San Francisco Storm Delivers Severe Short Lived Fury
A sharp electrical storm battered San Francisco just after 10 p m lasting under half an hour but causing wide scale damage. High winds toppled fences lampposts and signs while a gas retort at the gas and electric plant ignited after a lightning strike. A tall pine blocked traffic and windows shattered around City Hall vicinity. A streetcar with schoolchildren was frightened by a lightning bolt. no serious injuries reported. Reports say the storm ran along the coast from northern to central California.
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San Francisco
Bartlett Street
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Sutter Street
Fillmore
Ita
Berkeley
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Calfornia
Steamboat Springs Gone Dry After Earthquake
Steamboat Springs, once a popular mountain resort, has lost its water supply following a recent quake felt in Reno and Virginia City. A local corporation invested heavily to revive baths and facilities, but three days of drilling and blasting in lime rock have failed to restore water. A past similar event at Shaw's Springs showed water could return with persistent effort.
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Steamboat Springs
Reno
Virginia City
Shaw's Springs
Steamboat
Carson
Jackson Creek Copper Mines Promising Prospect
J A Nelson copper king of Jackson Creek visits town touting multiple properties that rival Jerome mines. He claims ore can be cut with a knife in pure native copper and notes ongoing development. Jackson Creek is expected to become a major mining camp in the near future.
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Jackson Creek
J. A. Nelson
Nelson
Jerome
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet Ad Promises Cure in One Day
An old advertisement touts a cold cure claiming one day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and features EB. W. Grove's signature on each box. The price is 25 cents.
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Shilon
St. Mark's Church
LeRoy
Welle
Corkekeny
EB. W. Grove
The Best Plaster and Local Notices from Humboldt County
An advertising collage touts Chamberlains Pain Balm with a dampened flannel for quick relief, plus a dental ad by Dr H McDonald at Lafayette hotel. Local merchants promote waists gowns and aprons, ladies wearables, and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure promises digestion while restoring health. A Royal Arch Masons section calls for Humboldt Chapter No 9 convocation.
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Royal Arch
Humboldt Chapter
U.P. W
Pinkham Medicine Praised By New England Readers
New England readers express faith in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Testimonies claim relief from inflammatory ailments, nervous prostration, and menstrual pain, with patients reporting restored health and renewed energy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mas
Carolina Ave
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Thompson and Lawrence report slow tunnel progress in Bay State mine
Willard D Thompson and Herbert W Lawrence, from Newark, report that tunnel work in the Bay State mine progresses slowly due to hard formation and is costing about 40 dollars per foot. The item reads like a provincial newspaper page with various advertisements. it notes unpacking of new goods, prices, and promotions by local merchants F C Robins & Co and Brown Bros, with no single dominant event beyond the mine alert.
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Willard D. Thompson
Herbert W. Lawrence
Newark
Transient Freight Teams Reported at Winnemucca Yard
Transient custom and freight teams are noted at the Winnemucca yard with horses kept on car bedding and stock, details about weekly or monthly shipments and special speed mentioned.
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John G. Hillis
Ormsby County
Nev
Trio
Ellis
Shiloh
Brown Bros
Lafayette Hotel
DR. H. &. McDonald
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
F. C. Robins & CO
H. T. Long
Declaws
Central Hotel
New England
Bettef
New En
Dean Mars
Manet Gooxr
Mechanic Falls
Maine
America
Mas. H.sou
Orchard St
New Haven
Cea
City Bank of
Lynn
Reeke'sar
C. Robins W Co. Vhey
Elesewhere
Nortwl
H. Balows & CO
Philadelphia
Penn
Woss
FP. C. Robins & CO
F.C. Robins & CO
DeWitt's
Wirel
DeWitt’s
DeWitt
Ial
Tention
G. W. Summerfield
Dieail
S Book Store
Birect
Wint
Npes
C. Diehl
Silver State Mills
Redanzone & Forgnone
Paradise, Nevada
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Felix Poulin
Blauith
Hardware
Tron, Lamber Steel and
Corl
Winnemucoa
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