02 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1898
Page
1
The Silver Republican County Central Committee of Custer County Idaho will meet in Challis on Saturday August 18 1898 at 2 PM to select four delegates for the State Convention in Boise on August 24 1898. The gathering will also call a County Convention, fill vacancies, apportion delegates, and handle other proper business. By order of Chairman J P Spatpine and Secretary Cxas Baker.
The Democratic County Central Committee of Custer County Idaho meets Saturday August 13 1898 at 2 PM in Challis to choose two delegates for the State Convention in Boise City August 24 and to call a county convention for nominating county and legislative officers. They will fill vacancies apportion delegates and transact other business. All Democrats and supporters of the 1896 platform invited. W H Ferriner J F Winkerson Secretaries.
Notice to teachers announces a general examination at the Court House in Challis on Thursday and Friday August 25 and 26 1898. All teachers interested are requested to attend. A Bomar County Superintendent of Public Instruction. NOTICE Populist convention in Challis August 13 1808 at 2 30 o'clock p m to elect delegates to the Populist State Convention and to transact other business. Primaries will be held in precincts to elect delegates to county convention between and p m on August 6th apportionment as follows. GEO B KEYES Chairman Cen Com Populist Central Committee Meeting. Members of the Populist Central Committee of Custer County will meet at Challis on August 15 1808 at 4 o clock p m to transact business within the province of such. ORO KEYES Chairman Financial Statement. WARMARTE OUTSTANDING Current Expense Fund Interest on shown. Rond Fund from July 1904 810 508 Interest on above 8800 or Hospital Fund Issue 1804 with interest on above.
The Vitascope Company promotes moving pictures and a variety of acts. They plan an entertainment at Challis O O P hall on Thursday evening August 4. Local items mention ships, mines, and miners from Idaho and Alaska, plus a wedding and moonlight fishing jokes.
Fragmented dispatches describe U S Marines landed near Guanica and Ponce in Porto Rico in a skirmish with Spanish forces. Reports note fever cases among Americans, possible expedition plans, and a quoted critique of the U S flag’s symbolism amid war news from Santiago and Manila.
Notice declares forfeiture action for J O Swift and W H Watt of Hiskey Idaho. John Mullen claims one third interest in the Blackhawk mine in Beafount district Custer County Idaho. They failed to pay required annual labor and improvements totaling four hundred dollars. forfeiture proceeding will proceed unless payment is made to the undersigned before the next publication.
A fragmented OCR text mixes a sentimental poem about shadows and elm trees with travel and fraternal notices. It mentions a Republican convention in Horse, rates for round trips, and Knights of Pythias in Indianapolis. Details are partial and jumbled, with several illegible phrases and stray lines. The readable portions indicate a multi-item clipping with literary verses and a railroad travel notice.
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