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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1899
Page
3
An advertising snippet touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People available at druggists or direct from the manufacturer. The copy mentions prices of 50 cents per box and six boxes for 62 cents, with wording emphasizing reliability and broad appeal.
The C. C. & C. Stage Line owned by C. H. Popry promotes a cheap direct route to Bayhorse Clayton Bonanza Custer Stanley Basin Seafoam and Shee Mountain via Evans U S mall with P Spalding as agent at Challis.
A fortified scene at Fort Buford shows a deserter Zack Brayton fleeing down the Missouri River with his wife Elviry and children in danger from pursuit. After a perilous paddle and dawn navigation, a U.S. troop boat closes in and the man sinks in the muddy river as gunfire erupts, ending his bid for reunion.
Chicago Evening News recounts the demise of “Apache George,” famed camp member from the 4 Camp on Chicago’s South Side. He and his companion “Tex” vanished after a chance meeting with an actor. a rough rider later confirms George’s death nearby, leaving Tex’s fate unresolved.
A Dover Kentucky tramp proposed collecting one cent from every person on earth, claiming about 1.5 billion donors would yield roughly 15 million dollars. The plan would require 60 years of daily collections averaging 694.92 dollars, with vast logistics including railcar shipments and miles of currency. The piece notes the impractical grand scheme, contrasting it with wealthier financiers and referencing a separate World article about Calcutta’s pauper animal asylum and its staff.
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