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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1900
Page
5
Readable fragments show a mail and express schedule listing delivery times and days. It mentions Leay Wes Challis delivered eight times monthly on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with arrivals around 1012 hours, and service to Mil Custar county towns including Red ville. Prop. 4 appears as a reference.
Boots Shoes Boots Shoes has just received a fine line of buckbrated boots and shoes from Custer County and Sonable prices. Offers them for sale at Rea.
A local advert describes a shop named GINS Asc Oy offering Ladies and Gents goods, furnishings, and a complete stock of fresh groceries. The notice highlights a broad selection and constant availability for customers seeking variety in daily needs.
A drifting outcast named Rhoda seeks shelter in a ruined warehouse within a 2,000,000-strong city. He befriends a rough stranger, sharing bread and warmth by a fire, and receives a brutal knife as a symbol of fleeting friendship. Waking, the pair part, and Rhoda clings to the gift, choosing a fresh start in a nearby newspaper office as he vows to rejoin honest work and leave his dark past behind.
Poem nostalgic for rural roads and childhood scenes by Ethelwyn Wetherald, cited from Youth's Companion. It recalls river, market, village, woodland, and valley roads, with imagery of dew, fish, bells, and rustic grace. The piece reflects on how landscapes shaped early contentment and memory.
A Chicago household of two women woke to a piercing burglar alarm during early morning hours. They huddled in terror as every creak and breeze seemed to foretell danger, then found an open window letting in wind responsible for the alarm. They pondered whether they’d rather face a burglar than the alarm itself.
Mr. Nobbleton argues in the New York Sun for power propulsion of fire apparatus and other vehicles, praising the skill of the engine driver as the supreme ruler of a moving, five ton city engine racing through crowded streets. He urges looking now to honor the man who sits strapped in, reins in hand, leading the team.
Al Sphung operates a frog and snake farm in Starke County Indiana employing many locals. The farm houses wrecks and ponds with abundant turtles frogs and snakes. Frogs sell in city markets at one to twenty cents a dozen while snakes and turtles go to educational institutions for dissection and to museums parks and hotels. The enterprise supports a growing, steady income.
A Kentucky Jerico Coal Creek restaurant keeper promotes The Edwards House in Coal Creek Tennessee. The card boasts 25 cent beds and meals, transit notes, and a blunt London style boast of plain comfort. It mocks local townsfolk and lists basic amenities while noting a depot opposite the railroad. The ad includes a cross-tie walk comment and a separate Montclair New Jersey note praising the Town Improvement Association run by women with a frugal treasury. It closes with a China coal price line at 13 cents per iva.
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