13 Sep 1884
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Newspaper
Ketchum Daily Keystone
Location
Ketchum, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1884
Page
3
The Ketchum Post Office hours are posted with limited service on Sundays and after 4 PM on workdays. Hailey and Ketchum reports note local commerce, hotel updates, mining activity, a fatal death, births, and a coroner’s inquest scheduled for the morning. Deer hunting results and ore shipments are mentioned along with town improvements and social events.
A late Boise dispatch reports Hon. John Hailey nominated for Delegate to Congress by the Territorial Democratic Convention amid mixed details. Local Hailey supporters mock the claim while Republicans cheer a possible Marley victory in a contested race as Tolaho Grand Lodge officers are elected. The mining labor ruling clarifies that legitimate development work and improvements count toward annual labor, including road building and machinery costs. Motel Arrivals lists guests at Palace Burr Nelson Hallock and others.
Mrs C H Clay widow of the publisher survived a near death experience after a grave illness with jaw lock and paralysis feared but alleviated by Dr Figgina. A citizen reports mining excitement in the Seven Devils country with rich ledges and a San Francisco sale of a claim for 3500 dollars. Boise notes include Judge Broderick and A L Richardson’s return from Weiser City, and Peter Pence moving to Boise City to send his children to school. The ShoShone County Democratic convention backs Col Wall for Delegate in Congress. The 17th annual Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons met in Boise with officers named and credentials committee appointed.
Ada County Democratic ticket lists Sheriff Eunice Cole Auditor Charles Peterson Probate Judge E I Curtis District Attorney J M Lamb Treasurer E Bi Tage and Council member B A Stevenson with Commissioners Dangle Murmy Davis. Eureka Leader notes about 100 miners marching from Ruby Hill to Lord Byron and Dunderberg mines to stop workers, rumor they earned less than regular wages. Also mentions Ben Butler owning yachts and an Albany Argus quote about workingmen and Benjamin. Local notices include freight deliveries from Ketchum depots, various ads for goods and services, soap, fishing tackle, Merino undershirts, and a monument commission by A B Roberts in Idaho.
Forty years back a big moustache doomed a man to defeat for president. The trend changed as moustaches lost stigma, with plans to elect men who once would have seemed immoral. Fremont’s era saw bold hair choices fall short, ending imitators’ hopes for the nation’s top office.
A Queen-like boast from a poem is mocked in a biting note from the Binghamton Republic, imagining a poet bewitched by a woman's hair as it flows in various domestic settings after remarriage. The rambling mockery speculates the poet would be paralyzed by his current bewilderment with a 90 per cent probability.
All persons knowing themuelven in debt to James Moore at Ketchum are notified their accounts have been placed in the hands of John C. Wait Enq for collection and will incur costs by immediate payment to him.
In a notice from Little Wond River Mining & Co the board announces Mr W Bal lanting will oversee operations and take control under order of the directors. All contracts will cease that day and a new superintendent is to be named. President EJ Mavaxwa signs the order.
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