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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1897
Page
2
The Ogden Standard argues the Nevada legislature legalized prize fighting with a $1000 license, predicting reputational harm as the state becomes a gambling hub. The paper claims the measure benefits only organizers and towns, not the state, and will invite national ridicule.
The article reports on a new company forming to manufacture paper bottles claiming they won’t break easily and can be water and airtight. It notes glass bottles break and waste from old wine bins and cites cost advantages, though it states experiments to achieve airtightness have yet to succeed.
An article extols paper bottles as warmth preserving and unbreakable, reducing transit risk and straw packing. It notes world wide potential for liquor export, cites Hood's Sarsaparilla marketing, and adverts shoes by Laird, Shoeber & Co. and Chamberlain's Pain Balm remedies. W. A. Brown sells product.
Fragmentary listing shows a directory item with names AxtOM SOWNEEIP and reference to the Peace at atherford Nossinger, lacking clear roles or dates.
George Berk proprietor advertises the Railroad Meat Market on Bridge Street Winnemucca offering beef pork mutton veal and other meats with reasonable prices. Shipments to all regions by rail and prompt order fulfillment. Call for service. Winnemucca January 1 1885.
New stock toys and holiday goods advertised for immediate pickup. Orders are filled promptly nationwide. Contact Chris Diehl Sr for details.
In the Humboldt County Nevada court the First National Bank of Winnemucca and John Harrison seek an order to sell the real estate of Alex Wise deceased to pay debts and costs. The judge orders interested parties to appear on the Ist day of November 1897 at 10 a.m. in Winnemucca to show cause why the administrator should not be authorized to sell the property. Publication required for four weeks in the Silver State newspaper.
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