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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
3
In Carson, a local dispute erupts over a World’s San Francisco paper column that accuses society ladies of immorality. Readers condemn the anonymous correspondent, warning of consequences and praising moral restraint. The piece also notes a generous Kennedy donation and updates on Fireman Zeigler’s illness and local health remedies.
Local notes recount Corbett planning a final bout with Jackson and retirement. Carson Crow fund totals two dollars and a silver medal. White Horse mines employ twenty two men. Mason Valley farmers plan efforts to raise hope next season. Foster forecasts February will be unusually cold. Carson school boys sign a pledge not to smoke. Lovelock youths mock high activity among checkers marbles and base ball. Sacramento officials deemed over officious over a thief jailed thirty days for stealing an umbrella. A man jailed for passing counterfeit nickels. The beer check may be counterfeited next. Lovelock’s mineral exhibit at Midwinter fair praised for including iron lead copper bismuth antimony nickel cobalt borax silver and gold. San Francisco dispatch notes Attorney Estee may file a brief in Blythe estate contest on behalf of California, which claims forfeiture.
A Caldwell Idaho dispatch notes 1894 will see heavy mining activity with placer claims rising along the Snake River. A company holds 5000 acres 15 miles from Caldwell planning an amalgamating plant, tests of gold-saving machines underway, and pay gravels yield up to 20 dollars per ounce. Bellevue capitalists push rich placer ground with 20 feet of pay gravel and seven dollars per yard, requiring a 1200 foot bedrock flame. Andrew Jackson Graham editor of the Herald Bellevue died aged 59 after a long Pacific slope career.
Paris reports a small pox scare with widespread vaccination and fashionable vaccination parties, while West Virginia youths assault a man over a quarrel objecting to a supposed slur. Salt Lake City notes Nevada Southern railroad expansion, offering new business and settlement prospects, with routes via Southern Pacific or Union Pacific. A classifieds line offers sheep for sale by M. S. Bonnirrenp.
Patron notice from Cras Cuexowern announcing a seaside rest and his brother will run Pioneer Book Store. Several ads promote Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills, Hall’s Hair Renewer, Simmons Liver Regulator, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and a dentist’s relocation. Estate settlement for Paul Neth noted in Winnemucca.
Inspectors set a nine o clock start for a grand march with masks removed at eleven. E Reinhart & Co handle masks and paraphernalia. Tickets cost two dollars. ladies enter free. gentlemen spectators pay two dollars and cannot change tickets. A superior supper will be served by Mrs. Crook at the Capital Restaurant.
Winter headaches from lack of exercise are common. Kratse's Headache Capsules claim to cure any headache. One capsule before bed and one in the morning, 25 cents per box, sold by Eagle Drug Store.
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