver A S Campbell Mile City U S assay office assenger W D Wheel Melter M A Meyendorf na
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Thomas H. Carter
Jos. K. Toole
John E. Richards
Louis Rotwitt
Edwin A. Kenney
Richard O. Hickman
John Gannon
H. Holloway
Miss Lou Guthrie
Henry J. Haskell
Henry N. Blake
W. W. Dedwitt
E. N. Harwood
Ci’k
Supreme Court
Wm. J. Kennedy
Marechal
William F. Foray
Butte
RE. D. Weed
Helena
J. Sullivan
Benton
District of Montana
Idaho
James H. Mills
Geo. O. Eaton
U. S
H. Knowles
U.S
Geo. W. Sprowle
Board of Stock Commission Officers and Meagher County Officials
A list of state and district officials including stock commission president G Stuart and secretary R B Harrison. Also details Meagher and Jefferson county officers with senators, representatives, sheriffs, clerks, treasurers, assessors, school superintendents and commissioners.
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Board OF Stock Commission I
G.stuart
Ft. Minnis
Huntley
Helena
R. B. Harrison
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