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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1898
Page
4
The document appears as an issue of the Official Paper of Custer County dated Tuesday afternoon September 20 1898. Editor and publisher M M Sweet presents current notices and local items from Chattlaport area with advertisements and brief notices typical of a late 19th century county publication.
State certification of two house joint resolutions submitting amendments to sections of article eighteen of the Idaho constitution. Proposals cover county creation size thresholds, officer compensation shifts from fees to fixed salaries, and penalties for misuse of funds. Official publication dated September 27.
Notice of land filings and homestead applications in Morse Idaho with witnesses listed. Proceedings specify dates for court action in Balion City and publication in Challis newspaper. Names include Derren States ZANp Orrion, Haley, Isha, James Morrow, Minos N. Lewis, George Grubb, Charles G. Stultz, Rudolph Wright, and others.
A Lewiston physician recalls performing a tense midnight operation with an abscess under the arm. With the electric light out and the power station unable to supply immediate lighting, he improvised by using a kerosene stove and a towel to control bleeding while threading and dressing the wound.
Russian peasants near Moscow use a controversial anti rheumatic method by immersing a hermetically sealed sack filled with ants and earth into a warm bath. The pungent formic acid irritates the skin, drawing out the ailment and relieving pain, but warns against overexposure as it could cause bodily disorganization and skin peeling.
John Randolph of Roanoke died June 24 1893 in Philadelphia en route to England. His remains were moved later to Hollywood Cemetery Richmond where a monument was placed. An oak root tore his triple coffin, eight feet underground, as his body lay in a long drive near the state he loved.
In Walfiens City the Pont of that city states there are no waifs in San Francisco. Families in dire poverty are aided once identified and if able, members work to support kin. If too young or sick, provisions are made for necessities. Dozens of youths support families, yet none qualify as waifs. Also notes trees growing from mortar in old churches near Worcester. A horse chestnut roots a tomb of Sir Edmund Wylde, who died in 1020, now sprouts and forms a canopy over the ancient stone.
An unclear note describes a process where an item passes between people many times before a stamp or impression is either preserved or erased. It mentions a count up to billions of transfers and extensive handling affecting visibility of the mark.
The North China Herald notes pervasive corruption in officials who fix prices, collect taxes only to skim them, and describe a system where big fish consume little fish. It argues nothing improves under rulers, questions the student class, and portrays foreigners as barbarians who despise commerce and regard women as inferiors.
In 1850 Tennyson encountered a 17 year old path near Sommersby who inspired an inquisitive remark. Six years later he wed Emily Sellwood after a family connection brought them together. She became his trusted adviser, transcribing poems and offering final criticism before publication. Her steady, spiritual nature shielded him from life’s trials.
The Columbus Dispatch recounts a late evening in which a minister’s humorous story about a precise Greenwich time ball and a doctor with an accurate watch wins the prize. The sun delays setting, proving the sun cannot be late and the almanac not wrong.
The Electrical Review notes a cyclist cut telegraph wires between Adelaide and Port Darwin to summon aid while ill. The incident left Australia without European news for 24 hours in mid September. Authorities say the act was not to be made a precedent for future emergencies.
In the Gold Coast region monkeys have been exterminated and colonial trade shows a decline. Last year the colony collected 67 650 monkey skins, while in 1804 exports reached 168 105 skins valued at 205 000 dollars.
The ocean hosts fish that dress in their surroundings. The antennarius, a small fish of the Sargasso Sea, is the most noticeable example as it clothe itself with seaweed for camouflage and display.
D E McCallium urges unity in the silver cause as a war ends and calls for voters in the state to back silver against gold. He claims pride in the nation, favors Republican or Silver Republican lines, condemns Boise Populists, and argues for standing united for fiscal interests and state silver production.
The District Court of Idaho’s Fourth Judicial District in Custer County issues an alias summons to James A McFadden and Charles C Heisen in a civil action brought by David Dupont for 1094.20 plus interest. Defendants must appear and answer within forty days if served in county, or twenty if served elsewhere in the district, or risk default judgment. The case includes multiple counts arising from various promissory notes and dates, with the complaint referenced as part of the record. The summons is dated September 1898 and issued by Clerk Grove E. Keyes, with attorney Brown for the plaintiff.
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