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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1898
Page
1
The Challis masquerade on Feb 22 featured around fifty masked attendees with costumes including Mrs Don Rowles as The Silver Messenger and various character parodies. Reports note the event’s pride in the Messenger costume and list many participants while highlighting attendance and local reactions.
The event featured Mrs EB G Dodge as Summer in pink roses and Miss Birdina Tennell as Winter in snow white. Other standout portrayals included Miss Mable Bowles as a Fairy and George Thompson as the Yellow Kid. Miss Alice Felkner and Mrs C Pierce dressed as Klondikers with fur coats and scattered large gold nuggets.
The Challis Amateur Minstrels stage Daanon Pythias in Challis on Friday evening March 4 1898 with other attractions including Club Swinging and songs. Admission is 25 cents. Doors open at 7 50 p m curtain at 8 p m.
MORSE IDAHO FEB 4 1908 Chas Seagreen visited last week before leaving for the Klondike Miss Jennie Cochran returned from Challis Wm Buster was in the valley on business Jas Hooper took Bob Street to Challis on his way to Alaska Ben Borjeson was in Challis Monday Sam Anderson Hugh Wood and Jas Mayrick left for Salmon to celebrate Washington s birthday Dell Bartlett Wm Stewart Tom Groves Miss Meyburn and others went to Challis for the 22nd Miss Nina Bradbury daughter of Sam Bradbury is in Challis going to school Miss Nonie Halloran is visiting Challis Nasby caught eighty four trout today Windy weather lately Born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Nasby a daughter
Hon W J Bryan advocates fusion of silver forces in 1895 arguing it preserves party principles while focusing on nine core reforms. The list includes monometallism opposition, immediate bimetallic restoration, retirement of greenbacks, opposition to National bank currency, abolition of trusts, arbitration for labor disputes, income tax, and opposition to government by injunction. Other local notes report mail contracts, sales of horses, school exercises, lost keys, and weather prophecies alongside brief community updates.
Bingiver Nuggets Idaho Feb 4 Not an idle man in camp. Mr E L Momma postmaster arrived last Tuesday after spending winter in Pennsylvania. J M is a favorite among the men. Frank Gennell left for Dayton Washington to meet his brother planning to take a pack train to Weon City. Lee Ramey is very ill. The boys were Peay who stayed the night they went tramping to reach their father’s bedside who recently passed away Mayo.
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