Local and Personal News and Legislative Notes
A. Nelson returns to Jackson Creek mines. James Cotton arrives from San Francisco as cattle buyer for Western Meat. John F. George heads home from Ogden via Wadsworth. Fulton and Taylor buy 160 acres in Kern county. Col. J. A. Hardin returns from East. Snow begins, likely deeper in valleys and mountains. The Silver State notes The Carpenter Worm pest and Senator Pitt’s bill on State Board of Assessors and Equalization. Assembly passes minister marriage bill and wild horses bill. Legislative committee to meet President Hays in ten days. druggists push amendments to Pitt’s pharmacy bill.
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Yj. A. Nelson
Jackson Creek
James Cotton
Western Meat Company
San Francisco
John F. George
Ogden
Wadsworth
JM. Fulton
C. L. Taylor
Rose Valley Borax Company
Olf Bett
Kern County
Cal
J. A. Hardin
Git Lake
Iowa
Missouri
Silver State
Agricultural Experiment Station
The
State University
Pitt
Hays
Southern Pacific Company
Our Overworked Lawmakers
The Elko Independent blasts the Nevada Legislature for adjourning after a few hours to honor Abraham Lincoln. It mocks lawmakers for not working on Lincoln's birthday and complains their brains need rest from overwork.
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Elko Independent
Toorrow
Abraham Lincoln
Nevada
Idaho Moves To Bar Outsider Sheep Invasion
Idaho Legislature weighs a quarantine law to block wandering sheep from other states. A House bill, originated in southeastern Idaho, would require a ten day hold at the state line for all incoming flocks amid many complaints about Utah sheep incursions.
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Idaho
Utah
Cadetship Examinations Set for Reno Next Week
Next Friday and Saturday February 20 and 16 examinations for the West Point cadetship will be held in Reno. Candidates must be 17 to 22 years old, unmarried, physically sound, and well versed in common school studies. Humboldt will not be represented. The opportunity appeals to many in the area.
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Weat Point
Reno
Humboldt
Towne and Depew Salute In Senate Exchange
In a Senate exchange after Towne’s speech on Phil ibbine questions Chauncey Depew congratulated Towne on delivery diction and peroration Towne replied he was glad Depew approved of the new features and called the lineament supreme amid cites of relief for sprains bruises burns and other ailments mentioning Numatism in a promotional tone
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Towne
Depew
Mr. Towne
Senate
Phil Ibbine
Chauncey Depew
Mr.Towne
Mr. Depew
Senator Towne
Steamboat Springs Strike Draws Prospector Rush
The Reno Journal reports a week of intense prospecting around Steamboat Springs with eighteen notices posted. Claims are laid out in all directions as lines and corner posts go in while owners await snow melt to begin development. The main strike lies near the Western Compound and Development Company with high grade gold over 30 dollars per ounce.
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Reno Journal
Eigh
Comstock
Great Western Compound and Development Company
Hopkins
Con
Virginia
Laur
Academy of Science of France
California
Steamboat Springs
United States Geological Survey Corps
Current Topics in Brief From the Era's News
A digest of varied items notes the Paris exposition cost near a million dollars for the American commission and a 10 million dollar St. Louis Exposition fund with US support of five million. Germany forecasts a speed of 160 mph for a new electric railway. Patent activity in 1900 shows 40 000 applications with 26 000 granted. Chauncey Depew and Mr Spooner exchange a joke about filling an empty barrel with holes. Belgium cows must wear ear rings and metal tagged numbers for yearly cattle records.
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Germany
Senate
Topeka
Nation
United States
Silver King mine pays first $100000 monthly dividend
The Silver King mine at Park City Utah sent checks to shareholders for its first monthly dividend of 100000. Also notes on Quicksilver occurrences in Idria Austria and Almaden Spain, the value of ounces of gold, a high grade Fuller’s earth deposit near Bakersfield and a health ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
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Silver King
Park City
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
Idria
Austria
Almaden
Spain
Poso
Bakersfield
Kern County
Cal
Nevada State Briefs Report Cold Storage Plan and Winter Snows
Eastern Nevada sees heavier snowfall than several winters past. Reno to host a cold storage plant while the Virginia & Truckee Railroad sells two large freight engines to Verdi Lumber. Other notes include a robbery arrest in Elko, a Eureka life diploma grant, subzero Elko readings, a Ruby Valley death, a Nevada bar admission, and a fatal heart case shipped to Reno.
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Reno
Nevada
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company
Verdi Lumber Company
State Board of Education
Jennie Mulroy
Eureka
Elko
Mercury
Narssia Ramiers
Ruby Valley
Chili
David Leishman
Supreme Court of Nevada
California
Catarrh Cure Claims $100 Reward for Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh at all stages. It promises $100 if the cure fails and cites testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and One Minute Cough Cure with claims of relief for throat and lung issues and comfort for children.
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Inall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Union Pacific Invests Six Million in West Line Upgrade
Six Million Dollars Spent by the Union Pacific Railroad Company improving what was originally the finest track in the West. The result is a straighter level road lightly dusted ballast with Sherman granite, enabling higher speeds and greater safety for patrons. For eastbound travel this royal highway offers solid comfort and security. Further information from F. B. Choate, General Agent, Salt Lake City.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
F. B. Choate
Salt Lake City
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Claims Instant Indigestion Relief
Recent experiments show that all classes of foods may be completely digested by a preparation called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which digests to what you eat. It is the only combination of all natural digestants ever devised and has enormous demand. It has never failed to cure the worst indigestion cases and provides instant relief. Brown Bros.
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Brown Bros
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed for Lung Trouble
The text touts One Minute Cough Cure as a prompt remedy for grippe weakness and prostration. It claims to prevent consumption when used early and highlights endorsement by Brown Bros as an unfailing cure for throat and lung troubles.
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Brown Bros
Grippe
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Assembly
Lcensed
Kelley
Judiciary
Washington
Mr. Spooner
Chauncey
Belgium
Mines and Mining
State News Notes
John Williams
Irish
Gold Creek
Mary B. Ede
Ede
Maine
UCN HN
of Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago
Burlington
Denver
Black Hills
Salt Lake Office
West Second South
R. F. Nesten
Winnemucca Hose Company NO
Armory Hall
Winnemucca
J. Rougon
C. B. Brown
J. T. Dunn
Roy Trousdale
H. A. Gilbert
G. M. Rose
A. L. Brackett
J.H. Sadorus
D. Staunton
H. M. Leonard
Winnemucca Hose Companet
F. Trousdale
J. J. Hill
A.C. Brown
Diehl's
C. B. Brown & CO
Lamiyette
Dave Me, Rose
EO. Berk
Linebarger & Howard
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