27 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
1
A satirical verse depicts a city planning a grand dinner to honor a new winner. Citizens propose committees, menus, speeches, and wine as they celebrate the victorious figure. The piece mocks ceremonial excess and the routine fanfare surrounding political success.
An 1911 notice promotes Baldine a crystal hair-growth remedy at 50 cents per ounce with a money-back guarantee. It also records a Idaho water diversion permit case for 14-25 cubic feet per second on Garden Creek, Challis, Idaho, with details, applicant Thomas Chivers, permit 6355, completion date July 19, 1911, covering 28 acres SW 3W Section 28 Township 14N Range 19E Boise Meridian.
The Challis Amusement Club performs as Minstrels at the 11 0. F. Hall next Monday evening. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Everyone invited for a good laugh and entertainment.
A comic exchange features an auto dealer boasting of a machine with fewer parts and a buyer asking about advantages. A temperance bill is ridiculed as a total failure, and a stage performer claims to hypnotize a lady until a snap of fingers frees her. A husband offers a fair price to stop the finger snapping.
Challis buzzes with July 4 plans as residents prepare flags and community events. notes include water levels in Salmon river dropping, a jail closure due to sanitary orders, and a wide range of local updates from bond sales to road damage from a cloud burst.
An advertisement extols Brown's Monthly Regulator as a reliable remedy for women across ages from teens to fifty, claiming it soothes nerves, relieves excitability, and supports regularity, adding real life days monthly. It targets housewives and saleswomen and offers $1 per package or three for $2.50 with plain-wrapped shipping.
The green aphis is a major orchard foe in the young apple trees this summer. Look for leaf curl and vitality loss as sap is drawn from the foliage. Upon detection apply a weak contact poison such as diluted soap, kerosene emulsion, or strong tobacco decoction, spraying thoroughly beneath leaves.
The guide outlines hip high pressure sprays and thorough drenching to treat plant lice before leaf curl. It details soap solutions using whale or potash soap, kerosene emulsions with hard soap, and a tobacco decoction sold as Black Leaf, noting effectiveness against aphids on pear and cherry trees.
In Stanley Basin activity is light with the Greyhound mine not yet started while placer mining by George Smith and Henry Starkey is thriving. Brown, the game warden, has a new cabin and recent trips include Red Fish Lake. Locals prepare for the 4th of July as new homesteads appear near Cape Horn and residents assist with dredge preparations on Stanley Creek. An advertisement for Brown Chemical Company promotes System Cleanser as a remedy for liver and kidney regulation and circulatory health with pricing and mail-order options.
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