30 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
1
Local notes report J P Spalding guarantees Chamberlains Cough Remedy with full refund after two thirds used. A. H. Foster becomes clerk at Spalding’s drug store. Reports cover rail line hopes, Alaska mining views, marriages, deaths, court moves, and local incidents in Challis Idaho.
Jan 24 report from Lowdon notes General Buller's turning movement falters and pauses. Warren holds the ridges as Boer high ground remains, artillery shelling positions while infantry risk fire on bare open ground. Rumors of defeats and captures circulate, but official word cites casualty lists and unclear stock exchange chatter.
A brief from Custer Idaho notes a broken piston head on an air compressor at Lucky Boy hoisting works on the 24th. John Haan arrives from Ketchum via snowshoes. Amos Franklin reports lighter snow than ever seen at Estes. A fire at Heber Booth's store, starting from a defective stove pipe, was extinguished with no damage. Wells McGowan and George Laundry moved to the Tonto mine for development. H Poppy seeks a mail schedule change from Custer to Challis to shorten travel to Challis to one day. current 60 mile trip takes two days.
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