23 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1891
Page
1
The notice lists advertising charges: one square for one month at $2.50, weekly and monthly rates, and a ten cent per word rate for cards of thanks memorial resolutions and obituaries. It indicates future policy changes for obituaries and related notices.
A column discusses federal action to protect railroad workers, urging universal automatic couplers to cut deaths and injuries. The Carson News marks its first birthday, praising circulation and ads. Dr Keeley’s profitable treatment draws mixed reactions. Homer Index prints on purple paper to signal delinquent subscribers. Congressional activity in organizing committees and a Turpie speech on direct election of Senators is noted. Warrants issued in Carson for courtesans and companions after a late-night incident.
A nine word will of Emily R. Miner, the Blind Poetess of the Wyoming, is noted as the shortest will on file in Luzerne County. Miner, daughter of Charles Miner, read by touch as a child, left her heir to a favorite niece.
A Chicago Times summary recounts a mysterious Algerian sea event in 1869 off Oran where an unseen tide rose violently, followed by submarine waves that damaged fortifications and wrecked a harbor mole. The piece hints at submarine earthquakes as a possible cause and notes the powerful, repetitive shocks over hours.
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