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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
3
Local and personal items recount residents in town plus travelers and shipments. C.H. Wilbur, Simon Reinhart, J. F. Abel, A. R. Mardin, Trenmore Coffin, S. I. Rickard, I. V. Botton, and others are noted with arrivals, departures, and social events. The weather forecast hints at a brewing storm. theater and dance attendance are mentioned along with a district court session, a marriage, and borax shipments from Winnemucca to San Francisco.
The Heney divorce case was heard by Judge Talbot in Carson Towesday. Heney testified about disposing of money and property after conviction. He claimed his wife knew of the mint bullion in his dinner pail, that she had the key to the trunk, and that she drove him to Reno and helped him with the satchel and gatehel. He said Mrs. Heney stayed at Benton's stable to avoid the train, then he went to California while she registered under a fictitious name Miss Smith or Miss Phelan at the Clarendon hotel. A dispute followed, Mrs. Heney cried out accusing him, while Mr. Chartz objected to libel and slander.
Gazette reports a five new venture near Pyramid at Mud Lake a canning plant to process horse meat. Capitalists from Bangor Maine back the project promising work with salaries around 75 dollars monthly for locals delivering saddles hides and hind quarters. The item sits amid varied notices from court rulings to social event coverage and a Stockton Radical Monthly promotion.
Salt Lake capitalists secure option on White Pine property while a dynamo plant powers Bodie mill and hoist. Westbound trains face delays due to blockades on Rio Grande and Colorado Midland. Drainage work lowers water in OC shaft. Beef demand surges with high prices. Humboldt bank report signals a strong year for livestock and farming. Copper and tin markets shift with copper speculation seen as controlled, but global supply remains ample. Local notices include court case on a fatality, medical ads and remedies, and advertisements for clothing, medicines, and services.
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