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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1896
Page
3
A. Levy arrives from Paralise and D. Pascal departs for Kennedy as ills of winter ease. Socials, dances, and a Rathbone sisters' event brighten Paradise Hill while Tramps roam and Chinamen bound for Cuba travel on trains. Copper finds draw visitors and mint talk stirs in Washington.
In Washington D C February 7 1896 Wa M Stewart states many requests for seed have reached him He reports the secretary of agriculture refused to distribute seeds to senators and representatives for constituent use He notes a Congress resolution would compel the secretary to carry out the law and pledges to supply Nevada citizens if passed
The Comstock tunnel company cut G F E Hogg from payroll around January 1. He is reported $1000 short in company accounts with several machines sold and no proceeds returned. The former superintendent allegedly led a high rolling lifestyle with poker leading to the shortage, last heard of in Reno. Mining assessments total 119100 become delinquent this month with 24500 for California mines and 94600 for Nevada mines. Nervous women seek Hood s Sarsaparilla to enrich blood and strengthen nerves.
The diocese issues Lent rules for clergy and laity beginning with Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 days. Fast days require one meal with possible collation. Sundays limit meat. exemptions apply to the young, elderly, ill, and laborers. milk and certain foods allowed at collation. lard permitted daily. Pastors may dispense fasting. Emphasis on penance, alms, and mercy during Lent.
In a Senate speech last Saturday Senator Allen rails against foreign greed and calls for American resolve to defend institutions. He envisions future conflict where battles forge unity, pledging that every Grant must yield to a Lee and promising a revival of American patriotism across North and South.
Residence and two lots on Rail Road Street offered for sale at a bargain. For particulars apply on the premises, Scoidint, M. T. Coats.
Guidance on sleeping conditions and relaxation habits for better rest. Includes notes on avoiding sedatives, and mentions a 19th century ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a sworn testimonial from F J Cheney claiming blanket cure for catarrh and a money back promise. Also references Adventists in Churchill county with dietary practices and leader Clem Cadman.
J. C. Westfall of eno married Mamie Van Reed of Lovelock in Reno Nevada on February 10 1896.
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