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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1901
Page
3
Local notes report arrivals from Reno Lovelock Golconda and McDermit. Residents visit Golconda Carlin Reno and San Francisco. Board meetings public school reopenings and weather notes include rain snow and discussions of an ice plant. A Glasgow test shipment and Glasgow Western Company rumors are mentioned.
New Humboldt County and township officers sworn in today after election. Sheriff C W McDeid, Recorder J J Hill, Treasurer H S Gilbert, Clerk J T Dunn and Commissioner W D Morey reappointed. W C Ruddell becomes Board of Commissioners member, replacing A Westfall. Bert L Hood named District Attorney, Joseph Rougon new Justice of the Peace, Joseph LaVoy succeeds N P Moore as Constable.
In a railroads and math note a 30 ton locomotive pulls 60 ton load up a four percent grade at 20 mph and a wind at 18 mph while coal costs and efficiency are given. The piece asks the cost to blow the whistle, reflecting a puzzle published for outside help. Professor McDowell sells four fattened steers weighing 7269 pounds for 827.11 dollars to Western Meat Company Oakland at 40 cents per pound.
On Thursday evening Judge Pitagerald issued an order extending the period by fifteen days for filing cost bills in the Paroni versus Torre suit. The matter of resignation remains under advisement, keeping parties in Eureka and observers unsettled about the final outcome.
Rail traffic remains weak with two more crews taken off yesterday. Conductors Rogers and Dean received vacations as freight trains dwindle to six per day. A seasonal rise in child illness prompts calls for prompt relief, endorsing One Minute Cough Cure as fast acting for throat and lung troubles.
The State University reopened today. Lovelock residents report Belgian hare meals and a seven inch Tee on the Humboldt. White Pine News will be Republican hereafter. Churchill County tops Ne vada in per capita wealth. Eight candidates seek Carson Constable appointment. Ex Sheriff Sweeney, burned in a Eureka cabin, will be a lifelong cripple. H Stoddard of Reno serves in Eureka bank during a cashier’s absence. One hundred Reno men cleared Truckee ice ponds after last week’s storm. Eureka Brown Hotel narrowly escaped fire from falling coals. J C Doughty of Tuscarora, ousted for political interference, may teach in Lovelock valley. Frank Nelson returned from hospital after hand injury at Winnemucca. second finger lost. Verdi ice pond workers at Reno sparked a knife melee. one man badly cut. Sheriff Kinney in Carson seeks description of Joe Pete the wanted Indian murderer of Carson valley. California officer believes he has him. Pete bears distinctive neck marks making misidentification unlikely.
Article discusses county poor farms for aged and indigent care, noting successes when run sensibly and failures when treated as experiments. It then promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo with testimonials, price, and mail order. Mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers liver pills.
A butcher argues newspapers should focus less on fashion and more on nutrition. He claims stylish women misidentify meat and poultry, noting men know more about food quality. He recounts a young customer asking for veal cutlets and questioning thickness for frying.
Carson February 22 1897. An Eds Enterprise letter describes severe frost bite from a Tuesday storm after a 16 mile race into a head wind. After using Trib skin healed. author claims the medicine cures inflammation and impending suppuration and praises Trib as a rubdown remedy for muscular troubles and frost bite.
Notice is given that the regular semi annual examination of applicants for teachers certificates in Humboldt county Nevada will be held at the schoolhouse in Winnemucca commencing at 8 a m Monday January 1 1901. Those desiring to take the examination should notify the County Superintendent on or before January 14 1901. Jan 5th
The advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough with no opium or dangerous drugs. It also touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestive that digests all foods and provides rapid relief. Brown Bros druggists, Pepsin products referenced.
Notice to subscribers states bills will be sent January 1 for arrears and asks prompt remittance or settlement after the new year. Also an ad for One Minute Cough Cure and Brown Bros. Seeds notes Congressman Newlands receiving seeds for 1900 with applications due by March 1.
A Mexican war veteran and editor endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. He states Mexican diarrhea in 1847 48 nearly affected his pension but a dose at each renewal restores him. The ad claims quick relief and safety with Brown Bros. druggists selling it.
A fragmented OCR item lists dry goods including boots and shoes, candy, nuts, a knife and cutlery, spoons, jewelry, and unspecified values, suggesting a miscellaneous sale or inventory entry from a local listing.
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