Local and Personal Notes From Winnemucca Area
Winnemucca and surrounding, December 1901 notes record arrivals from Unionville Wadsworth Jackson Creek and Paradise Hill. Railway operators Gibney and staff travel to San Francisco for stabling and training plans. Lodge officers installed at WinneMucca No. 19 F and A M. Governor and officials discuss V and T railway assessment reductions. Public notices include First National Bank meeting January 9 1902. Local ads promote blankets, livery, rubbers, and groceries with brief travel and church event mentions.
Los Angeles South of Winnemucca Debate Sparks Bets
A Reno resident has won many wagers by betting that Los Angeles lies east of Reno, though maps prove Los Angeles is almost due south of Winnemucca. The remark underscores a geographical fact not widely credited without reference.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Winnemucca
Southern Pacific Earnings Report Shows Gains and Surplus
Southern Pacific Company announces its annual report for the June 30 fiscal year with gross earnings up to 12 979 500 and a surplus of 3 456 561 compared with 3 918 831 prior year. Betterment expenditures in 1901 total 6 870 950. Also notes a San Francisco wedding of Edward A Skillman Eureka Sentinel editor and Etta Coumley of Red Bluff Cal. plus notices requesting return of harness and a green buggy robe found near Staauffer's lake Winnemucca and a reward for its return.
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Southern Pacific Company
Nevada
San Francisco
Edward A. Skillman
Eureka Sentinel
Etta Coumley
Red Blutt
Cal
Staauffer's Lake
Winnemucca
Pinder
H. J. Lorentsen
Reno gains from new railroad cut off plan
The Reno Journal reports the Browns Wadsworth cut off will move the Southern Pacific line to a bee line route skirting the Truckee meadow hills. Reno stands to gain immediately as the project progresses over years, with Wadsworth and Washoe county affected but not erased. Construction starts soon with a large Reno yard and shops to follow, bringing growth to the city.
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Browns-Wadsworth
Reno Journal
Washoe County
Reno
Truckee Meadow Hills
Wadsworth
Brown's Station
Southern Pacific
Grodery
State News Notes Gleaned From Reno and Nevada Towns
Carpenters and joiners in Reno plan a new union. Counterfeit quarters and half-dollars circulate in Reno. Tuscarora reports a chickenpox outbreak among children. Henry H. Rice of Gardnerville named guard at the state prison. A man named Carpenter arrested in DeLamar for bullion theft. Carson Weather Bureau Observer Smith installed new meteorological instruments along the railroad line. N C O road seeks Reno subsidy or threatens to move shops to Madeline desert. Virginia City university extension work may discontinue amid low interest. Rio Shannon wins the Christmas handicap at California track with a 15 to 1 odds, $1,000 purse. Tonopah mining boom aids Candelaria revival of business. W Brougher buys Arlington House block in Carson for $20,000. Carson market opinions rise. General Turrittin and Attorney Stone of Winnemucca meet in Riverside. they previously sat together at the St Louis convention.
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Carpenter
DeLamar
Lincoln County
Weather Bureau
Smith
Carson
Virginia City
Carson Track
California
Nevada
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises to pay 100 dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills, with Toledo based J Cheney & Co as makers.
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Hall
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs Ad
Handsome free trial bottle offer invites all to call any druggist. Kemp's Balsam guarantees relief and cure for chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. Price 25 and 50 cents. Brown Bros. distribute in local area.
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Brown Bros
Brown Sros
Ridiculed fad debunked by authorities on diet and health
The piece argues against diet fads claiming specific foods heal body parts and urges balanced nutrition plus prevention of indigestion. It promotes Green's August Flower for general health and Kemp's Balsam for coughs, noting availability at Brown Bros and other druggists.
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C. G. Green
Brown Bros
Green
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KEW
Ladies’ Auxiliary
B. OF R. T
Armory Hall
F. C. Updike
Mrs
Phoebe Cumley
Sophie Rutherford
Jessie Rutherford
Eva Case
Myrtle Organ
Anne Roddy
Della Brewster
Hattie Case
Bells’ Orchestra
Railroad Meat Market
D. Mck. Rose
Jeeler
D. Cordano
Bridge Street
J. HH. Hoyt
Lay Street
Powell
Unionville
W. A. McGovern
J. A. Brownlee
Jackson Creek
Oscar C. Stone
J. Galinger
Reinhart
Golconda
Electric Light Company
H. T. Riddle
The
Lovelock Argus
Elko
F. E. Chagnon
G. E. Hill
C. A. Rogers
Wells
J. T. Gibney
J. R. Benton
W. L. Wilkinson
Paradise Hill
Kennedy
C. D. van Duzer
Tonopah
M. EK
King
Lovelock Tribune
Browns
Kilpatrick Brothers
Day Railroad
Western Union
Gibney
Bay
Offi
W. A. Brown
W. M
F. Poulin
S. W
A. Ruckteschler
J. W
Thomas Shone
Chris Wolf
Chas
Nossinger
R. W. Lewis
J. D
J. Hurst
C. Diehl
Carson News
Firstational Bank
F. M. Lee
Winnemucca, Nev
F. C. Robins & Co
H. J. Lorentzen
Giroux
F. C. Robins & Co's
Girooux
Feldhusen & Company
L Street
Sacramento
Calasti
F.C. Robins & Co
G. W. Summerfield
Decsowd
W. 8. Porter
Akin Street
State News Notes
Carpenters and Joiners
Tuscarora
Henry
Rice
Gardnerville
Madeline Desert O
Candelaria
Turrittin
Stone
Riverside
St. Louis
Rois & of Enterprise
Egular Express
Palace Saloon
B. Roberts
Sanches & Haya
Havana
Francesca Cigars
OLD Hermitage
Cyrus Noble
Jesse Moore
Humboldt County
Mint
Winnemucca, Nevada
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