Nevada's Present Governor Sparks A Western Character
A California writer extols Nevada Governor Sparks as a strong Western leader. Wealthy stockman and rancher, he champions equality, treats all workers with respect, and personally ends the elk herd story by killing the animal when his men balk. The tale portrays Nevada’s life and the governor’s egalitarian ethos.
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California
Nevada
Sparks
America
Alamo
Sacramento
Cal
Union
From South Africa A New Use for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
A Durban Natal reader writes from South Africa praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a universal cure for all ages. She recounts an anecdote of a neighbor's infant who received the remedy through a dummy teat, claiming quick relief and cure. The letter notes availability through H. M. Schneiders & Co.
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Arthur Te
Durban
Natal
South Afric
H. M. Schneiders & Co
Start a balky horse with a head pat and loud taps
A Horseshoers Journal item instructs readers to calm a balky horse by patting its head and giving the front hoof a light nail tapping with a hammer while the driver holds the lines taut and speaks softly. The method reportedly works about 99 times out of 100, relying on diversion and kindness to steer the horse forward.
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Horseshoers’ Journal
Regulate Sale of Shoddy Coops in Legislation Push
The National Live Stock Association and the National Wool Growers Association press for a federal bill in Congress to stamp goods with their wool content percentage. Representative Grosvenor of Ohio introduced the measure, aiming to curb shoddy in woolen goods and protect consumers.
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National Live Stock Association
National Wool Growers’ Association
Portland
Oregon
Congress
Grosvenor
Ohio
Washington
Railroad building spans San Francisco to Reno and beyond
The Nevada State Journal notes the Western Pacific Railroad will be built from San Francisco to Reno, while The News plans Reno to Carson City and beyond, aiming to connect tidewater to Salt Lake without extra cost to incorporators. Mrs Roosevelt hosted Christmas Day for 500 children of cabinet members and officials, with a decorated White House, music, dancing, a Christmas tree, games, and refreshments.
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Nevada
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Lovelock Valley
Ourson News
Nevada State Journal
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Reno
The
News
Carson City
Salt Lake
Carson News
Mules to be Honored at St Louis World’s Fair display
The Up-To-Date Farmer notes that mules have spread to the North and will receive unusual honors at the St. Louis Fair next year. Kentucky Missouri and Tennessee rush to supply mules of all grasses and ages. Prices for choice colts range 50 to 100 dollars, fancy teams 250 to 600. Mules are praised as easily broken, hardy and hard workers, capable of surpassing horses in efficiency.
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St. Louis
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Bull Fighting At Elko Draws Crowd In Makeshift Ring
Elko’s bull show moved from the stock yards to Russell’s yard when the Southern Pacific blocked use of the former. Senor Enriquez Robles staged a slanted fair with tame bulls and a meager cow, provoking the beasts before a large Elko crowd. A Deeth stockman rode a rampaging bull, but fell off at the first jump while others fared better.
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Elko
Wella Herald
Enriquez Robles
Southern Pacific Company
Russell's Yard
Foresdor
Deeth
Markets fall and blizzards hit nation in shocks and indictments
News reports note livestock value drop of 750 million dollars over eighteen months due to market manipulation. San Francisco County Clerk Mahoney indicted by Grand Jury over a fraudulent salary demand by milkman Alonzo Davidson. Christmas earthquakes strike New York and Southern California while blizzards lash the East and Midwest. Cotton soars to 18 91 per 100 pounds in New York Dec 24 with forecasts of decline to 14 cents per pound. Grand Duke of Baden injures minister and forester. amputations follow. Homer Davenport defects to the New York World as Joseph Pulitzer entices him. Duquesne Limited wrecked near Connellsville killing 63 and injuring 80. speed and debris cause the disaster.
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National Live Stock Association
Mahoney
San Francisco
Grand
Alonzo Davidson
New York
California
East
Middle West
Grand Duke
Baden
Germany
Homer Davenport
New York Journal
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
the World
Davenport
Mining News Needs Facts and Figures Preferable
A Pacific Coast Miner note argues mining news should present definite data on property title and encumbrances, ore extent, and development status rather than adjectives and hype. It warns against flashy claims designed to attract crowds, noting cautious capitalists seek reliable information.
Leprosy Not Inherited Says Sister Albina
Sister Albina, former Miriam Studer of St. Louis, spent eleven years caring for leprosy children in Hawaii. She arrived home to deny the belief that offspring of leprosy patients inherit the disease. She says children are taken at two days old and none develop leprosy later, many from Molokai leper colony.
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St.Louis
Hawaiian Islands
Albina
Miriam Studer
St. Louis
Molokai
Railroad Kings Declare Truce in Western Railroads
New York Dec 26. After a conference Hill Harr Finan Gould and Morgan who control 82000 miles of railroad in the West agreed that no rate war will be waged. An agreement satisfactory to both sides was made, averting a bitter conflict.
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New York
Hill
Harr Finan
Gould
Morgan
Genteel swindlers in Tonopah held up by press
An 1880s style Tonopah blackmail scheme is described as genteel. The con is run by threatening to contest title with an attorney visit, making it look like business. Owners often pay to avoid court action, sometimes hundreds or thousands of dollars, prompting warnings of eventual trouble for the blackmailers.
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Tonopah
Anya
No Doods Need Apply Notice From Desperate Widow
A Kansas editor received a humorous note written in dialect seeking a husband for a widow aged thirty eight. She boasts no dental bills, cooking and cleaning abilities, and states she has had two husbands both now dead with graves well kept, requesting a loving man over one hundred.
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Kansas
Tenth marriage tale hits Ely ceremony in White Pine County
Mrs Mary McGee of Garrison Utah and George Bishop of Smithville Utah wed in Ely last week. Reports say the groom is 60 and this marks his tenth marriage, a striking personal milestone amid Utah social circles.
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Mary McGee
Garrison
Utah
George Bishop
Smithville
Ely
White Pine County
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Lodge Directory
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Jons Haxcock
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M. G. Foaren
H. P. J. H. Song
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F. Mall
Whlliam Laway
Beatific Lodge No. 7
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Smith & Hickard
D. B. Nowranosa
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Rerwotps
K. of R
Otto T. Williams
Court House Elko, Nevada
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Orrick Anp
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Salt Lake City
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Sacramento Bee
United States
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Penn
Bank OF Nevada
Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada
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P. le Flanigan
Henry Anderson
A. G. Fletcher
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