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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1896
Page
3
Local news notes a bicycle club organized at Virginia City, with assorted items on crime, trials, weather, and local events. The page mentions deaths, trials in Carson and Bodie, and civil action notes, plus an advertisement for Syrup of Figs.
In Humboldt county about thirty miles east of Winnemucca in the Osgood mountains near Eden creek a large cave formed in solid lime shows an old mine shape with incline and stopes but no human work. The opening is ten by three feet, descending fifty feet to a chamber thirty feet high and twenty feet wide. A second larger chamber about fifty feet in diameter and forty feet high contains many narrow passages and small stalactites with dripping water like diamonds. Hundreds of wood rats inhabit the area as nests dot the cave. G. M. R.
John Hays Hammond and four reform committee members were sentenced to death in Pretoria South Africa a fate believed to be carried out. A Westlake Park incident in Los Angeles saw a young musician Clarke Anderson nearly take his own life with a razor but was stopped by a constable. A Milwaukee judge signed a decree selling the Northern Pacific road and properties within sixty days, with creditor relief possible outside bondholders. An explosion in the palace of Governor General Weyler in Havana Cuba was blamed on insurgents.
The piece highlights a British sea route from England to Halifax Vancouver Hongkong Singapore Penang Mauritius Cape Town St. Helena and back. It notes the unique global reach of English possessions and urges readers to purify enrich and vitalize their blood this season with Hood s Sarsaparilla.
Rubber Hose, lawn sprinklers, paints and oils advertised at Brown & Piper's. Also offers garden tools such as rakes, hoes and forks.
Principal Winfrey reports April honor rolls across all grades. Names span Senior to Primary with multiple students listed per class. Also includes various local notices and advertisements fragments from the Winnemucca area.
This notice touts rapid Union Pacific travel from Winnemucca to major eastern cities. It cites one day and a half to Denver, two days to Omaha, two and a half days to Chicago St Louis and Kansas City, and three and a half days to New York with Pullman and Tourist sleepers dining cars and free reclining chair cars.
Legal blanks including summonses subpoenas warrants of arrest writs of attachment and commitments for imprisonment offered at reasonable cash prices by the office.
Classified items show stock cattle and hay ranches for sale, plus a mountain ranch and range in Nevada. Offers include 1000 head of cattle 30 horses, 2300 acres of hay land near Winnemucca on the Humboldt River, bargain terms, and contact through Asa Moore Willow Point Nev. Also mentions straps of fruit, hats, ham sales, and weaving services in regional ads.
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