Local and Personal News From Winnemucca
D B Smith of Chicago and F A Seymour of San Francisco stay at the Busch. D arrah from Willow Point ranch and W H Wilson of Sacramento visit Winnemucca. James Block arrives from San Francisco, C C Wallace from the eastern state, T R Weber and daughter Ellen from Willow Point, Alma Crum from Battle Mountain visits friends, Griswold the San Francisco horse buyer arrives and departs for Paradise valley, Godchaux from San Francisco leaves for Willow Point, Muller heads to Martin Creek on a fishing hunting trip. EB Rein hart Co grocery boss B Miller covers in Muller's absence. Mr and Mrs J B McGonagle and daughters Clara and Grace back from San Francisco and Portland visiting Dwyers. New steel turntable at depot weighs 22 tons and suits the largest engines. bricklayers work on Diehl building with carpenters Wolf and Hill, occupancy due in weeks. John Green and wife leave for Salt Lake City and South Dakota on extended visit. Green returns to Winnemucca after layoff.
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Alma Crum
Battle Mountain
Winnemucca
Griswold
San Francisco
Paradise Valley
L. Godchaux
Willow Point
C. W. Muller
Martin Creek
B. Miller
EB. Reinhart & Co’s
Mr. Muller
J. B. McGonagle
Clara
Grace
Portland
W. G. Dwyer
Sam Read
I. V. Button
Diehl
Chris Wolf
J .A. Hill
John Green
Salt Lake City
South Dakota
Featives
Green
Death of Mrs Edmondson at Lovelock and local notices
Death notices report Mrs Edmondson of Lovelock dying Sunday night in San Francisco after illness. She ran stores in Paradise Valley and Lovelock, aged about 55, esteemed locally. Other items include the Basques on trial for horse theft with an interpreter, a surprise party for Nora O Leary in Galena, a Humboldt Lodge special meeting, and a note on tribulations of a cycler’s leg muscles with Trib. It lists dates, places, names like Randall Sage and Arana, and local organizational notices.
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Edmondson
J. Edmondson
Lovelock
San Francisco
Aboltis Brothers
Pete Arana
Randall
Sage
Justice Court
Nora O'Leary
Galena
Leonard
Railroad Street
Armory Hall
Humboldt Lodge No
C. F
Jacobs
God
Chas. Neth
N. G. Se
Archer
Future of Comstock seen revived by renewed mining effort
Editor Findlay notes ongoing search for the Comstock Lode ledge remains crucial and could trigger a revival in work and investor interest. He argues cheap power and prudent management could restore the famed mine as a major global proposition, despite past neglect by capitalists.
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Findlay
Financial Review
San Francisco News Letter
Comstock Lode
West Country
Jacket
Comstock
Pine Street
Cause of Mining Paltures
Nevada reports mining developments that promise state welfare. Boom camps sometimes fail as hoisting works and mills are built before mines are proven. Stock subscribers risk loss while legitimate mining progresses, though many corporation stock swindles have given the state a black eye.
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Nevada
Carvon
Nome’s four mile Wild Goose railroad opens in Nome
In a Carson Weekly letter Major Garrard, former Carson mint superintendent, notes Mrs. Lane reports Charles D. Lane placed the Wild Goose line in operation for four miles. The venture handles four mile hauls at 30 dollars per ton, far above packers rates of three to four cents per pound, and is said to be prospering. The letter cites the line’s big business and Lane’s success in Nome ventures.
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Nome
Garrard
Carson Mint
Lane
Charles D. Lane
Hts Nome Ventures
S. F. Cor. Carson Weekly
Mormon land deal in Duckwater sale eyed by church
Reports from Salt Lake claim the Mormon church plans to buy 6 000 acres at Duckwater including all buildings, water rights and farm equipment, with contracts signed and inspectors present. Eureka interests negotiate while critics note the unusual land sale and potential church involvement in Nevada.
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Mrave
E.R. Keen
Eureka
Mystic
Nevada
Mormon Church
Eral Liniment
Salt Lake
Duckwater
Herald
Irwin Ranch
Sentinel
Reno Benefit Nets 187 65. Horses Sold for U S Cavalry
State notes report a Reno benefit raising 187 dollars and 65 cents for Honeyman, Chadbourne and Snider buying just over 100 head of horses in Reno for U S cavalry service priced 30 to 370 dollars each. Williams of Starr valley school in Elko county is now in Reno public schools. A drunken vaquero rode a mustang through Reno injuring no one captured. Prohibition organizer Webb seeks signatures to run a state electoral ticket. Rumor says Wallace hiring Gazette for campaign to back Republicans against Newlands. Nevada deserts lose 6000 wild horses for hides and tails since the act legalizing destruction. Estimated value sites at 250000 dollars vs 25000 earned from hides and hair.
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Reno
Honeyman
Messrs
Chadbourne
Snider
U. S. Cavalry Service
J. W. Webb
National Prohibition Party
Virginia
Wallace
Gazette
Newlands
Ledger
Nevada
Virginia Chronicle
Populists Withdraw Bryant and Towne Ticket in Idaho
Telegram style notes report Populists will withdraw the Bryant and Towne electoral ticket in Idaho. Also, Prof. Keeler, chief astronomer of Lick Observatory, dies in San Francisco on Sunday. General Chaffee cables arrival at Hoi-Pi-Wu on August 10th, about halfway to Peking.
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Bryant and Towne
Idaho
Keeler
Lick Observatory
San Francisco
Chaffee
Hoi-Pi-Wu
Peking
Machine to Pluck Chickens Invention From Kansas City
A packing house employee in Kansas City has devised a device that uses air currents from a revolving electric fan to strip a chicken of all feathers and down. The mechanism operates quickly and efficiently, avoiding manual plucking.
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Kansas City
Meeting of Sheepmen Forming Association in Elko
A meeting of bona fide resident sheep men from Elko Eureka Lander Church ill and Humboldt counties is called in Elko Nevada on the 284 day of August 1900 to form a sheep association and conduct other business. Signed by George Ernst W W Williams R T Jenkins F F Martin G B Williams. Gold Creek Nov Aug 4 1900 td-1
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Elko
Eureka
Lander
Churchill
Humboldt
Nevada
George Ernst
W. W. Williams
R. T. Jenkins
F. F. Martin
G. B. Williams
Gold Creek
Buggy for Sale and Trade Offer in Winnemucca Nevada
A second-hand buggy offered for sale in good condition or may be traded for horses or cats. Address J. W. Guthrie, Winnemucca, Nevada. Van Duzer in San Francisco August 12 1900 reports the birth of a daughter to the wife of C D Van Duzer.
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J. W. Guthrie
Winnemucca
Nevada
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F. A. Seymour
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C. C. Wallace
T. R. Weber
Miss Ellen
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Bugs
Indiana
State News Notes
Qxto Williams
Starr Valley
Elko County
Allentown
South Africa
Rundle
British War Office
London
Yang Tsun
Anltt
First National Bank
Nti7rb
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F. Lee
J. Sibbald
AED
Mixon
V. W'Brice
F. Clare
Woone
Waukesha
G. W. Summerfield
Railroad Lumber Yard
Fead and Sale Stable
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Tener Winnamuca
Reece W. Ons
Potein Ana
Pring Wagone
Felix Poulin
Bridge Street
Winxkmccua
Paradise
J.H. Hoyt
Reinhart & O'S
Silver State Mills
Impuyed Nes
Recanzone & Forgnone
Paradise, Nevada
Diehl’s Book Store
Winnemuce
C. Diehl
Schlitz Brewing CO
S. Lager Beer Depot
Rae
John Diehl
Nev
Dave McB
Rose
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