07 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1893
Page
1
Public notice shows advertising rates for the Daily-Ine square, per month at 250 dollars, weekly one square at 25, and cards of thanks memorial notices priced by line at ten cents. Rates listed include day and weekly mail and carrier options with unspecified dates.
The Plumas Independent argues the Midwinter Fair will strain local people and money, while the Reno Gazette questions immediate Nevada gains. Editors urge a broader view and see future advantages for Plumas and the state from showcasing resources and climate.
Brount’s mis sion in Ilawaii sparks a dispute as Cleveland and officials clash over what was attempted. President Harrison and Minister Stevens are cited as statesmen in the muddle while a rush to stampede threatens the bovine narrative. President Jones says the Experiment Station will scale up hop tests to gauge profitability locally. The Gazette notes the Virginia Enterprise’s inaugural issue and urges broader circulation.
A dense vintage advertisement touts Cocona Cream for skin transparency and beauty without injury, praising its fragrance and gentle healing balsams. It also promotes Cocona Water as floral fragrance, Cocona Balm for chapping, and notes Cocona Toilet Specialties are manufactured by the Cocona Company of San Francisco Canada.
Notes on countryside hotels riding patrons and Miss Don as a young tennis star, plus a Latonis Kentucky funeral for Prince Deceiver. Also a Canada trout park plan, Eclipse race quote, English titles and etiquette, with a Globe Democrat wrap.
A Tanner woman recently delivered her twenty ninth child. A Santa Rosa resident reportedly died by suicide due to lack of education. In Madison Wisconsin a man parades with a three eyed bullfrog. A farmer in Stanberry advertises for return of a lost ten gallon keg of blackberry brandy. An Omaha officer was suspended for neglect of duty after entering a church and staying too long.
A fragmentary note lists brief Bible names Ai Ar Ed Og No On So Ur and Ur as the shortest names, cites that Ash atonement immortal millions reverend occur only once, mentions King James 1611 is notis, Steppes Lawoton archbishop split Bible into chapters, Nazarene phrase not in Old Testament, and tallies capital and lowercase letters total.
Educational notes recount Oxford establishing the first history professorship in 1724, Hartford opening the first town school in 1642, and statistics from Spar and American colleges in 1885–1891. The piece blends quotes from Endeavor Herald Ram's Horn and other aphorisms with historical milestones.
A quirky report mentions Uncux Ben Prussett training a rattlesnake to shake its tail to music in Mirabella Falls Texas. It also notes three sockeye salmon landed by Samuel Goodwin near Port Angelo Washington, and Mrs. C P Parse of Gainesville Georgia killing thirteen rattlesnakes near her home with a fence rail. An old Maine fisherman lives in a dory around Penobscot Bay all summer. The hurricane along the southern coast left many dead fish. Venezuela faces many venomous snakes but uses ocumillo powder to treat bites.
Grotto rejects Byzantine greenish black for lifelike faces The Dres den museum acquired a Roman marble relief of an oblong two panel butcher shop A portrait attributed to John Singleton Copley from 1787 hangs in Boston Supreme Court A granddaughter portrait of Dorothy Drew in progress by Bunne Jones The British government buys a statue unearthed by a Greek farmer on Algina for sixty five hundred pounds
Book litter notes Tasulten in establishing a public library in Constantinople. It lists libraries of mosques transferred to the diana homestead of the Riley family, cites Paris Bibliotheque Nationale as the largest with vast holdings, mentions Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes aged eighty four and his autobiography, and reports a Franciscan cloister find near Rieti with medieval manuscripts and miniatures.
A column recounts royal curiosities and anecdotes. Princess Evaume rests in London with two sons while Siam’s queen consort owns a gold diamond lotus thimble. Archduchess Stephanie wears a locket featuring her daughter and mother. The Belgian king’s gift to Princess of Wales swelled her portrait’s value to about fifty thousand pounds. Parr III., of Spain, did not die in a blaze from etiquette but of natural causes, mirrored by other monarchs’ ceremony-bound deaths.
The article surveys ancient and medieval ruler titles from the caliph to the Holy Your Holiness designations. It traces Roman epithets such as Augustus Cesar Divus Pius and Sanctissimus through Constantine era honors like Ilustrious. It notes quaester roles as legal prosecutors and revenue stewards in multiple departments.
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