Tool Tags?

[Goes4ever]

I dug these last weekend but forgot to post em.........are these tool Tags? Never saw one with a name before, usually the ones I find just have numbers

 

[Goes4ever]

I googled his name and the town I found it in and found this:

Twenty-second Election - April 1, 1872

Mayor - D.H. Tolan.
Recorder - Henry J. Trame.
Treasurer - Max Woerner.
Marshal - Henry Wegesin.
Council - Edward King, Alex Shenk, Micheal Sommers, John Walsh, Jos. Ostendorf, A. Tannabill, S.F. Himmelright.

Twenty-ninth and last Election held since the charter of Incorporation was obtained, resulted in electing the following officers. Total vote cast 686.

Mayor

 

[Jack Flynn]

Yep that's what they are. Trade the tag for a tool and it hangs in its place. You kept up with them as much as your hard earned cash. Cool finds.