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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1895
Page
3
Paradise residents and visitors abound in town with JHIS and THAT notes. A bicycle record is highlighted with Johnson’s 1 58 2 5 mile break in Waltham on the Fourth. Local industry and water pump updates mix with opinion on mining prospects and a Puck quip on the New Woman. Church notices, a river trip, and routine ads finish the column.
Panapise July 5 1895 crowds filled the track for a quarter mile dash won by Katy Cook in 2144 seconds followed by a half mile race won by James Grigsby and a 600 yard event that ended in a dead heat between W. R and Maud. A bucking horse ride failed to buck. Night ball at Grange hall featured music and dancing with a grand supper at Paradise hotel. Local harvest mood boosts hay and grain outlook. loss of Silver State flour mill noted with plans for a new mill in the near future.
A Washington dispatch states Nevada Senator Stewart is said to head a newly formed secret group called the order of the Supreme Temple of Silver Knights of America. Based in Virginia, the charter promotes fraternal love and free coinage of silver and claims ex congress members among officers. Temples are reportedly planned nationwide with access via secret passwords and signs and discussions kept strictly confidential.
Nota Judge Beatty states in a late opinion that draw poker is not a gambling game. He says poker played for money is legally as innocent as chess or recreation, and the players and venue are not criminal. Also mentions bargains and ads for fruit jars and Kleinhans building listings.
Ulster mining notes describe the Utica mine at Angels Camp yielding large monthly gold, and Davis near Klamath river extracting big sums. Reports on Calumet and Hecla wages, Osceola placers, and Osceola water constraints. July 4 incidents include Bristol bridge collapse injuring many, Buffalo grand stand collapse, and St Louis casualties. Also teaching certificates exam notice and low-price hams.
A Maine physician relays a Seattle island healer’s outrageous posters selling quack cures for limbs, childbirth, tumors, baldness, and other ailments. The spoof ads boast cash upfront, no cure no pay, with warnings against “ecor oner” and odd spellings. Hall’s Catarrh Cure and patter about remedies appear alongside other local ads and products.
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