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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1898
Page
3
Local readers note social visits as J A Blossom and L Godehaux arrive from Battle Mountain and Willow Point respectively. Mrs. Joseph Rougon recovers at home, Sergt. Temple returns from the East, and Captain Hollam promises cannonball entertainment at Armory hall tonight. A prowler at DeLamar is reported, while plan for a grand masquerade ball and other holiday events are advertised.
Virginia City earthquake shock reported yesterday. Grass Valley suppresses “21” games as sheriff acts. Wadaworth plans vigilance committee to rid hobos. San Francisco police and a saloonkeeper tied to a $180 Beowawe robbery case. Mrs. Emma Bagwell offers $500 to any jockey under 115 pounds. Carson mint closes due to bullion excluding local producers. Arthur Kinney pardoned after seven months for branding horses. Suit to annul Richard Stoddard and Arma Wilson marriage in San Francisco. Navy lieutenant John D. McDoosid promoted to first lieutenant. Judge Cooke, Nevada’s first district judge, dies. Agnews asylum inquiry finds Miss Beesie Bailey died of natural causes. Golden Eagle Mining and Gold and Silver Extraction negotiation ends with refusal. MacArthur Forest tests reveal ore gall, prompting milling plans for next season. Orr notes potential for high-grade ore sale. president’s rejection leaves milling prospect uncertain.
Nye County stockmen enlist cowboys to guard cattle wintering in the southern Nye region to curb long running thefts routed to Arizona and southern California. Belmont Courier notes the effort aims to stop the nefarious practice.
Telegraphe captures a rapid run of items from around the nation and world. The president and party were in Tuskegee, Alabama yesterday while a Danville man died in Urbana jail related to a September incident. The American peace commission sailed from Paris back to the United States aboard the St Louis. Honolulu reports three candidates named for governorship of the islands. Colonel Bryan was warmly greeted by former colleagues in Washington. A London incident sends Pearson to a lunacy commission for bricks thrown at the British ambassador. A Manila dispatch notes Admiral Dewey declining to discuss politics while asserting naval readiness. Market notes predict a future shift in the western sheep range toward reduced herds and winter feeding. Public notices announce a January 12, 1899 bank shareholder meeting in Winnemucca. Local commerce highlights wool goods and footwear at Hofman. Advertisements urge DeWitt’s remedies for digestion and skin care.
A reader from Georgetown New Mexico reports dramatic skin boils and blotches fading after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says her appetite returned and sleep improved, recommending Hood's to anyone with blood diseases.
An assortment of quack cures and holiday gift pitches appears, touting Hood's Pills for coughs and throat ailments, Chamberlain's remedy for colic and diarrhea, and a range of Christmas gifts at Herman's. W. A. Brown Drugstore promotes local sales in Silver Star and Bulletin.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies claiming immediate relief from pain and a cure for diarrhea wind colic and stomach issues. The pitch notes price twenty five cents and widespread druggist availability. It also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and lists local goods offerings and a photographer's services with a skylight gallery on Second Street.
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