Local and Personal News from the Valley and Beyond
George 8. Barrels of Sacramento visit the Lafayette area while John and F. Mellander arrive from Galena. A. H. Barber, a San Francisco traveler, and W. H. Mills with family pass through. The Dooley case in District Court draws Paradise witnesses over a contested water right. Also notes delays to cheap power at the Comstock and a coal venture at Tyonic Alaska with hopes to serve Nome and Yukon steamers.
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George
Sacramento
Lafayette
John
F. Mellander
Galena
A. H. Barber
San Francisco
Harry W. Hale
F. T. Corbetter
Marion
Iowa
William Blatt
Paradise Valley
W. H. Mills
Southern Pacific Company
Mills
Paris
EB. Silve
John Dooley
Witses
Bonnifield
C. D. van Duzer
N. Soderberg
Nome
Tyonic
Alaska
Washington
British Columbia
Yukon
Dawson Depopulation Ahead as Nome Rush Looms
Late Dawson advices predict the Klondike metropolis will shrink after the Nome rush in May and June. Merchants close up shops and many head to Nome. Men work creeks for $4 a day to get cash before the ice goes out, planning to travel down the Yukon in scows and canoes.
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Dawson
Klondike
Nome
Yukon
Epworth League Thanks Helpers After Event
The Epworth League thanks all who aided in last night's entertainment. Any bills should be presented to the secretary at once for payment. By order of the president. Miss Alice Hoy, Secretary.
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Epworth League
Alice Hoy
Open for Business in Crooks Building Barber Shop
The Winnemucca barber shop in the Crooks building is again ready for business, signaling a reopening after recent adjustments. Local patrons can expect standard services and a familiar storefront as the shop resumes operations.
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Winnemucca
Crooks Building
Coming Empire Promise Shapes Nevada Land Policy
Hon F X Schoonmaker warned Nevada landowners that Pacific coast wealth will surge as China and Asia demand more wheat. He urged holding land for future farming, noting Nevada's rye potential and irrigation possibilities, and warned California may shift to wheat, boosting Western land values.
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Nevada
F. X. Schoonmaker
China
Carson
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Hung Chang
Pacific Coast
Nevda
California
United States
Schoonmaker
Benjamin B Woodworth Dies Far From Home at 24
Obituary from McDermit Nevada dated February 9 1900 recounts the death of Benjamin B Woodworth at James D Minor's residence on February 6 1900 after nine days of pneumonia. He arrived in the state seven years earlier as a boy of eighteen and earned praise for gentleness loyalty and abstention from tobacco and liquor. The community honored his burial with six friends as pallbearers floral tributes singing and Judge Conner conducting the service. Sympathy is extended to his mother and family.
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Floriston
Mystle
F. Fh
Pield
James D. Minor
Benjamin B. Woodworth
Conner
Hotel range with hot water tank for sale in Nev
A large hotel range with hot water tank and attachments, in first class condition, offered for sale cheap. For particulars address or apply to Mrs. E. Crook, Winnemucca, Nevada.
Grass Valley Notes and Nevada County Rail Shifts
Grass Valley importation of Belgian hares and Nevada County railroad ore shipments totaling 152 tons last week headline a spread of local and regional notices. Reports cover gambling crackdowns, weather impacts on牧 Walker River watershed, a $2.5 million Sunset Telephone mortgage, and notable deaths including George W. Kitzmeyer.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Eureka County
Best Medicine for Rheumatism Promoted by Patient Testimony
A Herminie Pennsylvania man endorses Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best remedy for rheumatism after years of suffering. He notes relief after a single application and urges others to buy from Brown Bros. Druggists.
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Chamberlain
W. H. Stapleton
Herminie
Brown Bros
How Is Your Wife Has She Lost Her Beauty
Advertisment notes Karl's Clover Root Tea for constipation indigestion and sick headache claiming long years of use with a money back guarantee. Also lists an engine for sale a four horsepower gas engine with accessories and a galvanized iron tank and extra choice flaked hominy advertised by Henry Busch.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Diehl's Book Store Offers Costumes and Masks
G. M. Rose reports a full line of costumes and masks on sale at Diehl's Book Store for those seeking dress up items.
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Diehl's
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W. F. Paige
Willow Point
Comstock
Reno Journal
W. H. Mlnor
McDermit, Nev
DeLamar
Sunset Telephone Company
George W. Kitzmeyer
Nevada County
That County
Mason Valley
Walker River
Eddy of
Episcopal
Salt Lake
Bodle
Cecil Loughran
Virginia City
Porter of
Washoe
Grand Jury
Ham McCain
Humboldt River
Lovelock
Elko Independent
Sam Bechman
Ruby Valley
Ruby
Butte Valleys
Kirkpatrick, Odges and
Partner
Etko Independent
Mrs. Winslow
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Robins & CO
Shiloh
Wellington
F. C. Robins & CO
Hood
Shilohs
Canada
England
Sole Proprietors
S.c.wells & Coleroy
N.Y
Toronto, Can
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Henry Busch
Bers
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A. F. Trousdale
C. B. Brown
J. Rougon
Chris Wolf
G. M. Rose
Winnemucca Hose Company NO. 1
Co. B. Brown
A. Gilbert
A. L. Brackett
H. M. Leonard
J. W. Guthris J. J. Hill
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