22 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
1
Mrs M Jose offers first class meals and lodging northwest of R N Hull Co store Challis Idaho. Fine large rooms with good beds and best market table. Board and lodging available daily weekly or monthly at reasonable rates.
Bascom House advertises as the last stopping place before mountain passes from Mackay to the Salmon River Valleys. Proprietor E. W. Bascom promises the best travelers home in Central Idaho with reasonable terms.
The following warrants against Custer County will be paid with interest to date if presented within sixty days from the date of this notice. Current Expense Fund April Issue 1903 No 99 20 31 32 23. Current Hoed Fund Oct Issue 1003 No 48 40 10. Redemption Fund Issue 1903 No 342. Interest at .07 percent from registry date to ten days after advertisement.
Taken up at my place in Sawtooth valley on November 21 1903 one red polled or desarved bull about two years old and same in left hindleg No brand both ears cropped and slit Owner can have same by paying charges and for this notice F W Snaw First publication Dec 15 1903.
The undersigned, convicted of manslaughter in the March 1902 term of the District Court for Custer County Idaho, sentenced to ten years in the Idaho State penitentiary, applies to the Idaho Board of Pardons at its January 1904 session for a pardon. First publication December 8, 1903.
Sealed bids for a Salmon River breakwater north side about a mile above the bridge below Watson's ranch are invited by the Custer County Idaho Board at the January 1904 meeting. Plans and specs are in the Clerk's office. Bids due by the second Monday of January 1904. The board may reject any bids. Gro. E. Keres, Clerk.
January 1904 meeting of the county board sets rules for newspaper printing for the year 1904. The contracted printer must provide ballots and instruction cards for all general or special elections in Custer County. Bids must be sealed and marked Proposals for County Printing and filed with the Clerk on or before the second Monday of January 1904.
The Board of County Commissioners of Custer County Idaho calls bids for care of the indigent poor for 1904. Bids must cover hospital housing food clothing lodging medicines and medical attendance including care for jail inmates and decent interments. Sealed bids due by the second Monday of January 1904 with options for per diem or full term price. The board may reject any bid. Gro B Keyes Clerk.
Poem by T. Shelley Sutton printed in Los Angeles California. The verse extols nature as pure brave and wise and speaks to destiny purpose and mercy guiding the soul. It envisions transformation from sorrow to light with a vision of the Phoenix of Love rising from ashes.
The article notes Challis will observe Christmas without a public tree and links modern customs to ancient beliefs. It traces the tree, mistletoe, candles, and merriment to Norse, Druids, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, and Chinese origins, highlighting continuity of ideas across ages.
A lengthy discussion traces Christmas origins from ancient European rites, noting how winter solstice celebrations, solar reverence, and Christian adoption blended into a festive season. It explains the spread of customs across cultures, the date’s final establishment on December 25, and the shift from pagan forms to a cradle of Christ. The article concludes with local notes and community updates.
The National Republican Convention will convene in Chicago on June 1 1904 Ex Governor Murray Crane of Massachusetts chosen as successor to Mark Hanna as Chairman of the National Republican Committee.
Arrivals listed include Frank Hunt Bayhorse Idaho V Hanson Mackay Idaho Emmett Hos ford Clayton Idaho James Hooper May Idaho 8 J Roberts May Idaho James Papworth Clayton Idaho M Smith J Plercy Junner Grey hound Mountain Mahe.
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