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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1896
Page
3
Berg Bros advertises a wide weekly sale featuring cheap sledge hammer prices and extensive stock. It lists K C Baking Powder. Jersey Sweet Potatoes. Cape Cod Cranberries. Apples and shoes. Blankets. Woolen overshirts next week. Towels. Dishes. Heating stoves. Blacksmith tools and ammunition. Stove zincs offered at 1.00.
Towns end notices list regular meetings for Rocky Fork Coal I O O F and Masons in Townsend Montana. Verses mention visiting brethren welcome, with officers J W Rearpos N G and A E Spriggs W M presiding, and notes of local social news and political talk.
Meagher County Montana certifies a full list of Republican nominations for state and county offices dated October 17, 1896. The slate includes electors for president and vice president and candidates for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, superintendent, supreme court associate justice, district judge, state senate, representatives, clerks, sheriff, assessor, coroner, public administrator, and various county posts.
At the Gallatin county populist convention held September 30 1506 the party adopted a resolution endorsing W L Holloway for district judge. It urges populist voters in the ninth judicial district of Montana to support him and to nominate him to the party in this district. Exza Corrie B M Dawes chairman and secretary of the Pop Cent Com signed the resolution.
A Meagher County voters' note praises J A Mves as a capable, honest candidate for clerk and recorder. The endorsement stresses meticulous work, county billing duties, and railroad experience. A restaurant ad for J B Oglesby offers fresh oysters and labels his as Meagher county's only first class eatery.
Poland China pigs offered for sale by Joan Scarecven Townsend Montana. Both male and female serviceable this fall at very low figures.
Notice is given that William G. Filson has filed for final proof to support his land claim. The hearing will be before the U S Land Office Register and Receiver in Selena Montana on Friday November 13, 186 vig. Witnesses: Clifton Reynolds Samuel Pauley Frank Clark and Albert Filson of Winston Montana.
William W. Wylie and William A. Allen are listed with Wilder Nutting in the notice, identifying parties connected to the event or matter. The brief card records names and associations in a concise legal or public notice style.
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