01 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
1
It mentions a shop on Main Street Idaho offering items at 25 cents and 50 cents, with a prop indicating Ebberts as proprietor. The readable fragment suggests a sale or pricing notice in a small local ad style.
The text reflects a damaged OCR fragment describing a marriage causing distress and a possible crime. It mentions a minister, a groom’s whispered remark about a minimum sentence, and a woman named Sam’s wife involved in a violent act with references to a bald wheel and Lindlin’ wood, suggesting a dramatic or criminal event.
An advertisement-style note touts Bliss fat and Native Herbs as spring remedies. It claims the product cleanses blood and offers a money-back guarantee if not effective, with a price of 1.00 dollars for 411 tablets. The tone mimics a promotional drug pitch from a historical newspaper page.
County board corrects the assessment roll listing real estate and improvements, personal property values including cattle sheep hornes mules farming implements and more. It notes railroad and telegraph lines will add funds and orders a Board of Appraisers to value Lot Block 29 in Challis for a court house and jail site with July 31 1911 as report date.
Pursuant to a county order, W. Kiluntlington Sheriff will sell at 2 pm on Saturday Sept 2 1911 at the courthouse door Challis Idaho the Custer County Jail property. The sale covers land and improvements separately, with frontage details on Main Avenue and First Street. Bids in cash to the highest bidder.
A group of merchants in Challis signs an agreement to close four local businesses at eight o clock each evening except Saturdays starting the Saturday in August 1911. The pact binds B N Hull Co Chase Wentworth Waters Waters W A Seaton Son F Nickerson Wan Buster J M Read G T Potter Mrs Wm Huster and other signers to observe the early hour unless mutually changed.
Idaho county board, chaired pro tem Burnett, adjourns to complete equalization duties. Additions include 1000 value for Studebaker car. various 1911 assessment increases approved for Benner, Clark, Fontana, Teigh and Smitt, Pack Mining, LaSalle, Papworth, Reese, Sullivan, Sturkey, Settler and Miller, Swanson, Vance and others. Also grants 200 to Custer County Fair Association and orders sale of county jail property after notice.
Stanley Basin items list residents returning from Hailey and Boise. H C Willis bonds placer mines in Joe's gulch for summer. Families relocate to Stanley with news of schools and building projects. Lost mare reported near Sawtooth Basin. Sunbeam fish ladder nearing completion. fish have not returned since dam. Joe Boggs moves to Stanley. Otto Olson details and Olaf Olson note.
Round valley reports a bumper frost free crop this year. Miss Lois Felkner returned from Hailey. Attorneys and residents travel between Salmon, Salt Lake, Boise, and Challis as bridges, surveys, and telephones expand. A 16 year old bay stallion stolen near Goldburg, and local officials, doctors, and miners appear in community notes.
The Challis area plans the Custer County Fair this fall while Challis begins a new school term. Bids for a Hello Girl to work at the local exchange are sought next Thursday. News includes Bradbury visiting from Fresno, home-building projects around town, and a Salmon tragedy where Neff Pratt fatally shot Dr. Murphy before apparently injuring himself.
Community education rules allow district wide school attendance with exemptions for age over a year and specific medical or hardship cases. Heavily procedural, it details district and probate court roles, appeal processes, and limits on renewals for exemptions.
Reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta project a bumper crop and demand 50,000 workers to harvest. Excursions run daily with full details from Canadian Government Agent Benj Davies at 6 Dunn Block Central Ave Great Falls Montana. Apply at once for inspection trips and opportunities to invest or take up farm life.
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