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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1911
Page
8
The passage portrays a desolate heap where discarded clothes and bones lie breached by scavengers while a distant ideal city wall hides beyond green avenues. It contrasts material refuse with enduring moral strife, urging a purifying flame over useless debris and bitter thoughts. A separate tale shows a vegetarian suitor pressed by a maiden who retorts with a playful “Go to grass” rebuke.
A sharp classroom exchange ends with the parent remarking that the boy may write popular songs when he grows up. The teacher admits difficulty in teaching grammar, signaling a lighthearted generational clash about education and talent.
A brief squib notes the critic believes his best writing comes on an empty stomach. Reader retorts that it reads more like an empty head.
A playful dialogue features a youth wearing a polka-dotted hat band asking what the father said about engagements. The girl with a two inch ear answers with a fragmented recollection, hinting at a humorous or enigmatic exchange. The passage scans as a whimsical, stylistic vignette with intentionally garbled memory.
A playful exchange between Miss Gosham and Professor Wizzles centers on age and appearance as they appreciating the long beard. The professor notes the rare veneration for aging marks and the wistful thought of a muff not a mufft forming in jest.
An examination for teachers' first second and third grade county certificates will be held at the office of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction in Challis Idaho on February 23 24 and 25 1911. Jennie Er Ke Lenner Co Supt of Public Instruction.
The County Commissioners invite bids to sell fifteen thousand dollars in negotiable coupon bridge bonds bearing interest up to six percent. Bonds of nine hundred dollars each dated January 1 1911 mature January 1 1921 and annually thereafter with a ten year redemption option. Bids due February 28 1911 at Challis Idaho. Cash or certified checks required with bid. Sealed bids must meet terms or deposit forfeited if not complied with in thirty days. First publication January 31 1911.
Board of County Commissioners of Custer County Idaho invites sealed bids for a curved chord steel bridge over the Salmon River near Challis Idaho two miles below the Barr or Jenson bridge. Plans require 220 foot span 16 foot roadway atop 14 foot high concrete abutments. Two thousand dollar bid deposit required with plans A and A. Bids due April 5 and read April 10 1911.
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