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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
4
Odd Moravian customs described at Litita with simple services, love feast treats, and wax candles. Ceremonial processions, graveyard chants, and year-end gatherings mark Christmas Eve and New Year Eve observances. Congregants perform hymns, sermons, and instrumental pieces before dawn of the new year.
A New York Bin account portrays Silas Saggleby as one of Storkville Centers wealthiest figures, inheriting a fortune from a miserly uncle. The tale claims he hoarded bonds and manipulated coupon values to minimize the payout, yet refused to hire others for the task, becoming infamous for avoiding even the small work himself.
A farmer rushes to reach a doctor for his ill wife and a widow offers marriage if she survives. In another tale a Lonlieellis gambler dupes a Kentuckian at poker when four kings are revealed and the stranger protests he did not deal that hand.
Bloomington Pantagraph notes Pink wx dawn Mowers and local anglers Brampft Kyle Rudolph Slater and Jorge Wember push a German export mass through a slough east of Matana to widen an ice-free channel. The group reports a successful deluge relief and states 8000 pounds owed for daily shipments as winter approaches.
The Centenary Methodist Church in Portland Oregon adopts a new fundraising scheme devised by Rev J J Waters. A church roster lists each member with credit spaces and monthly marks. attendees upon entering see who has paid toward current expenses and who has not. Delinquent members feel pressure to contribute as a visible accountability system. The plan, displayed in the vestibule, aims to encourage payments by making contributions obvious.
A romance from poverty to wealth unfolds as John White, once a $3,000,000 gold miner, marries Cecelia Nongues in Oakland after a 17 year wait. She was widowed, supporting herself as a tea vendor, when health prompted their reunion. The couple wed on October 14 in Oakland with Rev. Charles W. Wendte officiating.
An 1875 Springfield shoe dealer faced stock depreciation and collection failures leading to a 90 cent on the dollar compromise. After 22 years, the merchant, now aged over 70, has settled all old claims in full, with creditors signing receipts and destroying most original papers. The case is noted as a model of conscientious business conduct.
The text surveys greetings in multiple languages, noting how Americans say howdy as a concise social form. It touches on language variety and civility, and briefly mentions cabbage as a claimed intoxication cure amid references to Egyptian eating habits.
Notice of guardianship and estate settlement broadcasting claims in Castor county Mahoc. Beneficiaries are advised of incurred expenses totaling 400,000 with a fifth share due to the claimant and a partial payment arrangement under U S law. The notice calls for payment within days or risk loss of rights and liens.
Notice to administrator and heirs about public notice of property assessment and consent to sale. It states expenditures of funds, improvements, and the co ownership share of 15 dollars due to the widow. Publication date referenced as February 25th, year unspecified, in Yankee Work Mine district Outer county.
Elizabeth P Hatrib sues Francis Harris in District Court of the Fourth Judicial District Idaho for divorce and relief after more than four years of neglect to provide support. The summons warns appearance within ten to forty days, failure leads to default. Copy attached.
Notice to creditors of the estate of ATUbUY Farren deceased in Custer County Idaho. Rilen Parrot as administratrix alerts claimants to present warrants within four months after first publication to claim and settle estate at Hayhorse town four miles south, Hayhorey. MLLEN WARREN, Administratrix, first publication 1902.
The Inter-Mountain Farmer and Ranchman previews expansion this spring and summer. It will become an invaluable monthly for farmers and ranchmen across the arid country. Subscription rates offered include one dollar yearly, or combined with The Weekly Salt Lake Tribune for a dollar fifty. The Weekly Tribune alone costs one dollar.
The Salt Lake Tribune touts comprehensive news for a pivotal campaign year. It urges readers to rely on the paper for credt and fair daily reporting, noting its sister publications The Weekly Tribune and The Tater Mountain Farmer and Ranchman serve farmers and ranchers nationwide.
Notices warn that warrants against Custer county will be paid with intent and a redemption fund entry dated July 24 1902 in Challis Idaho. The ad item lists registration interest at seven percent and advertisement timing, signed by Alice Felkner county treasurer. An unrelated antiquated advertisement promotes a sensational disaster book and a spammy profit offer.
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