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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
4
The piece reflects on the decline of traditional trapping in Pennsylvania New York and Maine. It describes long rural lines of traps, seasonal camps, and harsh work once common for mink fox and other furbearers. Modern guides now dominate with trapping incomes of 100 to 200 dollars per winter.
Upward of 100000 pounds of snails are eaten daily in Paris as the city’s snail market thrives. A Swiss garden is planted at Montreux at 6000 feet to cultivate characteristic trees and flowers. A steamship moving at 19 knots can coast two miles after engines stop. English has about 250000 words, more than German and Romance languages combined. Grangewood ran out of coal 300 miles from Halifax and used beet sugar for fuel, sugar worth 600 dollars a ton. Iceland grants political equality to men and women in a 70000-strong nation. Crops grow better when planted in rows north-south for uniform light. Camels’ best pace is seven miles an hour, but usual speed is around five.
A Wichita correspondent reports that 40 Creek Indians plan to travel to Paris in 1900 to exhibit a crude form of golf played by tribes. The Indian team practices near Enfield Okla and some have been fatally wounded. about 20 players are needed but 50 games are arranged. The game uses sticks with baskets to catch a wooden ball, chased by 20 pursuers, with a goal on a high pole. swift runners carry the ball to victory amid fierce pursuit.
A valuable camel in an African oil mill, misused by its driver, exacts revenge by attacking a sleeping clothes bundle mistaken for a person. The camel dies from self-inflicted shock after the confrontation. Also noted are Bernini’s centenary and a London man’s cigar collection.
Notice and certificate document Nevada Humboldu County March 1390s naming A H Brown and Ernest H Brown as partners. Notary public attests execution freely for uses stated and marks official seal. Also includes land office notices in Carson City Nevada 1969 and various public and legal notices in Humboldt County and Carson City.
In the Fifth Judicial District Court Humboldt County Nevada the estate of Le A Buckner deceased Ada Archer is appointed administrator of the estate by order of the court. Creditors must present claims within forty days after first publication or be barred. Dated March 2 1909. ES Archer Administrator of the Estate of Le A Buckner Devensed.
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