Tonopah Mining Hints Far South Nevada Riches
Tonopah, a new mining district in southern Nevada, features Butler & Co. ledges in Esmeralda near Nye County. The camp totals about 100 residents living in tents with one wooden store, a saloon, and assay offices. Ore ships for 50 per ton and sells for hundreds in gold and silver. proposals to buy Butler group reach 300000 but are refused.
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Tonapah
Nevada
Lyon County Times
Hameralda
Nye
Esmeralda
Butler
Monte Cristo Mountains
Sodaville
Carson & Colorado
Mound House
Butler & Co
Butler's
Dunlap, Stewart & Douglas
Wree Selby & Co
Tonopah
Davis & Lothrop
Eight Hour Law Adopted in Montana Mines and Smelters
The Legislature passed the eight hour system bill Friday and Governor Toole signed it Saturday. It becomes effective ninety days after approval. Anaconda Copper Mining Co will implement it at its smelters in Anaconda and has already started in its Butte mines, requiring several hundred additional workers.
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Montana
Toole
Coal Strike Nearing End in Scofield Utah
Advices from Scofield Utah indicate the coal miners strike is nearing its end. Many workers from Clear Creek who joined the sympathetic strike have applied for reinstatement, and several from Winter Quarters wish to return to work and drop the strike. Officials will review applications as camps plan to reopen the mines shortly.
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Scofield
Utah
Clear Creek
Winter Quarters
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers touted for cough and cold relief
Distinctive ad copy promises cures for coughs and colds with Hrome-Quinine tablets and a no cure, no pay offer. Also promotes Turkeys for sale by Trown Bros with Mrs J F Clark of Mill City Nevada providing the contact in this local notice.
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J. F. Clark
Mill City
Nev
Irrigation Bill Prospects Improve in Congress
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Hansbrough has added amendments not in the spirit of the Newlands irrigation bill and will push the measure in the Senate. Opposition to irrigation legislation is fading and the chances for passage are brighter for Congressman Newlands's bill.
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Newlands
Washington
Hansbrough
Senate
Telegraphic city news items mixed with royal obsequies
A collection of condensed telegrams reports crime in Topeka arrest of Mrs Nation for disturbing the peace. Boer attack on Meddersfontein. Queen Victoria and Prince Consort laid together in Frogmore mausoleum. Bernhardt life policy for son. Blizzard blankets the Midwest with heavy snow in Chicago. Ohio fight ban and sheriff redeployment. UC president invited to McKinley commencement. McKinley Pacific voyage reportedly proceeding.
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Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Royal Mausoleum
Frogmore
Sarah Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Nation
Topeka
Kan
Middle West
Chicago
Nevada Sunshine and Climate Report from Reno Journal
Surveyor General Kelley notes Nevada as a sunlit land with clear days across deserts. He details pure air, low infectious disease risk, wide temperature ranges by region, and abundant semi tropical crops in the south, praising autumn weather and high altitude skies.
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Nevada
Mississippi
Kelley
Reno Journal
World Almanac 1901 praised as vast reference
The World Almanac of 1901 is hailed as the largest reference book of its kind. It claims exhaustive coverage from the Constitution to election data and current events with a stated price of 26 cents in New York. It also references DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills by Brown Bros.
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DeWitt
Trown Bros
New York World Almanac
United States
Inet
the World
New York
Brown! Bros
Western Nevada Teachers Seek Law for Job Security
The executive committee of the Western Nevada Teachers Association issues a circular urging teachers statewide to back legislation. It calls for prohibiting arbitrary removal and insists retention should be based on educational grounds and teacher qualifications. The letter argues fair school governance requires organized action to secure passed measures.
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Western Nevada Teachers’ Association
Items of Interest in This Region Today
A mixed parade of notices including a Cleveland divorce from Mrs. Albertine Groebner after being locked in a chicken coop overnight. Trenton New Jersey’s 86 year old Dorothy Green reportedly cutting two new teeth. A New York contested will case where heirs allege the late merchant was of unsound mind, citing a wife forced to wear the same bonnet for nine years and a push to close shop show windows to deter women from spending. A $100 reward is mentioned in relation to the case. Also noted are medical claims for catarrh cures including Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a Toledo firm offering $100 for any cure failure. Additional items mention One Minute Cough Cure as a prompt remedy for throat and lung troubles.
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Albertine Groebner
Cleveland
Dorothy Green
Trenton
N. J
New York
Hall
FF. J, Charney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Woolgrowers Association meeting Nevada February 9 notice
A notice from the Woolgrowers Association of Nevada states a meeting at ten Nev., Saturday February 9, 1 p.m., in Judge Cheney's office. D. C. Wheeler, president, urges a large Shore association attendance. Also mentions Knodal Dyspepsia Cure promising complete digestion and instant relief for indigestion. Brown Bros.
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Woolgrowes Association of
Nevada
Ten
Nev
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies
Historic ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy. It claims quick relief from night crying, diarrhea, stomach cramps, wind colic, and inflamed gums, praising a renowned female physician and nurses and noting a 25 cent price per bottle sold worldwide.
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Mrs. Winslow
Union Pacific spends six million on improved Western track
Six million dollars spent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company to improve a line once the finest track in the West. The result is a straighter, level road ballasted with Sherman granulated dust, enabling higher speeds with greater safety. The message promises solid comfort and pleasure to patrons and invites inquiries to F. B. Choate, Salt Lake City agent.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
F. B. Choate
Salt Lake City
Their Claims Set at Rest on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mr C D Glass of Gardiner Maine testifies after trying many medicines he found Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured his winter cough and lung soreness. He says he now uses it for colds and recommends it to friends. Also notes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a safe cure sold by Brown Bros and warns against counterfeits.
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Chamberlain
C. D. Glass
Bartlett & Dennis Co
Gardiner
Brown Ros
DeWitt
Eally
Brown Bros
Agents Wanted Complete Life of Queen Victoria
Reports show a greatly increased death rate from throat and hung troubles due to croup pneumonia and grippe. We advise the use of One Minute Cough Cure in all these difficulties. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Children like it. Brown Bros.
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Grippe
Brown Bros
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Tonapah District
de Lamar
Butler Group
Kags
Pretoria
Meddersfontein
Nash
Taylor
Wheeler
University of California
McKinley
Pacific
Zacc *S. Hall
Shiloh
Wells & Co
Roy
C. Miller & Co
Portland
Ore
F. D. van Duzer
J. T. Wheeler
Wheeler & van Duzer
Attorneys-At-Law
Dieh
Bert L. Hood
Courthouse
Winnemucca, Nevada
Giroux
Wissemucca, Nevada
Prenem Hostle
Bee Praneisco
Omicé
Stanton
Prank X. Murphy
W. L. Samuels
Bridg and
T. C. Hanson
Office Weber
Eagle Day Store
Tod
Alfred Chartz
Carson City, Nevada
W. 5. Holt
Humboldt County
Postoffice
ARESS
Paradise Valley
New
Charles M’connell
Diehl’s Book Store
Bridge Steset, Wit
Francisco
C. Diehl
Fifth Judicial District Court
State of
Humboldt
David F. Coleman
Frances A. Coleman
David P. Coleman
J. H. Hoyt
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
Reinhart & Co
Dana
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