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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1898
Page
3
Local notes list residents arriving and leaving Golconda and Paradise including C J Miler, Louis Dean, Loreng Recanzove, and Miss Lala Choate. Also mentions reverend Hamm preaching, Judge Bonnifield's visit, infant death from German measles, and Newlands en route to Reno. mentions a holiday sale ad and a Masonic installation invitation.
The Dexter mining company at Tuscarora has increased wages for outdoor workers after their demand, praised as due for winter outdoor toil. Jobin Rodfish of Virginia City survived a 30 foot fall from a balcony rail at Beck building with severe injuries and a hip to knee fracture. The Virginia City Enterprise notes Jodge Weir and Judge Keely face a senate contest case, with $50 deposit required to hear testimony. Local petition led to dismissal of a case against Walter Kirmeen for prior schoolhouse arson. A Yankee invention adds stone soles to boots using waterproof glue and quartz sand, praised for grip. Onions touted as remedy for nervous prostration and coughs, eaten every other day for complexion. Herman’s advertizes Christmas tree trimmings and holiday goods.
Nevada notices from Ione to Reno report business, marriages, legal notes, deaths, and court actions. Highlights include a Reno whisky case, a Truckee nuptial, a gold hill miner's death, a bank meeting in Winnemucca, and local weather and health ads across multiple Nevada towns.
Classic 19th century ad touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as the teething cure trusted by mothers for pain relief, diarrhea, and stomach issues. It markets the product as the prescription of esteemed US physicians and nurses, with a 25 cent price and wide druggist distribution. It also promotes De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm as remedies for piles and pneumonia risk, ending with local druggist sales details.
The advertisement proclaims a large stock of dry goods and clothing from manufacturers, highlighting up to date fashions and endless varieties. It promotes One Minute Cough Cure and Eagle Christmas Presents from M Hofman, and urges holiday shopping with a local drug store mention.
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