06 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
1
Local notes report March weather and political talk, with mentions of smoke signals and public funds. Idaho census pay rates, marriage announcements, mining results at Anvil creek, community charity events, and visits by notable residents shaped this Challis roundup.
A reflective verse speaks of seasons passing from summer to winter. Love endures as the only blaze that keeps summer’s memory alive, beyond fading flowers and chased by time, as winter shadows fall.
Walter Baxter and Many J. Baxter of Challis Idaho express heartfelt thanks to the Epenpie community through the Messenger for kindness during illness and death of their two children. Dated Challis February 27 1900.
Reports from Cape Nome indicate heavy winter prospecting for gold in beaches and tundra. Miners expect the richest sands below water mark and seek bedrock by ice. tundra sinking is difficult but may yield a vast area rich in gold similar to Klondike. Beach work could continue without burning, though progress will be slow.
Custer items note C.H. Poppy’s visit from Clayton on business and F. Davis leaving for Butte. Frank Dearden returned from Oregon, John Allen went to Houston, and S. E. Morris improves after two weeks of illness. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as proven for colds. claims a cure in a day when used early, sold by J. P Spalding.
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