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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1910
Page
2
The page carries a miscellany of items and quips from a early 20th century issue. It laments coal and ice shortages, warns about pneumonia, touts Halley’s comet sighting, mocks fashion fads, notes bank assets, and jokes about industrial and social topics. It mentions Columbia University funding, a proposed transcontinental road, and a call for muskrat hunting regulation, among stray remarks on debt, charity, and medical discoveries.
In a portrait of Bill Jess McDonald born September 28 1862 in Kemper County Mississippi the piece traces a daring frontier life from a feudal planter father to a boy who tames danger with presence of mind. It recounts Civil War service, the Corinth battle, Reconstruction tensions in Henderson Texas, and McDonald’s rise as a peace maker and local leader in Mineola Wood County, including clashes with law and a long friendship with James S Hoge.
A Mineola disturbance led to arrests as deputy Reeves and Captain McDonald used firm action to restore order after cross ties crew and local roughs clashed in streets near a cheap hotel. McDonald protected Reeves during a rough confrontation, arresting a drunk man, and the crowd dispersed after threats and a show of force. Overnight calm followed as lawmen patrolled and pledged future restraint.
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