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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1911

Page

4

Custer County Idaho Promises Rich Mining Growth and Growth

Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers and capitalists with its mining districts, rail access, and growing towns. The piece highlights Mackay Bayhorse Challis and Stanley Basin as key mining centers, notes 5000 square miles of terrain, and cites numerous mills smelters and a dredge. It emphasizes the intertwining of mining and farming for regional prosperity.

Guster County Idaho General Custer Montana Stanley Basin Custer County Challis Mackay Houston Clayton Custer Big Lost River Valley Thousand Spring Round Pahsamaroi East Fork Antelope Stanley Connecticut Delaware Rhode Island Oregon Short Line Railroad Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Blackfoot Aith Morgan Creek Garden Creek Bayhorse Poverty Flat Centennial Flat Hast Park Slate Creek Thompson Creek Robinson Bar

Agriculture and Stock-Raising in Custer County

Agriculture backs mining in Custer County with Salmon river irrigation eyed to reclaim thousands of acres of savbrush land. Stock-growing funds taxes, while climate and timber support growth. Challis features a 5400 foot elevation and sleigh rides, and the county boasts abundant mineral wealth and improving infrastructure.

Sawtooth Mountains Wood River Salmon River Custer County Challis Custer

The Pizin Thing and Monkeys in Conversation

A fragmented dialogue echoes preoccupations with evolution and human nature. Characters trade ironic quips about appearance, inconsistency, and fear of progressing toward simian traits. A pilot jokes about a downward revision of plans as passengers muse on fate and progress.

A Mean Fling

A sharp exchange features Colonel Goh of Lexington and a quick tempered Omahan arguing over water rights in the north and west, with reference to United States conflict lines and Yankee internal feuding. The dialogue satirically contrasts regional voices and concerns over priority and control.

Colonel Goh Lexington Omaha Kentucky

Premature Ending Sparks Publishing Banter

A publisher asks if the novel is finished and a literary figure jokes it ends itself in the third chapter. The pair discuss the author’s fault as Keraina prompts the hero to shop, inciting anger and ending the romance. A weaving tale mentions Mrs. Van Gilder and a detective who notes seven portraits tied to a wedding gallery.

Aks

Dodger and Bingo Echo Quick Witted Exchange

The Dodger declares understanding as the gene man with a quixzziea air and optimistic smile quips about opposed habits of listening to troubles. Mr Bingo admits he dodges people who endlessly recount misfortunes, claiming he also avoids those who boast of never sharing their troubles.

Bingo Mr. Bingo

Foot Ball Banter Echoes Wildean Wit at Tea

Algernon muses that football is much like Wagner while Ethel questions the reference. Algernon agrees the charm lies in pretending to like it, regardless of true taste. The exchange riffs on social pretension and cultural signals in a university or drawing-room setting.

Similarity Algernon Wagner Ethel

A Flat Family Plays Santa Claus For Pet Poodle

A quirky scene shows Flathurst carrying two bundles, playing Santa Claus. He jokes about a new farmer for the rubber plant and a collar for Fidokins, his wife's poodle, in a lighthearted domestic moment.

Flathurst Santa Claus Fidokins

Doctor Miles Heart Remedy Endorsed By Patient at 70

A Lewistown reader, 70, claims three physicians gave up hope for his life yet recovered after using Dr Miles Heart Remedy and Nervine. The testimonial highlights heart trouble symptoms and urges purchase from Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Indiana.

Dividing the Responsibility in a Country Feud

A dialogue shows a feud over a bungalow on a country lot with a humorous exchange about construction and marriage. The woman’s eyes reveal the answer and the man’s quick recovery. She declines the proposal with a firm no, prompting a cheeky closing line.

Vindicated and misfortune meet in a curious exchange

The scene shows Barnwn mocked by intimate friends for believing audiences enjoy being humbugged. He laments a show will not suffer, calls it the hand of fate, and frets over a vanished gain. A playful banter follows about a birthday gift turning into a building lot.

Barnwn

Resemblance in fashion sparks brisk cultural critique

A fragmentary verse piece satirizes changing dress norms, noting women’s clothing appears in stores. It recalls historic attire and mocks a Chicago preacher who links modern fashion to sin, while a husband’s impulse to swear hints at tension over marital expectations.

Chicago

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