Local News Bits and Light Society Items
Skating remains popular and the paycar arrives while Miss Anna Miller travels from Golconda. About two hundred Lincoln county taxpayers are delinquent. Families depart for San Francisco on visits and business. A notice critiques a newspaper rebuking delinquent subscribers. Residents discuss ice supply and local anecdotes, including Chinese new year plans and a terra cotta cat tale.
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Lincoln County
Robert Denio
W. D. Morey
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Mies Vera Guthrie
The Guards Ball Promises A New Year Militia Event
The local militia invites Winnemucca residents to a New Year’s Eve ball at Arnett hall to support the company. Tickets cost 1 each and proceeds aid the cause. Music and orderly management are promised to boost turnout and success. Lowell Maxwell awaits sentencing in Quincy jail after a suicide attempt with a razor.
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Winnemucca
Arnett
Lowell Maxwell
Quincy
Cal
A Christmas Robbery and Crime Tales in Nevada Front
A lengthy Victorian era dispatch recounts a Gardnerville misdeed with townsfolk mob sentiment and a jail tragedy. The piece details a young man robbed of savings on Fourth of July, frames a fatal prison episode, and cites the Genoa jail as the site of a young man’s death after a coerced accusation. A separate Virginia Chronicle note reports a Christmas hotel robbery in Steamboat Springs with $385 taken plus $5 from a bystander, plus a Reno express stop. Also mentioned are Kid McCoy challenging Fitzsimmons for the world middleweight title, and a Calico stagecoach robbery in Inyo County leading to Bunny arrest. A drill notice for Co D NNG is included.
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Virginia
Mason Valley
Carson Valley
Yerington Ruetler
Gardnerville
Douglas County
Blacklegs
Genoa
Steamboat Springs
Saga
Virginia Chronicle
Morris
Washoe
New York
McCoy
Creedon
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Stuart
Medical Testimonials Promote Stomachs and Catarrh Cure
A long column of early 20th century ads touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion and stomach relief with a Washington claimant, plus Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Ohio. The page blends medical testimonials, remedies, and local ads for oysters, wind mills, blankets, candy, books, and sarsaparilla.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Prevent Pneumonia and Promote Health in Winter
The column touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best preventive for pneumonia during cold season. It also markets No-To-Bac, Cascarets, and various clothing and dress goods from local shops, with multiple drugstore and shop promotions interwoven through the page.
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Chamberlain
W. A. Brown
Economy baking powder deal at Schilling's Best
A promotion promising savings on a package of cheap baking powder from Schilling & Company. The ad touts a money back guarantee and urges readers to buy at their grocer in Francisco.
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Schilling
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Anna Miller
Golconda
Dayton Times
Walker River
Melvin Ellis
Elleworth
Klondike
North Dakota
Yerington Rustler
Egypt
Nevada
Independence
Inyo County
Bunny
Co. D. N.N.G
H. Secumupr
F.C
Will & Co
Mra. E. L. Lounsbury
Olympia
Washington
No. III
Maple Park
Christian Herald of
Detroit
Christian Herald
Stuart Co
Marshall, Michie
Drnestete
7De
Hall
Pilla
A. Kleinhans
Superior Steel
Brown & Progr
Omer
F.C. Ronis & Co
Diehl’s
Hool
Royal
Royal Baking Fowder CO
M. Hofman
Addressee Remedy Co
Chicago
Newark
E. Reinart & Co
FE. Reinhart & Co
M. Horran’s
F. O. Robins & Co
F. C. Robins & Co
Call Nt
Roms & Co
Grocer’s, Aschilling & Company
Francisco
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