11 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1898
Page
1
Local market at Challis features beef pork veal and fresh vegetables with a selection of oysters and other goods. Shoppers find daily staples and produce in a compact market setting.
An observer describes an ancient lava cave system on Clover Creek Idaho with honeycombed passages and large chambers. He speculates carved by floods and lava, recounts cannibal dwarfs, cave defenses and weapons, and discusses possible causes for tribe disappearance near the Late Quaternary period.
Various brief reports from Challis Idaho include social events, church weeks of prayer, and community notices. Highlights mention Fred Horn’s marriage to Miss M Robbie in Challis, the Challis Social Club forming with officers, a Klondike voyage by Dan Dickinson, liquor license revenue in Custer county totaling 7050, and Challis Encampment I C C F installing officers.
Report covers executions and legal notes from Idaho and nearby areas. Hanged is Durrant. other items cover a Montana Idaho company incorporation, a principal’s state certificate, a postmaster appointment in Washington, a pardon for a convict, mineral production totals, and court sentences for two men. The rough text notes a poem preview and a dialectal joke exchange.
Bayhorse residents report Mike Foley passing through town en route to Challis. Earl Michael departs Jan 12 for Indiana relatives for three months. James Colter shows health improvment. A new school clock funded by the Christmas dance will be delivered. Carl Lane and J C Fox visited town. Sunday School established. Mrs Germer and Bebdlay face heart failure. Earl Michael’s farewell party was a surprise Bon Voyage. Society in Bayhorse quiets until the Fourth.
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