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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1896
Page
3
Local items report a quiet period with scarce news and varied notes on stock, meat shipments, entertainment, weather, and public notices. Mentions a large poker game, the Peak Family event, ice carnival, skating forecasts, sickness in Lovelock, and water supply concerns for next summer.
A mishap in typesetting yields a quirky obituary fragment about a miserly deceased and his widow. The piece mentions Vermillion Freeman, a Philadelphia twins pair Tillie and Lizzie, and a wood chopper duo near De Lamar Lode finding gold ore. It also lists a school report with attendance and a long roll of honor, plus a San Francisco court ruling on James G. Fair's will and a sharp note on The Examiner and Hearst.
Telegraphic notes report the house committee on territories will vote on enabling acts for Arizona and New Mexico to join the union next Monday. Also covered are a New Jersey infant's birth weights, a Chinese lumber contract, and Andrew H. A. Davidson's plans to aid Mrs. Maybrick's release with Mason and Catholic support and new evidence.
An investigator outlines the industrial value of horse bones for handles glue bone black and phosphorus for matches and ammonia salts. Hoofs yield oil and horn usable for combs while vodka claim and Brazil paper note pop political tall tale. Alaska railroad Amazon telegraph and an employment ad for a Singer machine seller closing with Hood's Sarsaparilla promotion.
Program includes Silver State Orchestra Chorus with a medley and vocal numbers by Laura Miller Maud Miller Lucy Mendosa Cora Rutherford plus recitations by Genevieve Hoy Lucy Mendess and Maud Miller. Musical acts feature violin piano mandolin guitar and a large chorus with Old Folks at Home and My Native Isle. Admission 0 cents children 25 cents. tickets at Diehl's Book Store.
City Bakery advertises a wide range of bread baked fresh at all hours, offering customers round-the-clock access to daily loaves and pastries.
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