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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1894
Page
3
Local notices report squirrels wreaking havoc in alfalfa fields of Churchill county alongside multiple regional updates. Beef shipments depart to California while Arbor Day suspends Carson papers. Weather turns cold with rain and sun interludes as local business and social notes fill the day.
The Winnemucca dramatic club closed its season with Led Astray at Armory hall. The performance featured Mrs. R. B. Trewick and Mrs. F. Benson in fine disguises. Elva Brackett and G. S. Nixon earned strong notices, with praise for Irene LaForge, Bert Brackett, Lucey Mendosa, H. Rayner, Clovis Lagrave, George Miller, and W. G. Suggs. Prof. Rayner organized the troupe, which plans to return in the fall. The piece was lauded for scenery and acting, drawing a large, appreciative crowd. The Denver Mining Industry notes a coal discovery in Esmeralda county near the Nevada boundary, with samples from A. M. Welles of Denver showing bituminous coal with lustre and analy tics: volatile 34.7, fixed carbon 47.4, ash 17.9. Details on vein thickness and extent are not yet known.
The deep Sierra snowmelt pushes a busy timber season. Cooper's mill on Deer Creek near Nevada City plans 40 men, Marsh nearby 70, Towle Brothers by the Centennial gravel mine 85, with several other outfits along the tall timber range hiring workers for bread and beef.
A mix of printer’s error humor and short notices appears. Included are a lodge meeting in Winnemucca with work in the F C degree, medicinal ads for Syrup of Figs and Wood’s Sarsaparilla, debt settlement notice for Paul Neth estate through Charles Neth, and health ads for Simmons Liver Regulator and Wall’s Hair Renewer.
Mrs Porter invites Winnemucca ladies to view her San Francisco millinery stock at corner Fourth and Melarkey streets. W & Porter list office at that corner and promote dress goods with new patterns. E Reignart Co offers seeds and cheaper prices on flour and groceries. M Hofman announces latest millinery styles. Box Elder Trees advertised by Mrs M T Coats home sale. Catarrh cure ad by Cheney Co touts constitutional treatment with a money back offer. Simmons Liver Regulator marketed for breath Freshening.
An old advertising claim touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy for children. It promises relief from crying, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and teething pain with a pleasant taste, priced at twenty five cents per bottle and sold by druggists worldwide.
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