Local Happenings In Winnemucca And Nearby Towns
Readers learn of arrivals and returns including John Etchart Golconda and E Winfrey from Reno. Sheriff McDeid, Miss Maud Miller, Dr M J Davis, A W King Philadelphia mining expert, and others are noted as visiting or arriving. A large Italian grocery store is planned across Railroad Street. Snow thaw affects sleighing. a Nevada case, Alex Castro, advances in district court. School resumes. armory drum damaged. J H Hoyt offers painting and decorating services. Lincoln J Carter's Under The Dome draws Winnemucca audiences with dramatic scenery and Apia hurricane sets. One Minute Cough Cure recommended for coughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Alice Ede
Reno
Homer Riddle of
Elko
State of
Nevada
Alex Castro
Venire van
Lincoln J. Carter
Fast Mail
Heart of
Chicago
Winnemacca
Jersey City
New York
API
Plucky Georgia Bath Defends Home Against Drunken Indian
Plucky Mrs Georgia Bath of Carson fought off a drunken Indian who accosted her on the prison road. She choked him to subdue him and fled to her home followed by the assailant. The combat ended with broken dining room windows and a lengthy struggle. The Indian was arrested and given forty days in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Bath
Carson
Prison Road
Bath
Mr. Bath
The Pitt Wheat Suit in Lovelock Trials
W C Pitt of Lovelock sues M P Stein and Co of Stockton alleging a contract to sell 4000 sacks of wheat at 140 per hundred. Stein denies Beeman as agent, seeks dismissal. Plaintiff seeks 48424 plus interest claiming resale loss after delivery refusal. Also notes Humboldt jail 1898 inmate stats and misc ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Pitt
Lovelock
M. P. Stein & Co
Stockton
Cal
Beman
Beeman
State and Coast Notes Spanning Local Courts and Rail Milestones
News roundup from Carson to Reno covers Lt. Gov Jas R Judge’s illness, a looming $5000 libel suit, Utah and Pacific rail completion to Sulphur, new train service, and incoming steel for Comstock pumping plants. Also reports marriages, court cases, a Lander County figure, a long aqueduct tunnel toward Anaconda, a Bull Run mining strike, a Winnemucca bank meeting, and local photography services and dairy goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah & Pacific
Comstock
Oscar King of
Reno
Lala King
Washoe County
Gubernatorial contest filings and medical cure ads mix in Nevada paper
The issue reports McMillan filing a supreme court summons to oust Governor Sadler over alleged malconduct in the 1898 election with votes per county in dispute. The piece shifts to ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, One Minute Cough Care, and local hardware grocer notices, citing La Grippe and quick remedies. It mentions S A Huckler and various merchants and period ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McMillan
Supreme Court
Carson
Sadler
State of
Nevada
William McMillan
A.J. Sheperd
Agricultural Journal and Advertiser
Elden
Eagle Drug Store
Patent Medicine Advertisements From A Local Drug Store
Vintage remedies promise quick relief for teething, coughs, and colds. Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and One Minute Cough Cure are pitched with claims of immediate relief, worldwide availability, and money back guarantees. Notes mention W A Brown Drugist and M Hofman stock, plus woollen goods and shawls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Brown
Draggiet
Nevada Swindler Gilligan Arrested In San Francisco
Frank J. Gilligan, a Elko tailor, using alias De Reemer, advertised mine work near Carlin offering $2 daily and board. He took deposits from 200 hopeful miners, was arrested by a police officer, and jailed after bogus checks signed De Reemer were found on him. He is 25 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Gilligan
Elko
San Francisco
de Reemer
Gilligan
Carlin
Biko
J. de Reemer
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Etchart
Golconda
Town
E. Winfrey
B. W. Stewart
Willow Point
Sheriff McDeid
Paradine
Wm. Kitchener
Paraillac
Miss Maud Miller
Atte Mountain
M. J. Davis
A. W. King
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Thos
Dooley
Mose Gilbert
Paradise
H. Oliver
Rene Gardner
G. W. Greyson
J. H. Hoyt
New Today
Bridge Street
K. Reinhart & Co S
Hoyt
Eagle Drag Store
Plucky Girl
Pitt Wheat
Humboldt County
Carron
U. S
Insane Asylum
Brown, Piper & Co
Atock
Jas. R. Judge
Lincoln County
Reno Journal Wa
William M. Stewart
Washo County
Ormady County
District Court
McMurtie
Thos. Brown
Verdi School
Bessie Darland
The
State University
J. E. Stubbs
University
George Watt
Lander County
Austin
Paralysia
Watt
Silver Lake
Anaconda
Montana
Vain
Dayton
Lyon County
Battle Mountain
Tuscarora
No. 3
Murphy-Carieux
Bull Run Basin
No. 2
First National Bank of
Winnemucca
Bridge and
Fourth Streets
Nev
Gnnorard
Nexos
Wintemuves
Tie Gallery
Second Street
Brown, Prier & Co
Millan Institutes
Hull
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
E. Beritanr & Co
Paul Verry
Columbus
de Witt
Eagle Drug Stere
A. Huckler
M.canopy
Fla
Munstler
Mrs. Winslow
Mra Winslow
United States
M. Hofman
Silver State Winnemucca
Scott & Bowne
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