27 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1897
Page
1
An offer promotes the Are You Thin? book available free upon request, with sale through druggists at 50 cents to 1 dollar. Scott & Bowne of New York publish and distribute the title to interested readers.
Travel timetable note announces tourist sleepers and through tickets from various points. Mentions baggage handling and travelers insurance, with H. H. Kitto as agent. Details are fragmented but indicate services and agent at the time.
Winnemucca postoffice announces mail closes on schedule with arrivals and departures. Eastbound and westbound conveyors operate from 9 a m to 6 p m while processing times adjust to carrier load.
The article promotes Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment for intense itch, eczema, tetter, and salt rheum with claims of permanent cures. It also notes effectiveness for itching piles sore nipples chapped hands frost bites and chronic sore eyes and lists a price of 25 cents per box.
In 1825 civil engineer Gridley Bryant proposed the first U S railroad to haul granite from Quincy Massachusetts to tidewater. The four mile line included stone sleepers eight feet apart and wood open rails with iron plates. Construction costs were about 50 000 dollars.
Mining Application No 684 at Carson City Nevada April 14 1897 files for a patent on the Victor Consolidated mining claim comprising Victor Clipper and Hoodlum lodes totaling 15 000 linear feet of gold and silver bearing material with 300 feet surface width on each side in Trinity Mining District Humboldt County Nevada. Notice details the survey corners and lines, adjoining Montezuma patent claim relations, area estimates, and the requirement for adverse claim notices within 62 days in Winnemucca daily. The notice is published by Register H G Gallup and specifies location and recording pages in Humboldt County Nevada.
Patersons appoint a resident agent for several insurers including Svea Imperial National and North British. The ad promises favorable rates and prompt service for policyholders and mentions Powel Fredrick as a local watchmaker and repairer.
The ad touts Palace Sam selling whisky by the case or gallon cigars in bulk mineral water and table wine at low prices. It markets bitter varieties and Pabst beer by bottle or ta n a though text is garbled.
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