31 May 1898
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1898
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe rail tables led with best outcomes and trains in Custer. Mentions PF Daily Four-Horse Concord and routes carrying mail passsenger express freight and cheap mail service North and South.
Memorial Day verses mourn fallen soldiers and kin, speaking of under roses sleepning and silent hearts. It recalls brothers tying brothers vows, blue and gray laid to rest, as peace and memory endure after cannon roar.
A train scene in May shows two widows, one with blue eyes, one gray, meeting by chance and sharing memories of their soldier husbands. They pledge annual reunions and walk to the old church graveyard, united in grief and hope. The piece links their stories with a second note about Custer County not being called to Idaho quotas and a Challis/District Court docket list, followed by a Cuba-bound professor’s departure notice.
Challis records show Judge C. O. Stocks, J. C. Rogers as DA, and clerk staff present. Community items note new arrivals Dr J S Meyer family, Dentists F Pyle, a hall dance next Friday, Children Day observance, and local business updates. Governor Steunenberg names delegates to Salt Lake City mining congress. county tax rolls list 147 delinquents. volunteer call and appeals for Challis representation.
President McKinley calls for 75 000 volunteers as Idaho’s quota appears at 139. Reports claim Schley’s fleet blocks Santiago harbor while a U S occupation plan for Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines is outlined. Local notes include a missing boy in Challis and marriages, with limited war news beyond rumors.
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