Local and Personal Notices From The Region
Local readers note several arrivals and departures including Bell heading to Car Al Scheefer returning from Joonda. Hunt and Fletcher from San Francisco to the Silver State. Lorentzen arriving in American Falls to attend the Livestock convention as a delegate. Major Dennis of Reno passing through on electoral duty. Bartlett of Uk a attorney aboard. Bradshaw and daughter Ithia, Mrs Gillilan, and Kilma arriving from Paradise to join the Oak Rebekah Lodge fair activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JH. J. Lorentzen
American Falls
Idaho
Ivestock
Salt
R. Roberts
W. M. Howell
Will Irah
Busch
San Francisco
John H. Dennis
Reno
Washon
Neda
Bryan
Stevenson
G. A. Bartlett
Euka
Roon
J. Bradshaw
Ithia
Smallpox Precautions and New Rebekah Lodge Installed
Board of Health outlines measures to prevent spread of smallpox at Wells as Dr. Hanson and Dr. Olmsted report ongoing communication and quarantine enforcement. Also notes installation of Fair Rebekah Degree Lodge No 19 at Silver State hall with officers named and promises of fraternal growth in Winnemucca. Tribes and product mentions included in text but not central to events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Hanson
State Board of Health
Olmsted
Wells
Ard of
Dr. Olmsted
Ella
State Board
Rebekah Lodze
Windemucca
Rebekah
Silver State Hall
Mra. J
Fair Rebekah
Anne M. J. Abel
N. G
Melissa ‘Iran
V. G
G. H. Kenyon
Lulu Choate
Ith Cochran
Fiske
R. B
Smallpox Plague Widespread Across United States
Government report from the United States Marine Hospital shows smallpox prevalent in most states and territories, with six listed as free. Nevada and Idaho are likely mislabeled. vaccinations rise to about one-sixth of the population. Quarantines spread nationwide, with incidents of enforcement and unusual quarantined cases, including a Pullman car isolation and marriages between those afflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Hospital
Arkansas
Idaho
Maine
Nevada
Oklahoma
South Dakota
State Boards of Health
United States
California
Green County
Kentucky
Colorado
Philippines
Foster's Weather Forecast Preview for January Patterns
Foster's forecast outlines storm, warm, and cool waves moving across the continent from the 18th to the 31st, with expected paths from Pacific coast to Eastern States. The storm wave reaches the West by 26th and the East by 21st, while warm and cool waves follow different cross-country schedules. The final ten days of January are projected warmer than the first ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Pacific’ Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
California Uniform Divorce Bill Targets Residency Loophole
A California Legislature bill introduces uniform divorce laws aimed at stopping residents from exploiting state rules. It also removes a year long probation controversy and allows remarriage after divorce. If service was by publication and the defendant did not appear, six months must pass before the decree becomes operative, after which it is final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calfornia
California
Pardons Board in Carson Grants Several Pardons
The Board of Pardons met in Carson yesterday and pardoned Elko county inmate Kendricks and Douglas county prisoner Burham, along with Washoe county resident George Hammersmith. The Crowley case will be addressed in an executive session later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Pardons
Carson
Kendricks
Elko County
Con
Charles Burham
Douglas County
George Hammersmith
Washoe County
Crowley
Wreck on Westbound Flyer near Hilliard Wyoming
The westbound No. 1 flyer was wrecked near Hilliard Wyoming on Wednesday afternoon. Thirteen people were injured when six cars left the track after a forward truck broke. The train arrived about eleven hours late at 1 40 yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilliard
Wyoming
De Witt s Witch Hazel Salve Warns of Counterfeits
The enduring merit of De Witt s Witch Hazel Salve for piles sores and skin diseases has drawn fake imitations. Consumers urged to buy only De Witt s Salve from Brown Bros to ensure authenticity and efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
de Witt's
Salve
Brown Bros
State News Notes from Carson and Vicinities
Carson has 113 telephone subscribers an epidemic of consilitis near Hawthorne the body of an unknown man found between Verdi and Stateline Wednesday John Cameron the Virginia City smallpox patient convalescent all fear of spread passed F and Chagnon Galena visiting friends in Carson Truckee ice companies near finished harvest cost ten cents per ton sold 5 to 10 per ton Len Dorsey Floriston paper mill arm injury may lose arm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi
Stateline
John Cameron
Virginia City
Truckee
Len Dorsey
Floriston
Fragmented clippings mix stage talk and ads from early papers
The readable scraps include remarks on Shakespeare performances at an opry house, jokes about mothers and dancing, Irish versus English identity, a quip about a dog biting a cow, and a note on Manila revolution. Also mentions Miss Posse, a calf joke, and an endorsement for De Witt's Little Early Risers and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Brown Bros.
Plural Marriage Bill Introduced in Utah Assembly
Speaker Glassman ushers a measure to record plural marriages before 1891 and lets a wife seek divorce before a District Judge for equal legal status. It also enacts penalties for unregistered plural relations after 1902, with men facing twenty years and women five to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glassman
Utah Assembly
A Cure for Frost Bite
In Carson on February 24 1897 a storm left a man with ice coated cheeks risking inflammation and suppuration but after using Trib by Monday the skin healed. The editor notes this remarkable example of a patent medicine exceeding its promise and praises Trib as useful for rubdowns and muscular issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Cc. Latta
Trib
Jack Frost
One Minute Cough Cure for Croup and Lung Troubles
A medical advert notes a high child death rate from croup and lung troubles this season and urges prompt use of One Minute Cough Cure for instant relief. It also claims effectiveness for grippe and adult throat and lung issues, calling it pleasant to take from Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Bros
Newlands Seeks Seed Subscriptions for 1900 Year
Congressman Francis G. Newlands announces he has his seed quota for 1900 and will mail seeds to anyone who writes to the House of Representatives Washington Dc. All applications must be received by March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Newlands
House of Representatives
Washington
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve touted as healing remedy
An advertisement proclaims De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as the most soothing antiseptic application, promising immediate relief and cures for piles, sores, eczema, and skin diseases while warning against imitators from Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Brown Bros
Turkeys for Sale in Mill City Nevada
Turkeys for sale including young gobblers and large gobblers. Contact Mrs J F Clark at Mill City Nevada. January 10 message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Clark
Mill City
Nev
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bell
al Scheefer
Joonda
C. M. Hunt
J. L. Fletcher
DeWitt
Yee
Cal
Smallpox Statistics
Flyer
State News Notes
Hawthorne
F. &. Chagnon
Galena
Indianapolis
Miss Anne Teek
Miss Peppery
Philadelphia Press
England
America
New York News
Harper's Bazar
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Silver State Job
Lergest
Paetie
Winnemucca, Nevada
W. J. Bell
IE Labayente
TEL
Winnemucca
Christian
H. A. Sherman
Corcoran
United States Treasury
Washington, D.C
W. M. Piggott
J.H. Hoyt
Bridge Street
EB. Reinhart & Co
Business Man
Piper
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