This and That News and Items of a General Nature
Weather remains beautiful with snow on mountaintops. News notes include John T. Ried arriving from Lovelock, river rising, and firemen's hall gathering next Friday. Maher-Fitzsimmons fight delayed. a Reno watchmaker shortage. a bicycle record set at Coronado Beach. Court next week with Limbo murder and Indian Johnny Buster cases. Joe Jessie calf case postponed due to lawyer's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Simpson
Reno
Charles Kemler
Paradise
Wadsworth
el Paso
Maher-Fitzsimmons
Maher
Coronado Beach
Cal
HM. H. McCrea
Rene Guillaume
Johnny Buster
Monica Echeverria
Echeverria
Buster
Joe Jessie
Jacob Leick
Kennedy
Bonnifield
Chinese New Year Observances and Mild Troubles in Chinatown
Chinatown crowds view the New Year festivities amid leaner times. The joss house hosts music and lanterns while shoppers at Dip Lee and Hi Loy Jan’s stores sell candy nuts and dried fish. Some scenes show opium dens and diverse street life as celebrations wind down tomorrow. A separate notice reports St James Lodge awarding $2000 to Mrs. Ritchie’s heirs, and church services follow with a Paradox of the Cross sermon. Also reported are the death of insurgent Felix Denis and the acquittal of Mrs. Jane Shattuck in a sensational murder case with details of Poole’s death and Truly’s engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
Joss House
Dip Lee
Hi Loy Jan's
Lean
Jane Shattuck
San Francisco
Harry Poole
East Easterner urges Nevada resources publicity
A visitor from the East praised Nevada’s resources after reading the Mason Valley resources feature in the Rustler. He ordered a hundred copies of the next issue to distribute among friends, saying it was the only Nevada description he had seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerington Reatler
Russler
East
Nevada
Mason Valley
Tamales for sale by Nieves Sease and wife
Local notice advertises tamales from Nieves Sease and wife at the corner of Fourth and Melarkey streets with orders accepted after 4 p m today at the corner or the Palace. Also offers a residence and two lots on Railroad Street for sale at a bargain with details at the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieves Sease and
Fourth and
Melarkey Streets
Railroad Street
Janlimi
M. T. Coars
Popular health ads mix cures and sales pitches
A collage of old advertisements touts Hood s Sarsaparilla and Hood s Pills as cures and blood purifiers, plus a Singer Sewing Machines sales pitch demanding an honest bond and commission sales, a notary sworn Catarrh Cure testimonial, a clearance sale for shoes, Union Pacific rail travel durations, and legal blanks for sale. The items mention multiple places, brands, and services in a dense OCR excerpt.
twins born to Simpson in Merrit Nevada in 1896
A birth notice records the birth of twin boys on February 10 1896 at Merrit Nevada to the wife of George Simpson. The event marks a new arrival in the Simpson family with two male children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpon
Merrit, Nev
George Simpson
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John T. Ried
Lovelock
State Board
Trenmor Coffin
Jones
Silver State Orchestra
F. J. Miller
Butler
J. L. Franklin
California Street
Truckee
Carson
James Hurst
Aml
Armory
St. James Lodge No. V.a. O. U. W
Winnemucca
Ritchie
United States
Detroit
Church Services
Epworth
E. Fraxers Brows
Santi de Cuba
Felix Denis
Mrs Shattuck
U.S. Gov't Report
Hood
I Hood
Tlood
Singer
The
Singer Mre. Co
J St
Sacramento
Onto
Civy
Toledo
Lucas County
Frai Cheney
F.j.cheney & Co
Aos County
State
Hall
A. W. Gleason Notary Public
Sean
t —_ Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Schmipt
Boor & Sox
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
New York
Union Pacific
Minneanugt
HS Gunpany N
Washington
Armory Hall
F. M. Fellows
J. Rougon
C. B. Brown
L. M. Piper
H. M. Leonard
Archen
Winnemucca Hose CO. NO
Chris, Wolf
F. M. Fellows, J. A. Rogers, Felix, Poulin
L. J. Crook
Joseph Rougon
G. A. Krenkel
MILL
Lester Piper
D. Pascal
Silver State
Tady
D. P. Crook
A.D. Wilcox
General .”.’ Merchandise
California
Kentucky
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