Midwinter fair opens as California polls and notes rife
Local notes report warm and cold weather, San Francisco Midwinter fair opening with a grand celebration. Governor Markham imposes life imprisonment on McNulty, Chinamen photographed under Geary act. Farm advice urges feeding land, while Stauffer Sweetser ship seven cattle carloads to California. Readers see dairy eggs flow from East to California and questions on poultry. Indian arrests and reservations update the two Piute squaws jailed for drunkenness. The D L W R R Y M C A is cited as the longest society name. Hartford Courant marks its 120th anniversary.
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San Francisco
McNulty
Markham
California
War talk and peace pact shadow Bannocks and Umatillas
A Bannock war scare flares as Umatilla and Cayuse relations lean toward peace. Reports recount past clashes, a fatal night raid on Chief Egan, and a looming spring confrontation in southern Idaho. Pastor James HN Winuiama notes church plans and a Japan schooling statistic closes the item.
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Pocatello
Oregon
Washington
United States
Peo
Yatiniowitz
Cut Mouth John
Egan
Amos
Umatillas
Nez Perces
Agan
Idaho
Mine Timbering Prize At Columbian Exposition
Phillip Deidesheimer won first prize for superior timbering exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition. His system, used on the Comstock lode in Virginia City Nevada, was patented by him in 1860. The method proved safe for vast ore bodies, though he did not patent it. The Austin Reveille notes mining activity and payments for December 1893.
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Downieville
Phillip Deidesheimer
Comstock Lode
Virginia
Nevada
Ophir
Comstock
Deidesheimer
Austin Reveille
Union
Austin Mining Company
Cox
James Roberts
Harry Harris
Silicon Shipment and Local Business Notices
The Virginia Enterprise notes W. J. Hill shipped 2000 pounds of silicon from the Delaware mine to the Mid winter fair and a four square foot silicon block is also sent. It mentions a large deposit five miles northeast of town owned by a New York company and silicon used for polishing. Also includes ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hood's Sarsaparilla with endorsements from Toledo druggists and local notices about a bookstore, deceased estate settlement, dentist relocation, and various patent medicine claims.
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Virginia Enterprise
W. J. Hill
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the product calms fretful infants, relieves crying, and aids digestion, with a price of twenty five cents and wide sale by druggists worldwide.
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Woxelow
Naghy
Mr. Witmelow
Suits Offered With Skilled Fit and Workmanship Guarantee
A tailor advertises suits with a perfect fit and workmanship guarantee. Money refunded if not satisfied. New fall and winter samples just received.
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Stauffer & Sweetser
Sacramento
Utah
Southern Pavifle Company
Evere
Ack Valley
Charles Thacker
Young Mens
Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad
The
Hartford Courant
M. E
Howard
West Point
James HN
Winuiama
Japan
U. S
Silicon
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Mall
Pioneer Book Store
Cras
Chenowern
Paul Neth
Charles Neth
Jennie Neth
Winnemucca
C. C. Corbiere
Humboldt County
Market Street
Cal
Hood
Simmons Liver Regulator
Ayer
Feed and Sale Stable
Upper
Chas. A. LaGrave
Cunningham Bros
Dsprice
Rocky Mountain Coal
Giroux
Winnemucca, New
G. W. Summerfield
Geo, Kyle
Chris. Diehl
L Toombs
James Robinson
Wiasenan, Ney
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