26 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1899
Page
1
Mrs Hoelzle announces a new hotel and lodging house on North Main Street near son & Jordan's, welcoming public patronage. Rates are reasonable with daily and monthly lodging and meals available, noting attention for balls and banquets, and accommodations for traveling salesmen.
An old faded ad promotes New Erstendorfer Bros famous washable enamel finishes for metal wood and ceramics. It touts rust proof gloss enamel for bathtubs fixtures and surfaces, claims easy application with no experience required, and mentions samples and a location at 43-28.
C V Hansen, prop promises daily four horse Concord stage from Challis to Houston and Blackfoot daily at 6 AM except Sundays. Direct route to Houston Challis Bayhorse Layton Custer Bonanza Stanley Basin Sheep Mountain and Yellow Jacket. Express shipments via Blackfoot Idaho with care by B H C Stage Co. for J P Spalding agent.
A poem recalls a brutal midday performance where heavy blows and mud stained the stage and audience. The speaker notes the frightful event, the blood, and the clash of mighty men, while hoping the fights end and the tunnel remains safe. The narrator thanks the fighters but wishes no further brawls.
Notice that all taxes will become delinquent on the first Monday in January 1900 unless paid. A three percent penalty applies if paid by that date, six percent after the first Monday up to sale. Interest is twelve percent per year from the first Monday in January. O. Lane, Assessor and Collector.
The article contrasts early day placer miners as spendthrifts and generous comrades with underground miners today who are sober, steady, and provident. It notes persistent hope as the driving force for success, the lure of future claims, and the tendency to shift fortunes between prosperity and setback. It highlights miners’ resilience, communal bonds, and readiness to pursue new chances in fortune.
A striking regional note describes a well formed man living near the Montana border who sheds the entire outer cuticle of his body annually, a curiosity likened to a rattlesnake shedding skin. The account emphasizes the extraordinary nature of this biological peculiarity observed at the state boundary.
VoluUTazers Recarbox and Adjutant General Weaver depart for San Francisco to escort Idaho volunteers to Boise. Camp Welcome will be on the vacant block behind the Catholic church with tents provided. Special train arrives Portland 27th. breakfast delays four hours before reaching Boise 8 a.m. Thursday the 28th. A parade forms at 1 p.m., with governor and staff riding out. Evening events include theater receptions, lectures by J. W. Reid and W. E. Borah, and a Natatorium entertainment. Memorial services Sunday night will conclude the visit.
Despite a sudden downpour the man finds a hopeful angle as clouds part and streets gleam after the heavy rain. He reflects on resilience and the unexpected brightness following a brisk shower.
A lengthy reminiscence outlines J C Leonard once known as dentist and “Governor of the Third House of Idaho” who vanished after a cryptic threat and a growing museum collection gifted to the University of Michigan through Major Harrison Soule. The tale recounts Leonard’s letters, gifts, inclinations toward relics, and the 1898 desert expedition that ends with no further word.
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