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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
4
An ophthalmic genial doctor hosts a chat about altering height and facial features to escape recognition. The plan would require electric reshaping of brow, nose, ears, mouth, and wrinkles to permanently disguise a culprit, but time money and a discreet surgeon pose hurdles to execution.
A six foot tall, 200 pound typesetter eager to bet on horse racing asks a friend for a jockey badge. He uses it to gain entry at Sheepshead Bay, fooling a gatekeeper who mistakes him for an actual rider. His nerve and size create a comic, poignant misfit at the gate.
A 19th century view of Queen Victoria as the first English sovereign with wealth to pass to heirs. It notes her paid debts, speculation about her immense estate, and expected bequests to the Prince of Wales, a potential Osborne Palace gift to Princess Beatrice, and ties to Empress Eugenie.
A 19th century column notes that so called corpse coins rest over the eyes of the dead and spread infection while superstition preserves the practice among poor workers. It contrasts this with a societal belief that coins carried on the person matter to the living. The piece also reports a two year rise in national sheep numbers by over two million and a sharp decline in flock sizes and values between 1897 and 1999, concluding with a remark on grave robbery as a capital crime under Chinese law.
In a Virginia town two eager youths, inspired by a wartime tale, promised to meet at the depot and sign papers to join a camp. On the day, a crowd mourned them as dead, but the youths, overwhelmed by emotion, renounced military life and went back to work in the cotton patch, leaving the recruiting officer with unsigned papers.
A collage of world notes runs from German breweries and Australian aborigines to ice forests and frozen ground. It mentions New South Wales harbor spending, proposed reservations for Aboriginal education, and a vast forest on ice between the Ural and Okhotsk. It also recalls Vienna’s lottery curse, Paris glacier usage, and a fatal golf ball accident on the St Cutus course in Scotland.
Notice and certificate record the formation of a partnership named Brown Brown, listing William Ambrose Brown and Ernest Hiram Brown as partners with residence in Winnie City Humboldt County Nevada. The business is a general hardware and goods store in Winnemucem, established March 11 1800, with notarization by William Bonnifield.
Public notice from the State Land Office Carson City Nevada dated February 28 16% states that lands listed for patent are open for inspection for sixty days. Protests or contests regarding mineral or agricultural value must be filed with the United States Land Office and reported to the General Land Office. Also notes expenditure on Ben Lomond area claims in Mackie Mining District Humboldt County Nevada and that failure to contribute may transfer ownership to subscribers.
Notice to publish regarding Homestead No 474 SE of SWI, BWM of NEG and Why of Ries in section 5, township 5, range V. Names witnesses William J. Metelley, Charles L. Lowry, John B Crandall, and William O Baber of MeDermit Nevada to prove continuous residence and cultivation.
The notice states that on the 18th day of April in the year 808 the directors adopted a resolution to hold the annual meeting for the election of directors and other business at the company's office in San Francisco at 10 o'clock PM on a specified Friday. Secretary TOMY BON signed the notice.
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