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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
5
A pilgrim finds a lone flower growing in a plain beyond companions. The tale uses its bloom and fragrance as a parable of steadfast work through sun and rain. The narrator urges perseverance, noting many would never bloom if growers quit.
The text presents a series of quirky, often contrived tips and observations. It includes methods to drive red ante from granulated sugar, disguising flavors with coal drops, advice about wearing a jianama hat, a crude pun on felon diagnosis, guidance on back pain, shoe rotation to equalize heel wear, and a query about replacing heads on old matches.
A brutal husband enters his wife's boudoir with a cold smile after her summons. He taunts her for speaking against him, proclaims his plan to leave her alone for the evening, and then departs with a demoniacal laugh, leaving her crumpled by the dressing table in fear.
A woman receives a string of comments about her looks including beauty, skin, figure, hands, and small feet. The list attributes these remarks to visits to a hairdresser beauty doctor modiste manicurist and shoe store. The dialogue frames social pressures on appearance.
A speaker from the league for the advancement of woman urges every husband to give his wife an allowance. A firm woman interrupts, proposing the wife should grant the husband an allowance instead. The exchange highlights competing views on marital finance.
Frank Derol heirs warned that the undersigned spent 1010 dollars on annual labor for the Warm Springs lode mining claim in East Fork Mining District Custer County Idaho. If coowners do not contribute 50 dollars within days after publication, their undivided one half interest may be forfeited to the claimant per federal mining laws. Publication dates range Jan 3 to May 2 1911.
Probate Court in Custer County Idaho orders all interested parties to appear on May 2 1911 at 10 a.m. in Challis to show cause why Phebe M Pierce as administratrix may be granted authority to sell necessary portions of Royal A Pierce deceaseds real estate. Notice to be published weekly for four weeks in The Silver Messenger with final publication by May 6 1911.
Charles DeWitt of Challis Idaho seeks final proof on his June 14 1910 homestead entry for 153 55 acres in Tp 16 N R 14 E KM. After May 20 at Challis Idaho witnesses include John Stephens Daniel Stephens Thomas Kerr and John Altham. Public action by P F Horne register and commissioner Bernrian Lisle S9A.
In the Probate Court of Custer County Idaho a notice announces the proving of the will of Peter Hurstedt deceased and the application of Matilda C Burstedt for letters testamentary. The hearing is set for April 26 1911 at 2 pm in the court room. Interested parties may appear.
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