State News Notes From Nevada Shore to Sierra
Reno foresting over twenty buildings continues as tremors of drought rumble. Elko to build earthquake proof water tank while N C O Railroad weighs extending line through Lakeview Oregon. Reno Wheelmen invited to San Jose rose carnival. Caysonites plan independence day street carnival. Theodore Winters recovers from illness. Smallpox outbreak among Piutes at Duckwater. a squaw dies. Mason Valley frost injures fruit crop. fear of complete failure. Dr Pinniger sues Washoe County for services in recent smallpox case. Elmer Soso murder trial postponed to May 22. defense seeks insanity. Frank Engstrom fined for operating Cortez hotel without license. Southern Pacific buys old mill iron near Harriman. 100 tons shipped from Sacramento shops. Douglas County rumor on witness in Moore killing. Gus Jones and Marx Robinson acquitted at Keno of grand larceny. Machinery from old mine near Steamboat valued over $60. Senator Pitt of Humboldt arrives from Lovelock. forecasts prosperous year. Reto Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
San Jose
Caysonites
Theodore Winters
Washoe
Duckwater
Elko County
Mason Valley
de. S. Pinniger
Washole County
Elmer Soso
Frank Engstrom
Cortez
Lander County
Southern Pacific Company
Hurriitom
White Pine County
Sacramento
Douglas County
William Moore
Keno
Gus Jones
Marx Robinson
Senator Pitt
Humboldt County
Lovelock
Nevada
Réto Journal
Mustat Owns an Engine in Railroading
An engineer who “owns his engine” becomes attached to it, knowing its quirks and treating it as a child. He slows for safety and often runs behind time, clashing with superiors who value punctuality and adherence to schedule. In business terms, such attachment becomes a liability.
Easter Hats and Local Shop Ads At Mc Mareit Mc
A compact advertisement page notes Easter hats just received near the post office by Mrs Anderson and other local merchants. It promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonial claims from Anderson Riggs of Sunny Lane Texas. Heath & Milligan paints and Herwin Williams paint products are stocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath & Milligan’s
Herwin Williams
Eb, Reinhart & CO
Mareit
Anderson
Aggie's Land in a Nutshell a Humorous Philippine Note
A Milwaukee Pabst letter from a longtime resident in the Philippines mocks island life with sharp satire. It paints the Philippines as trouble on civilization’s edge, cites cannibals and earthquakes, describes climate and soil, notes cockfighting, rice cuisine, and carabao transport failures, and jokes about mosquitos serving as messengers between islands.
Mining News and Nevada Outlook in 1900s Chronicle
Reno Star mine shifts to three eight hour cycles. Klondike output forecast at 25 million dollars this year. New strikes near Dawson raise hope. Sutro tunnel mill runs on rock from waste dump, worth under eight dollars per ton but profitable. Barbee notes Nevada’s past silver depression, expects reform and more capital from Colorado. H Butters to buy Harris Blood plant assets in Six Mile Canyon. return in ten days to prep operation, per Virginia Chronicle.
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Reno Star
Dawson
Sutro Tundelle
Mr. Barbee
Lovelock
Nevada
Colorado
H. Butters
Harris-Blood
Six-mile Canyon
Crosby Company
Mr. Butters
Virginia Chronicle
Best Remedy for Rheumatism Pain Balm Endorsed
Mr D N Sinks of Troy Ohio praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rapid relief from rheumatic arm and shoulder pain after trying many remedies. Geo F Parsons & Co druggists recommended it. Brown Bros Drugelsis sells it. Also notes Spring coughs risk and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick, high grade remedy.
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Chamberlain
D. N. Sinks
Troy
Ohio
Messrs. Geo. F. Parsons & Co
Brown Bros. Drugelsis
Injunction Issued Over Avada Grade Dispute In Utah
The Oregon Short Line wins a temporary injunction in the United States District Court at Carson restraining the Clark group from building on the Avada grade or interfering with Short Line tracklayers. Defendants have until June 7 to show cause why the injunction should not be permanent. The ruling empowers law enforcement to remove Clark men from the grade and right of way, with Clover Valley Junction operations and tunnels planned by June 7. The case hinges on the grade being laid on Right of way owned by the Short Line and affirmed by the Interior Department.
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Oregon Short Line
Clark
United States District Court
Carson
C. 8S. Varian
Salt Lake
Utah, Nevada & California
Utah
California
Oregon
Clover Valley Junction
United States Interior Department
Odd Advice and Patent Citches From An 19th Century Page
A collage of sayings and ads notes old age, stage fright, and thrift. It touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, listing its claimed cures and worldwide sale. It also extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestant, urging readers to rely on science.
Sale of Household Effects and Wagons Advertised
The notice promises sale of all household effects including a new piano with no reasonable offer refused for whole or part. Also promotes Bain or Studebaker wagons as best, from E Reinhart & Co Inc. An unsolicited testimonial from Mr. T. K. Houseman of Manatawney Pa credits One Minute Cough Cure for a speedy relief from a lung cold.
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Mhistt
Bain
Studebaker
E Reinhart & CO. (Inc
Mr. T. K. Houseman
Manatawney, Pa
Grant Birth Anniversary Observed at Galena Illinois
Telegrams report the seventy ninth anniversary of General Grant celebrated in Galena Illinois. Also a dispatch from Amsterdam notes that Mr Kruger will depart for the United States at the start of June. President McKinley plans a speech in Convention hall in Kansas City during his U.S. visit after the Pacific coast trip. A joint effort by the United States and Canada aims to curb Chinaman smuggling and unlawful influx. Stanford University leaders state Prof Ross dismissal did not threaten academic freedom and President Jordan acted justified.
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Gen. Grant
Galena
Amsterdam
Kruger
United States
McKinley
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Canada
Stanford University
Ross
Jordan
After Sixty Years of Pain Trib for Arm and Joints
Mrs L M Kickbush of Reno Nevada reports long standing arm pain from a childhood break vanished by Trib. She says treble and knee stiffness improved with restored natural size after weather changes. Also notes De Witts Witch Hazel Salve heals skin troubles cuts burns and chafing. Use De Witt's Brown Bros. products.
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de Witt
Favorite Prescription Testimony From Mrs Burnett of Kentucky
LOGKING BACH TO the time when she was plucked from the very grasp of death, the natural impulse of the womanly heart is thankfulness for the means which saved her, and a desire to help other women in like case. Thus are the motives which prompted Mrs. Eva Burnett to write the accompanying testimonial to the curative power of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This is only one cure out of thousands. No one would dare say that the average woman was not as truthful as she is good. And it is they truthful testimony the average woman that "Favorite Prescription" cures womanly diseases when all other means and medicines absolutely fail. It establishes regularity, dries the brain which weaken women, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. "I have intended for some time to write to you," says Mrs. Eva Burnett, of Russellville, Logan Co., Ky, "and given testimonial in regard to what your medicine has done for me. My baby came in July, 1889, and I had congestive chill, and lay at death's door for ten long weeks. I was in a dreadful condition and had six of the best doctors of the city. After everything had been done and I had been given up to die I asked my husband to get me a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. He had no faith in it, but he got it, and when I had taken it two weeks I was able to walk to the dining room to my meals, and by the time I had taken three bottles I was able to cook for my family of four. Tean never praise Dr. Pierce and his medicine enough," Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure biliousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Evarnett
Dr. Pierce
Eva Burnett
Russellville
Logan Co
Tean
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State News Notes
Elko
N.C.O
Iite
Lakeview
Mustat
Anderson Riggs
Sunny Lane
Tex
Mr. Riggs
Aggie
Way
The
Philippines
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Islands
Manila
Manila Bay
Cavite
Luzon
Mines and Mining
Denver Times
Mrs. Winslow
H. Warren
Lacey Henry Harford
Tessie Harford
Mr. Harwood
Jessie
Mrs. Harwood
James
Tower of London
Bennet Iseaman
RE. L. Windle
J. F. Canady
Mr. Henry
P. B. Roberts
J. T. Wheeler
Henry
Imnemuecca
A. W. Thomas
Trinkans
Kalliwoda
Roma
Bennet
Robandt
Dancla
Chicren
T. Dunn Ackerman
G. B Russell
J. FP. Canady
A. Ducker
J. A. Rogers
Nagle Drug Store
Logking Bach
Armory Hall
Winnemucca
W. A. Henry
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