General News And Items From The West
Reno and Carson notes flow with arrivals and departures of officials and residents. Miners and mining figures report a bullion yield around $500,000 for the Comstock year. Local society includes dances, masquerades, and theater talk. A murder case preliminary examination in Justice Archer’s court is set for tomorrow. A San Francisco fire department innovation and a water tower battery are described. Other updates cover travel, visits, and a stock sale notice with ticket cashing details.
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H. ¥. Nossinger
Carson
LaGrave
Comstock
Agler
Wadeworth
Anderson
San Francisco
Edward Hummel
SP. Company
Candito
Santini
Fire Department
San Francied
Allie Minor
Lay Street
Allie
Battle Mountain
Charles Campos
Charles
Campbell
Arres
Ross
Hager
Engineers Not Ready for Radical Action in Strike Talk
Residents in West Oakland report widespread discontent among Southern Pacific engineers though a strike remains unlikely. Union officials warn they would back a strike only if veterans restored to positions after past trouble, while job insecurity and rival workers tempt engineers to rethink risk. A plan for Geiger grade freight and passenger motors between Reno and Virginia City is announced for spring operations. All band members must gather at the armory at 7:30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francises
Southern Pacific
West Oakland
West
Oakland
General C.C. Powning Authority
Reno
Virginia City
Old Mason Salome Anderson A 77 Year Old Initiate
Oakland mulher Salome Anderson, 77, claims three Masonic degrees after a Paris youth’s joke led to her first degree. She says she knows work up to the thirty third degree and helped raise funds for a Masonic temple. Her late husband was a sea captain. In Lyon County, Treasurer J A Huntoon killed himself over a $5000 shortfall, leaving a note.
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Salome Anderson
Oakland
Cal
Salome
Anderson
J. A. Huntoon
Lyon County
Dayton
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Boy’s tongue freezes to padlock in icy woodshed
A Winnemucca youngster, venturing out during bitter weather, placed a wood block in his mouth to free a padlock. The cold froze his tongue to the metal, forcing him to return indoors to thaw the padlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemucca
Cheney sworn to pay for catarrh cure failure
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of Cheney & Co., files oath in Toledo Ohio promising one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886. Advertisement claims the remedy works by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes druggists sell it and lists a Toledo contact. Plus a short job notice seeking a competent cook for hotel restaurant or ranch at Mrs Connors Gem Restaurant.
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Crry of
Toledo
Lucas Coesty
Frank J. Cheney
Triviel F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Qeevey
Con‘nors
Notable Fragments From Various Sources
Obscure notes recount Stevenson’s death from heavy smoking and a claim of 150 cigarettes daily. Oaklands Reliance beat Chicago in San Francisco 6 to 0. Berkeley students form a woodyard cooperative. Idaho misfortune as a New Year’s Eve ball tragedy kills an infant. Pittsburg Kansas jail escape ends with drunken hijinks. Local dentistry ads announce services in Winnemucca and Reno. A mixed batch of ads tout dried fruits, tea, dyes, and health tonics alongside Hood’s Sarsaparilla claims and Christmas goods in Winnemucca.
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Robert Luis Stevenson
Reliance
Oakland
Chicago
San Francisco
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Nature
Frederick
Yea
I. McIntosh
Kenney
Dr. Hood
Stratton
Colorado
Wolcott
U. S. Senate
Margaret Howard
Daisy Richter
Carlin
Fitzgerald
Wadsworth
O, B,c
J. F. George
J. W. Guessford
Robins & Co
Ronis & Co
Mason
A. WI Gleason
U.S
Berkeley
Nebraska
John M. Thurston
Burke
Idaho
John Brenham
Pittsburg
Kans
Lovelock
Paul Neth
Fourth Street
H. Veelerie
W. A. Brown
Jiu
Rinehart Photo Co
F. Frederick
Keno
Ney
Rinenart & Co
Giroux
California
Virginia Midland Ealing
F.C. Roniss & Co. Dioed
Wackingham
F.C. Robins & Co
Hood
M. Hofman
Winneniuca
Dr. Price
World’s Columbian
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