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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1879
Page
3
The entry records an observation from the War Department Signal Corps on a specific date in 1870 at Deekuick involving 497.4 M. Observations Area and notes timing at all stations.
Officials including General Superintendent Towns and Chief Engineer Montagne visited Ogden to plan revised schedules for east and west bound trains. Nearby, Naches tended his shot- wound husband to Big Meadows, hopes a doctor will aid recovery, while mining reports and local business updates fill the rest of the note.
Frank Bell reports track delays due to bolts while iron reaches Hot Springs. Trains cover thirty five miles in a little over an hour with two stops. A new cable belt system carries dirt for grading and specialty work, with forty five men laying iron and one long track segment near spot with minimal curves. Water must be hauled, artesian wells near Hot Springs show shallow depth. Borers move toward Bridges Station and may return to Hot Springs. The THLRGRAPHE line will speed similarly, with equipment from Stockton Ione and Salinas Monterey roads. Iron and Baldwin locomotives travel to Battle Mountain and Austin target by mid January. A banker from Avoca plans to buy stock in Salt Lake City. locals invited to sell cattle and prices via Deseret National Bank letters.
A steady rainfall in the Humboldt Valley over the last forty hours boosts forage prospects and eases drought concerns. The San Francisco Bulletin reports rising hat prices in New York influenced leather costs, while mining near Hot Springs twelve miles east of Paradise yields a silver assay of 3228.16 per ton and prompts further reports next week.
The Paradise region reports heavy rains and active mining. The Mary Wilder and Louisiana mines yield high gold and silver assays while Congo District mines expect 200 to 300 workers in spring. A promising east village discovery draws investors from San Francisco and Big Meadows.
A local notice warns that winter illnesses from cold lead to deaths despite mild origins. It urges use of Bosritz’s German Syrup as a cure and cites widespread sales and doctor avoidance of extra bills.
The Winnemucca Hose Company No 1 will hold its regular monthly meeting today at 7 PM and nominate officers for the next term. Active members are urged to attend, with notices of upcoming dental work and local business promotions noted. Shilohs Consumption Cure ad copy by Bourbon Indiana merchants is included in the page text.
A fragmented item notes a group or event related to a red house and determination. Limited readable text suggests a short notice or headline style reference, with no clear names, dates, or locations. The readable portion emphasizes resolve and an action possibly tied to leasing or sales.
Local druggist C. A. DeSaussure advertises Shilohs Vitalizer with medical cure claims for dyspepsia liver complaints and constipation. He also touts Shilohs Porous Plaster and a range of winter garments from F. C. Roriss and other sellers.
Several Indians were on a spree last night. The fate of Bradley who was sentenced by the United States District Court to ten months in State Prison for selling whisky to Indians seems to have been forgotten by the persons who continue to sell whisky to the red man.
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