Local and Personal News in 1901 Reno Area
A series of arrivals and short notes from Cane Springs to Paradise Valley detailing visitors from Golconda San Francisco Placerville and Wadsworth. District Court sessions in Reno discuss the Sweetser estate case and a new Debtors Club organized in Reno. Also announced are a Woolgrowers Association meeting and local theater engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
G. F. Talbot
Elko
F. D. Sweetser
H. J. Lorentzen
Ed. Teetnhart
H Warren
Reinhart
Talbot
E. A. Stauffer Ve
First National Bank
Woolgrowers Assotation of
Nevada
Reno New
Judge Cheney
D. C. Wheeler
Flanigan
Danzita
Nevada Legislature Debates Lottery Amendment and Committee Duties
The Nevada Senate met for roll call and prayers with Livingston signaling a future bill to regulate foreign state corporations and banks. In the Assembly a resolution opposed to a constitutional lottery was debated. a joint committee was proposed to draft a memorial to Congress, and after Governor's message the session adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Livingston
Wilson
Biko
Nevada
Congress
Assembly
Platt
Ormsby
Jacobs
Washoe
Sweeney
Turkeys for Sale and Other Goods Advertised
Local ads list young gobblers for sale from Mrs J F Clark of Mill City Nevada and various clothing bargains from F C Robins & Co. Also promoted are De Witt’s Little Early Risers liver pills from Brown Bros and peeled table peaches in three can lots. The humor and tone suggest a late 19th or early 20th century small town marketplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Clark
Mill City
Nev
de‘ Witt
Brown Bros
de Witt
Diphtheria Deaths And Rail Work In Western Notes
Miss Bertha Stevens dies of diphtheria in Virginia City. A Visalia dancer from Ole Olson company dies after illness. Gambling news from Elko. tiger games and poker payouts noted. Fulstone recalls a druggist error in Lovelock. Prospecting death in Snake Canyon Utah. Ruby Jack commits suicide near Overland Station Ruby Valley. Palisade camp forms to straighten Central Pacific line with a 300-foot tunnel near Moline Carlin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olson” Company
Visalia
Cal
Elko
Pulstone
Edward RK. Case
Garrison
Utah
Snake Canyon
Ely
Ruby Jack
Overland Station
Ruby Valley
Jack
Elko Independent
Palisade
Central Pacific
Palisades
Moline
Carlin
Eureka Sentinel
A Shirt Drummer's Story and Local Advertisements
A cartridge of items from Carson Nevada recalls a man slipping on ice and healing with a balm, followed by advertisements for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, Union Pacific rail improvements, travel by rail, dried fruits, One Minute Cough Cure, and a salary advertisement from Standard House in Chicago. The piece includes personal notices and promotional blurbs from Brown Bros and F. C. Robins & Co. as well as rail, travel, and medical product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Ve. Brown Bros
Carson
Nev
J. E. Haskell
San Francisco
Cal
Brown Bros
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. P. Hoskins of
Cane Springs
Ed. Williamson
Feckae of
Battle Mountain
Walter Read
Paradise
John White
Gol
Frou
Adrian Bernard
Golconda
W. F. Smith
Salt Lake City
Thomas McConnell
McDermit
E. B. Austin
Paradise Valley
W. Rosenblatt
W. L. Coulter
Placerville
L. H. Taylor
R. Barry
Bullhead
Little Humboldt
Thomas Lindsay
B. M. Colwell
Richard Howard
Albert Johnston
H. Warren
Silver State
Sadler
Nelse Larsen
Olinghouse
Wadsworth
Winnemucca
Rego
Reno
Buchanan Dramatic and Comedy Company
Tosca
Art and
Austin
Pertoire
East Lynne
Maud Muller
F.C. Robins & Co
F. C. Robins & CO
Delaware
State News Notes
Bertha Stevens
Virginia City
Standard House
Caxton Building
Chicago
Denver
Burlington
Omaha
Kansas City
Louis
Black Hills
Salt Lake Office
West Second South
R. F. Neilen
Mackintosh
Grocery Department
Japan
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Felix Poulin
Hardware
Yvon
Lumber Steel
Bridge Street
J. H. Hoyt
F Street
Reinhart & Co
Diehl’s Book Store
Winnemucen
Pat
Nows- Seton AE Ra
The
Aenaenaae
C. Diehl
G. W. Summerfield
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