Local Happenings From Paradise to Winnemucca
Community notices list residents visiting from Paradise, McDermit, and Lovelock, plus travelers from Sacramento and San Francisco. Measles and scarlet fever reported in Winnemucca. a Golconda post office burglary suspect jailed. A.N.N.G. Company Virginia City reorganizes with 54 members and new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiana
Battle Mountain
Winnemace Hotel
Hattie Newman
Sacramento
Lafayette
Winnemucca
November Weather Summary and Local News Flash
The report details November 1898 climate at the station with mean temperature 35F, total precipitation 1.26 inches, and wind patterns. It also notes investigations into Miss Bessie Bailey’s death on a train near Battle Mountain and upcoming court actions in Fox vs Hale Norcross. Authorities suspect a criminal operation possibly linked to California.
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Grong B
Ackerman
Observer Weather Bureau
Miss Bailey
Bessie Bailey
Battle Mountain
Saya
Morgan
Elko County
Mise Bailey
California
la Aminer
Confesses the Desert Murders in Los Angeles
John Hancock known as the Demon of the Desert confesses to the Lincoln county desert killings of George Hagelike and Peter Edmiston. He details the motive to seize their horses, the role of his accomplice Mrs. Gross, and the attempted murder of a deputy marshal. Hancock implicates the woman, cites revenge, and notes Nevada and California angles.
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John Hancock
Desert
Los Angeles
Cal
George Hagelike
Peter Edmiston
Lincoln County
Hancock
Edmiston
Anid
Paradise
Nevada
Tere
State and Coast Notes Items of Interest From Exchanges
Judge I. B Belcher dies suddenly in San Francisco. Rainfall valued for agriculture and mining on the Pacific slope. George R Vardy completes eighteenth year as grand chief of the Good Tem ple of Nevada. Butte City to get a YMCA with over two hundred pledging. Cherry Creek tax liens bring demand for town lots at $400+. Max Sohr sails to Battle Mountain for monial ore shipments. Frank Miller convicted for life for a July killing at Amadee Sailing. Gardnerville threats if express office removed. Grase Valley boasts two six footers Nortridge and Duncan. Comstock youths over six feet tall. Soldier vote ballots sealed for canvass. Pratt invents ore car raising device. Virginia City News. Wanted two honest collectors city and country. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for sores and piles. Eagle Drug Store.
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Butte City
Montana
Young Mens’ Christian Association
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Max Sohr
Battle Mountain
Frank Miller
Amadee
Susanville
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Onur
W. Barker
Golconda
G. Coleman of
R. Barry
KE. BE
Winfrey
W. E. Townsend
J. H. Thies
Lovelock
1. Farley
McDermit
F. B. van Sickler
Truman
Geo, Berk and Wife
F. M. Fellows
Mrs
Diehl
B. W. Stewart
Wife
Willow Point
W. C. Baker
H. Oliver
San Francisco
Louie Wise
A. W. Caumley
Sheriff McDied
Pab
Ilaya
Joe Thomas
E. Reinhart & Co
Tom May
Clarence Sage
Palisade
W. O. Baker
Neil Owen
Owen
No. 4
Patrick Murphy
Murphy
Justice Nixon
United States
N.N.G
Virginia City
D. M. Ryan
R. C. Gracey
J. H. Sutherland
P. R. Coryell
W. G. Douglas
U. 8. Derr
Aanrovirune
Wearnen
Wrenxstreea
Jorge Hebbard
Fox Vs
Hale & Norcross
Grayson & Fox
Groom
Guv. F. Muller
Tyler
Trib
Yey Ao
Paradise Valley
Surprise Valley
F. L. Bell
Weedsport
Cayuga, Co
N. Y
Stuart
F. J. Bell
Weedaport
Idalia
Cole
F. A. Stuart ,O
Marshall, Mich
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hood
Manseau
I. 8. Belcher
Supreme Court
Pacific Slope
George R. Vardy
Ganderville
Carson
Express Company
Gardnerville
Grase Valley
C, 8
Nortridge
G. R. Duncan
Chronicle
Comstock
Howell
Pratt
Virginia City Paper
West Indian, Trading Company, New Orles
de- Witt
Eagle Drug Store
Royal
Val
Silver State Publishing Co
Winnemucca, Nevada
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