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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
4
The London Spectator notes wasps’ wariness and fighting tactics, explaining they sting only when provoked and that bees can deter them by pushing them away. It recounts calm behavior when nests are undisturbed and describes a Yorkshire scene where a dog is stung by wasps while resting near a wood.
Western ranchmen pursue coyote control using greyhounds after trials by Clinton E. Worden show dogs can strike quickly. Packs are being trained on many ranches as a new sport and potential remedy to long running cattle losses.
The editor recalls a boastful reporter famed for memory and accuracy while a story about an American locomotive screech tests accuracy. A Batavia locomotive tester notes its speed, claiming it outruns the whistle. William Curtis from Berlin reports the American colony there is smaller than believed, with around five hundred residents.
A fragment argues that spelling prowess depends on constant practice and mental encoding. It laments reliance on stenography, notes memory as visual, and compares modern typing to medieval reliance on professional scribes, warning that skill decays without regular use.
A Franklin Virginia tale reveals William Harber who served with Company FL Sixteenth Regiment in the Spanish American era. While en route to Chickamauga he tossed a hard tack with his name and address to reach a southern girl. The daughter of Col Ray later married Harber and moved to Tennessee.
A mad inventor in a Wellesley asylum crafted plans for a fast sailing anchor and other devices. He patented and marketed the anchor, earning 19000 dollars over two years, then supported his two daughters. He also created a corkscrew and a folding chair, and had notable encounters with the Duke of Abercorn.
Public notice to Tod A Calack George Coryell Ravenel Macbeth W G Gorton and others. Carl Malm of Challis Idaho states expenditure of forty hundred suns to hold the Alexander and Mubel lode mining claims on Loon Creek Mining District Coster county Idaho through specified years. If others do not contribute their share within days after publication the interests may transfer to the subscriber under Section 204 and amendments. Dated April 25 1910 with first publication April 46 1910.
Notice to cattlem en offers 20 head of Registered Thoroughbred Short Mora Bulls aged four to four years. Bulls shipped from Iowa and Missouri have served the season and will be ready after July 1. Seller H C Lewis of Ketchum Idaho invites inquiries for replacement shipment this fall.
Notice filed in Fremont County Idaho on June 10 before D Hawley N W, detailing completion of diversion works for 155 cubic feet per second of Dry Creek water. Permittees listed include C Maley, I Masinger, O P Williams, A H Tums, W L Bortel, and W I Nortel Sr. Notes location sections and legal parcel descriptions for the irrigation and domestic use. First publication May 11, 11.
Notice to W Liam Balldridge and heirs that $100 spent on libel and improvements to the Hluvle Pig lode mining claim in Seafoam Mining District Custer Idaho is to hold the premises for the year ending December 51 1009. If within ninety days after full publication you do not pay your proportional share of $75 plus $15.10 advertising costs, your interest will vest in the claimant under the 4 amendments and April 25 2W10. First publication May 3 110.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Hailey Idaho announces Alice Stephens of Challis Custer county Idaho filed Deseret Land Entry No 54325 Serial No 06060 for Seney Section 9 Township 14 North Range East Hobe Meridiga to establish final proof before L H Johnston A S Commissioner at Challis Idaho on June Mth day 110 witnesses John W Stephens William Stephens Everett Baxter Laforest Welch all of Challis Custer county Idaho
A notice from Challis Village, Custer County, Idaho, states a special election is set for June 11, 1910 to decide on issuing eight thousand dollars in water works bonds. Ballots ask voters to approve or oppose bonds per Ordinance Nos. 98 and 28. Polling place is Odd Fellows Unit on Main Avenue from 9 AM to 7 PM. By order of the Village Board of Trustees.
Notice to heirs or assigns of 1 Weusee T F C Gott and J A McClary that labor of 400.00 has been expended to hold the Dryden Pevitieh Brownau lode claims in Kayhorse Mining District Custer County Idaho for year ending December 31 1910. Requires payment of 125.33 to McGoff and 62.66 to J A McClurg plus 15.60 costs within ninety days after publication or interest will be forfeited to subscriber. recording 40 seating 2424 of revised statutes. First publication 1910.
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