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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1880
Page
3
Fragmentary wartime notes indicate observation data collected at all stations with references to Lae and Ta. The garbled text suggests official replies or summaries from the War Department about tracking signals or communications.
Local intrelinence reports two Pillie breks tried to steal a pony near the twistil horse. The pony bucked and threw them, shedding the saddle and sending the culprits fleeing toward the savotor nsh. The animal kept kicking until the saddle broke apart.
The Jockey Club meeting called for this evening at Oriental Mall aims to discuss forming a jockey club and arranging two or three races at Winnemseca. A September or October fair in Paradise may feature races with the same eligible horses, plus potential mining claims in Winneevon mountain and bullion deliveries at Wells, Fargo & Co. from Silver City.
The Humboldt Reduction Works will be repaired and started up immediately enabling mining interests to process ores locally. Ore from dumps will be sampled on delivery and paid in cash, eliminating costly long shipments to Salt Lake or San Francisco. The note also reports Rev. DeWitt Talmage’s travel, California emigration, Battle Mountain hotel opening, Fort McDermit improvements, and a wool shipment to San Francisco.
A missionary coats a cottage with coral whitewash after grinding coral to powder. The glittering hut prompts awe and dancing as natives celebrate the bright sheen. Contention arises over who controls the white material and how it is shared.
A vivid passage describes a community coating huts and domestic tools with whitewash to resemble snow. Within a week every hut and object appears bright white and grotesque painted figures adorn skins. Mothers parade with gleeful, yelping children as part of the spectacle.
Special locals praise Levy & Co for cheap cash goods and dairy items. An unsolicited testimonial touts Mrs Winston's Soor mixa Syrup as a safe, pleasant remedy for teething pain and upset bowels inchildren, claiming it soothes fits without side effects and is prescribed by a senior physician.
A historical ad touts Shilohs Consumption Cure as the best lung medicine curing coughs and respiratory illnesses in half time. It claims to relieve asthma bronchitis whooping cough and consumption with a pleasant, child-safe formula and a price range of 10 cents 59 cents and 1 dollar. The notice also mentions Shilohs Porous Plaster and Blackmetack perfume from Winnemucca Nevada.
A collage of ads notes Shiloh's Vitalizer for digestion and assorted groceries and dry goods. C A Dr Savings Drugstore peddles cure claims while local grocers tout sugar prices and maple products. Levy & Co announces a fresh stock of dry goods and clothing with promise not to be undersold.
The advertisement touts Hart’s Rexover as a powerful vegetable hair remedy that restores gray hair to color and strengthens the scalp. It claims to cure dandruff and hair loss, nourishes hair, makes it glossy, and requires only occasional use. The product is endorsed by eminent physicians and by the Massachusetts State Resayer, with wide international popularity noted.
An advertisement urges sufferers of sour stomach, headache, constipation, heartburn, yellow skin, coated tongue, and digestive distress to buy Green's Avaus Flower. It promises immediate relief, offers sample bottles for 10 cents, and a regular size for 73 cents, with nationwide sales by first-class druggists.
The Northwestern Masonite Aid Axso appoints Alexander Wise through General Agent M. J. Henley of Virginia City Nevada as Agent for Winnemucca area. The association offers widows and orphans of deceased Masons eight thousand five hundred dollars at nominal annual cost about one quarter of typical life insurance. For details visit the office on Second Street near Bridge Winnemucca or request explanatory circulars.
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