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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
2
In a broad discussion from a Weiser based paper the silver movement dominates local talk. Editors warn that a silver platform could split the western vote if not adopted and call for direct senatorial action while criticizing party factions and urging bankers to engage with silver supporters.
An elderly man named Jol Atwell, nicknamed Sentry, drowned in Monroe Creek, Idaho. The Weiser Signal tells of his thirty four years in the region, fortunes rising and failing, and a life shaped by hardship, endurance, and the lure of infinity. The piece links his tale to a broader view of frontier civilization and equal opportunities, comparing hawks and pheasants to social struggle and chance.
An 1896 account details a pursuit to secure silver via a New York sub-treasury and Hanover National Bank with a $500 deposit, delays between New York and San Francisco, and a final silver delivery. The piece notes public opposition to silver and a shift toward paper currency, highlighting bank factions and calls for the gold standard.
The passage discusses varying degrees of poverty and wealth and how people judge them by different standards. It mentions restoring health through a tonic called Mostellor's Stomach Bitters and asserts it improves digestion, liver function, and nerves, framing wealth and bodily strength as linked through treatment.
Notice to all concerned that Frank OFarley asserts a claim of 810.00 on a band of sheep described with marks brands and lambs. A sale to satisfy the claim is set for May 12, 1596 at 11 o'clock a.m. at Hog Lovel one mile west of Hew Jones' ranch and northwest of Weiser Idaho. Tavion THostriox posts the notice. Several unrelated help-wanted notices follow about travel positions with salaries and the Dominion Company ad.
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