Odd Bits of Information From an Old Paper
A collection of curiosities includes a claim that a typical woman’s hair grays around 35, only 1 in 1000 marriages reach a silver wedding, Wabash Indiana plans acetylene lighting, the Braganza diamond belongs to Portugal’s king, the Rajah of Matan in Borneo owns the largest cut diamond, oceans hold 7 million cubic miles of salt yet removing it would not lower sea level, McKinley wore a Confederate badge at Macon and the badge’s copyright led to mass duplication.
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Wabash
Ind
Portugal
Mattan
Borneo
McKinley
Macon
Electric Lighting Transforms Coastal Hotel Experience
This long established hotel, famed from Maine to Oregon and Georgia to the Gulf, now bills itself as the first on the coast to illuminate every room with incandescent electric lighting. The Carson hotel offers first class accommodations, a free bus to the railroad, meals 25 cents, lodging 25 and 15 cents.
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Maine
Oregon
Georgia
Gulf
Carson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morning Appeal
H. R. Mighels
Second Street
Capitol
Carson City
Nevada
Ormsby Council NO. 6
C. F. Hall
Clara Hawkiins
C.D. Corrrett
Ormsby Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
Temple
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Custer Relief Corps
Masonic Hall
DR. Harcourt
Dr.#man
Rinekel
Bank
Ay R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Henry Heidenreich
Carson City, New
Jean
Geo. A. Tyrrell
Reent
Shiloh
Uough
Thos. P. Mack
C.E
U.S
Dayton
Briggs
T. R. Hofer
General Insurance
Carson, New
Borden
Eagle Condensed Milk
Babi i Borden's Condensed Mak Co
N.Y
Pr. Benton
Pai
la France Drug Co
Turk St
San Francisco
Crangy
Werner
Carson Street
F. W. Day
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
R. LeRoy
New York
Briles Hevuse
Carson City, Nevada
Gilbert Briggs, Proprieto
Bullion & Exchange Bank
Capital
Evan Williams
Charles E. Mack
J. B. Overton
Alfred Chartz
H. M. Gorham
Richard Kirman
G. W. Richard
G. D. Oliver
United States
Europe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!