Local and Personal Notes Tell of Arrivals and Travel
J Rosenblatt arrives from San Francisco and A M Werum also arrives from the same city. Morey leaves for Paradise Valley while Rudfell returns to Lovelock on No 3. G W Summerfield and party head to San Francisco on No 3. A social dance at Armory hall draws a crowd. Rain drenches the area with intervals throughout the day. G B McFarlin, Sunset Tel Co electrician, arrives from Reno. Wheeler journeys west for professional business. Mrs Floy Ford returns home to Eureka from visiting the Wheelers. Mr and Mrs H Warren depart for Ogden for the deathbed visit. William D Miller and Iva McCollum arrive from Lovelock. the couple pair to be married today. F Lusk and T Sharp Jr depart for the Oregon ranch after mornings in Chico, Cal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rosenblatt
San Francisco
Morey
Paradise Valley
A. M. Werum
Rudfell
Lovelock
G. W. Summerfield
Armory Hall
G. RB. McFarlin
Sunset Telephone Company
Reno
Jobin T. Wheeler
Floy Ford
J. T. Wheeler
Eureka
H. Warren
Ogden
Death of Samuel Buckner a Winnemucca Pioneer
Samuel Buckner, aged about seventy one, longtime Winnemucca resident and former county assessor, died of cancer at the county hospital. Born in Ohio, he moved to the county in early years and made the area his home for nearly 25 years. Funeral services will be held at Cochran's undertaking parlors at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Buckner
Winnemucca
Ohio
Cochran
Will Classify Engines at Southern Pacific Shops
Traffic dull on the road but Southern Pacific shops bustle as Assistant Master Mechanic Pratt oversees motive power work. Engines will be classified by number to assign class and will be repainted and renumbered except those in the fourteen hundreds already correct. Continuous changes keep the mechanical department busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Pratt
Wadsworth
Appointed U S Commissioner in this place
Joseph Rougen has been appointed United States Commissioner at this place, vice E Archer, resigned. The appointment was made yesterday by Judge Hawley of the United States District Court and Mr. Rougen will assume the duties of the office at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rougen
United States
E. §. Archer
Hawley
United States District Court
Mr. Rougen
Law Proposal Prohibits Sale of Equine Meat Without Disclosure
A bill introduced in this Legislature session would make it a misdemeanor to sell horsemeat without informing the buyer at the time of sale that the meat is from an equine. Penalties include a fine, imprisonment, or both.
Nevada Militia Strength Reported to Congress
The Secretary of War transmits to Congress a statement on state militias. Nevada lists eight commissioned officers and 141 men, with 6,100 men of eligible military age.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Milida
States of the Union
Nevada
Bubonic Plague Rumor Reported in Bakersfield
In Bakersfield California authorities warn of a plague outbreak with thirty to fifty deaths in a week. Officials say pneumonia but cases show rapid onset and death by morning. Public health officials urge caution and further testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
Bachelors' Meeting Set for Tonight at 7 30
All bachelor members of the Friday Night Social Club are called to meet in the courtroom this Wednesday evening at 7 30. J T Dunn serves as temporary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Dunn
Legislature Debates Retrenchment and Labor Measures
The Reno Journal reports Assembly debate on Allen bill cutting Supreme Court salaries with Sweeney proposing 4500. Allen opposes. bill advances. Senate adjourns to hear Assembly remarks. Paul’s tailings amendment gains support. Dill bill passes. Other measures include Risenour relief referral and prison opium ban, while capital security arm and alarm system funding pass Senate unanimously. Senate adjourns to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Journal
Assembly
Allent
Sweeney
Ormsby
Platt
Allen
House
van Duzer
Burke
Senate
Paul
White Pine
Dickenson
Coryell
Mines and mining notes from San Francisco to Eureka
Alaska investment totals reach about 20 million dollars with mining activity across the region. A tunnel may not pass through a lode claim without the owner's consent. At Defiance mine in Darwin a dry concentrating plant is being graded after a five ton ore test in San Francisco. A. M. Wells, a Denver mining expert, studied the Margretta mine near Macon City and Cyanide claims belonging to Mrs. Vanderlieth of Carson City. W. H. Jackson shipped 462 sacks for test to Nevada Metallurgical Works and reported 24.39 dollars per ounce gold value, 4 cents silver, with net bullion results and tailings. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a remedy for piles and skin diseases with DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills praised as the best liver pills.
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Defiance
Darwin
San Francisco
Elko Independent
A.M. Wells
Denver
Colorado
Eureka
Margretta
Adama Hill
Macon City
Vanderlieth
Carson City
Eureka Sentinel
W. H. Jackson
Nevada Metallurgical Works
Wadsworth
Turkeys for Sale at Clark Residence in Mill City Nev
Local ad lists young turkey gobblers and large mature birds for sale by Mrs J F Clark at Mill City Nevada. Also promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills by Brown Bros noting they never gripe.
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J. F. Clark
Mill City
Nev
DeWitt
Brown Bros
Snowfall and assorted Nevada notes from Reno to Carson
Ten inches of snow fell at Reno during the storm of Sunday. The Sunset Company will install a telephone system in Wadsworth. Five thousand pounds of butter were shipped from the Douglas creamery to San Francisco and Sacramento last Monday. Simon Ogg, long a prosperous livery stable man in Gold Hill, died in Virginia City Monday after a year of illness. The Ormsby County Commissioners set the 1901 state and county tax rate at 170, a 20 cent reduction from two years ago. Sleighing remains good from Virginia City to Carson. Snowfall on the Comstock is heavier this winter than in years past. Buyers from Kansas City, Memphis and Denver seek mules in Reno, reporting scarce stock. The Gazette notes Reno is not under quarantine, with one mild smallpox case under strict controls. William Stewart lost $295 to two women and their lovers in Elko, but the money was returned and the complaint dropped. Carson’s poolrooms shuttered after opening recently. the town’s patronage proved insufficient. Carson’s Legislature session is less lively than usual. Nye county tax case involving George Ernst and Monitor Livestock & Land Company is set for February 20, 1901 before the Supreme Court, addressing home ranch definition for taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Sunset Company
Wadsworth
Douglas Creamery
San Francisco
Sacramento
Ormsby
Virginia City
Carson
Comstock
D. A. Hancock
Kansas City
Clem Eland
Memphis
Charles Watson
Denver
Gazette
William Stewart
Elko
Stewart
Nye County
George Ernst
Monitor Livestock & Land Company
Supreme Court
Dr Darling of State U and California joins stock farm fame
The text extols Dr Darling a former State University figure and later University of California anatomy professor. It notes his scholarly rigor and Nevada practice as surgeon at Theodore Winters' Washoe Valley stock farm, home to El Rio Rey and other famed stock. It adds his favorable liniment testimony for animal sprains by R. Darling D. V. 8.
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Darling
Our State University
University of California
Nevada
Theodore Winters
Great Stock
Washoe Valley
el Rio Rey
R. Darling
A Convincing Answer About a Pain Balm Cure
Wesley Nelson of Hamilton Georgia recalls visiting Mr Blackmon's drug store and trying Chamberlains Pain Balm for rheumatism. He trusted the offer to not pay if it failed and after a week of use reports a complete cure with no further rheumatism. Sold by Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Bros
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. ©. Lusk
French- Glenn Company
Thomas Sharp Jr
Chico
Oregon
U. S
THE
Legislature
Mines and Mining
Alaska
State News Notes
Simon Ogg
Gold Hill
Dr. Darling
Buckner
ATCT
Kalf
Burlington
Omaha
Chica
Hoagreoh City
S. Louis
Black Hills
Salt Lake Office
West Second South
R. F. Netsen
Winnemucca Hose Company NO
J. Rougon
B. Brown
Roy Trousdale
H. A. Gilbert
G. M. Rose
G. B. Ackerman
A. L. Brackett
J.H. Sadorus
D. Staunton
H. M. Leonard
Winnemucca Hose Company
A. F. Trousdale
J. J. Hill
A. Cc. Brown
C. Wolf
C. B. Brown & CO
Lafayette
Dave Meb, Rose
Bridge Street
Winnemucca, Mer
Rairoad Meat Market
Linebarger & Howard
W. F. Linebarger
P. Howard
Carlin
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