Nevada News of Elko County and Surrounding areas
The Elko Independent reports delinquent taxes in Elko County totaling about 20271 with Washoe County showing 1896 delinquency under 1000 and Lake County liens. Island Mountain to get a new newspaper and Island Mountain area mining activity grows with ore work on quarries and ditches. Local mining ventures include Clifton Mill progress and Blackbird tunnel work with plans for dividend potential. The Sharkey Fitzsimmons case nears grand jury review and suits include Billy Smith and Sharkey. assessments on Chicago mine by Donn and son signal promising ore veins. A proposed calendar reform to thirteen months of 28 days prompts debate, plus local social updates and an upcoming California departure for Dr Porter and Harve McAdams new business ventures in Elko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle
New England
Island Mountain
Elko County
Ype
Washoe County
Sharkey-Pit
Sharkey-Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
California
Billy Smith
Thomas Sharkey
Smith
Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
L. F. Donn
Robert
Central District
Chicago
Worldwide snippets on McKinley trip and Cuban cause
Reports from Canton Ohio say President elect McKinley will leave for Chicago to join his wife. Hatfield's execution for murder in Kentucky drew 5000 onlookers. Hamburg steamer Thuringa ashore near Curaçao. Eduard Kohl reported lost but reached Las Palmas. Sacramento girl Miss Wheeler dies after assault. in California. Protective League pushes silver tax. surprise to free coinage Republicans. Murder near South Vineland New Jersey by son Tony Jeroio. family includes Antonio Nicholas Louis Charles. Cuban supporters convene in Los Angeles. memorial congress planned. Father Yorke trial for libel continued. Von Cramer factory explosion in Ascaffenburg kills many. Newark cruiser and Raleigh return to Key West. Three Friends filibuster remains unfound. Middleton New York sleigh accident leaves one frozen. Cuban sympathizers in Butte Montana urge recognition of independence. Anaconda Standard funds Cuban cause. Ending plug for E Reinhart & Co silk tidies and linens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Jeroio
Tony
Antonio
Nicholas
Louis
Charles
Australian Forage Plants at Bakersfield Experiment Station
The Bakersfield California station tested Australian forage plants antriplex and modiola. Modiola produced about three tons of dry seed per acre on black alkalar soil. The plant stays green all year, resists frost and drought, tolerates alkalar ground, and yields a strong milk flow, with weeds unable to invade suitable pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
California
What Caresses and Smiles Will Do
An exchange argues that a persuasive woman can sway a man with pleasant words and gestures while a harsher approach fails. It suggests simple minded men might accept manipulation, but intelligent couples aim for mutual understanding and sensible conclusions.
Market for Fat Cattle in Short Supply
The Chicago Drover's Journal notes a small national supply of ripe fat cattle and few young cattle. This makes marketing mixed fat cattle seem foolish as good grades fetch high prices and feed remains cheap. Several commission men with prime stock on hand fear they cannot locate strictly choice cattle ready for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Drover’s Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Proposal
A brief 19th century style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh cure. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internally effective against blood and mucous surfaces, with endorsements from J Cheney & Co and Toledo wholesale druggists West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Shareholders Meeting and Local Notices in Winnemucca
An 1897 notice set says the First National Bank of Winnemucca will hold its regular annual shareholders meeting at 10 o clock 4 mM Thursday January 14 for electing a board of directors and amending article 3. Humboldt lodge No 16 I O O F invites a full attendance and officers will be elected. Also ads announce shoe agency Laird Shoeber & Co Philadelphia and Richards the Photographer with gallery on Second Street near Bridge. Syrup of Figs advertisement promotes genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Winnemucca
Winnemucca
Nevada
Thureday
Geo
Nixox
Humboldt Lodge No 16
I. 0
Tailoring agency and various patent medicines advertised
An advertisement page lists M. Hofman as agent for High Art Custom Tailoring in New York City with free sample inspection and guaranteed perfect fit. It promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm via Jacobsen of Chicago Lumber Co. and urges Hood's Sarsparilla and Hood's Pills as leading tonics. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children is advertised with claimed cures and worldwide sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hofman
New York City
Germany
Jacobsen
Chicago Lumber Co
Es Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain’s
W. A. Brown
Ays
Winslow
Mrs. Wine Jow
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Vals
Truckee
Harve McAdams
Elko
Alameda
Austin Mining Company
Clifton
Virginia City
Alice M. Hartley
M.D. Foley
Nevada Pooienry
A. Kleinhans
Carson
Keno
Supreme Court
Thempany
Ithe Elko Independent
Rey Bros
Island Mounin
Reveille
Lander County
C. Plr. R. Co
Humdt
Pacific Railroad Company
Lander
Columbus
Esmeraldaity
Candelaria
Lvsia
Wolcott
S. Geological Survey
Rts
Lowa
Evada
Wm. M. Stong
Mac D. Gravee
Blackbird
Strong
Ely
The
White Pine News
Jones
Charles Jones
Mack
Pat Reddy
General Clark
J. F. Dennis
Will
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Snenadaville
Karion Hatfield
Jones Trail
Hatfield
Jordan
Hamburg American Line
Thuringa
Hamburg
West India Ports
Cura‘cou
Venewhelan
Eduard Kohl
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Los Angeles
Father Yorke
Monitor
George Thistleton
San Quentin
Munich
von Cramer
Ascaffenburg
Washington
Newark
Key West
Navy Department
Raleigh
Percy Middlebrook
Frank Roe
Frank Powers
Florida
Roe
Powers
Middlebrook
Middleton
New York
Butte
Montana
Congress
Cuba
Anaconda Standard
E. Reinhart & Co's
U.S. Gov't Report
Nice
M. Thomas
Archer
Second Street
Bridge
Paulin & Larivere
California Fig Syrup Company
Hood
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