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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1911
Page
5
A raspy monologue laments how box office men and clerks snub spenders. A collector displays a peace treaty pen claiming it signs more peace terms, while a friend jokes that the pen once signed divorce decrees by Judge Splittens in South Dakota.
A friend notes a watch running fast by half an hour compared with another. The man with a businesslike face explains his watch had not run at all yesterday after being unwound overnight. He says he will set it to run to catch up the lost day.
A proprietor confronts a clerk about leasing rooms to a man named Filkins. The clerk claims Filkins is immensely rich due to his age and his wife’s youth, implying wealth based on appearances rather than income.
A speaker decried hindrances to progress while a bystander shouted the hobble skirt as the cause. The crowd reacted with a heated exchange over fashion constraining movement and public advancement.
A restless man rises and gives his seat to a stout woman who had swayed from a strap for four miles. She challenges him with a sarcastic remark asking what is wrong with the seat.
A witty exchange turns on stolen kisses and prohibition era humor. One character jokes that grabbing a cocktail on Sunday in a dry town is about the thrill of the act, not the need, highlighting playful banter about restraint and desire.
Notice announces a water diversion permit completion hearing at 10 A M on April 24 before Notary W W Adminson in Challis Idaho. Ida Bradbury holds permit 6751 for Garden Creek irrigation and domestic use, diverting 8.1 cubic feet per second to 40 acres NE of SE Sec 32 Tp 14N R19E, with completion set for April 20, 11.4.
Charles DeWitt of Challis Idaho filed Homestead Entry No 04507 for land in Tp 1 North East and described by a long series of survey points. He plans Final Five Year Proof before Berriman B Barnes US Commissioner at Challis Idaho on May 40 ight with witnesses John W Stephens Daniel Stephens Thomas J Kerry John Altham.
Notice to Frank Devel that a mining claim on WARM SPRINGS Jade in East Fork Idaho faces forfeiture for delinquent annual labor of 110 dollars and share due of 04.00. Co owner Joan R. Creist warns nonpayment within ninety days after publication will surrender undivided one half interest to the other owner per Section 2394. Publication dates Jun 31 1911 and last May 26, 1911.
Probate Court in Custer County Idaho orders all interested parties to appear on May 6 1411 at 11 o clock to show cause why Phebe M Pierce administrator should not be granted an order to sell real estate of Royal A Pierce deceased. Publication required weekly for four weeks in The Silver Messenger with first publication April 11 1911.
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