Local Winnemucca Notes and School News
The river falls rapidly and heat persists as Reno traffic grapples with beer shortages. Paradise School trustees elect Charles Lewers as principal and Florence Abel Maggie McMillan as teachers. Reports cover social events, church sermons, and local commerce, along with updates on trains, dockets, and a base ball score of 28 to 3 in Reno.
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Reno
Paradise School
Charles R. Lewers
Florence Abel
Maggie McMillan
Handcar Travel and Kennedy Rally in Support of Rail Striking Men
Railroad workers travel by handcar from Wadsworth and Carlin while Harris makes a 86 mile trek toward Winnemucca. Kennedy mass meeting adopts resolutions showing broad sympathy with the America Railway Union and pledges support to strikers during the ongoing railroad stoppage.
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Brewster and
Roberts
Wadsworth
Sheehan and
Coulter
Harris
Carlin
Winnemucca
Stone House
Kennedy
America Railway Union
Travel notes and social scenes from a frontier day
Report of travelers heading to Sacramento by way of Quin River with a delayed passenger and a horse purchase for homeward travel. A suggestion of a future stage line between here and Truckee hints at evolving transport. A local philosopher cites rising use of pocket mirrors among men as a social habit. Plus an advertised cure for catarrh from Mall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements.
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Thos. McConnell
Quin River
J. W. Greenlaw
Sacramento
Mr. Steele
Here
Truckee
Peculiar to Itself Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cures
A promotional piece touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as highly successful with testimonials from citizens nationwide. It claims the remedy cures nausea headaches indigestion biliousness and sick headache and urges purchase from all druggists.
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United States
Drowning of Thomas J Gilbert at Humboldt Slough
Paradise notices report the death of Thomas J Gilbert aged 24 years 8 months in Humboldt slough at Lovelock after a fishing trip with a companion Metcalf. The body was recovered after about twenty minutes and funeral services were led by Rev P M Palmer with Good Templars participation. A second obituary recalls Mark W Haviland of Paradise valley who died June 24 1894 after a long illness. He was born 1826 in Vermont and lived in Nevada since 1962, a respected pioneer and community benefactor.
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Paradise
Thomas J. Gilbert
Humboldt
Lovelock
Mr. Gilbert
Metcalf
Arthur Kewley
Marker
Gilbert
Mr. Metcalf
Tommy Gilbert
Silent River
Canyon City
Oregon
Good Templars Lodge of Paradise
P.M. Palmer
Good Templers
Palmer
Cliff Mine
Bright
Hood
Battle Mountain
Paradise Cemetery
Carl Haviland
H. M. Burge
Mark W. Haviland
Vermont
Plains
California
Nevada
Paradise Valley
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Anker
Board of County Commissioners
San Francisco
Methodist Church
H. N. Williams
Williams
R. W. Fuller
I. W. Button
Fuller
Wadeworth
Wadsworth Nine
Reno University Club
Frank Robins
Frank
Rocklin
California Fig Syrup Co
Handcar Travel
Overland
Fami
Philadelphia
Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan& Marvin
U. S
Reval
Silver State
Paradise Valley, Humboldt Co., Nev
Elaine Oil
Roveox
Jesus
Ad-Ii
E. Reinnart & Co
Ayer
D&price
Eagle Drug Store
Winnemucca, New
W. A. Brown
Lessee
Cisco
A.D. Wilcox
Kentucky
F. M. Fellows
Cal. Mathews
Bridge Street
Winnemucca New
Milwaukee Beer Depot
John Diehl
Schlitz Brewing Co
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