Randsburg Mining Oddities and Local Tales
An 1900s Nevada column notes peculiar mining by untrained farmers in Randsburg California selling ore at high prices, plus wild frontier life with saloons and fever. mentions small town size, mining belts, and rough conditions. Also covers cattlemen versus sheepmen banter, a death by natural causes near Carlin, local notices, and scattered regional updates.
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Randsburg
California
Walter
Randeburg
Turners Johnson of Clayton County Marries Eighteen Year Old
A patriarch Turner Johnson seventy one year old, a Clayton County Georgia resident, has been married twenty one times. All but his latest wife are dead. He is father to forty two children and remains vigorous. He endorses Hood s Sarsaparilla through reader letters praising cures.
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Utah Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
Bethlehem
McKless
California
United States Army
San
Detroit Free Press
Turner Johnson
Clayton County
Tie
Ans. Winslow
Ted
United States
Mars
Winston
What Foolish Men Should Do
Advertisement advice and social commentary blend in a dated notice criticizing reluctance to advertise and urging prudent habits. An ancillary public notice states water will be shut on Second and Third streets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with instructions for consumers to prepare.
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W. K. Dietrich
San Francisco
Denio
H. B. McDonald
Wadsworth
Winnemucca
Elko
F. Stauffer
Humboldt
Ncessary
J. Roveos
Jyloef
Store Ad Promotes E Reinhart Co Fruit Jars and Glasses
An advertisement urges shoppers to visit E Reinhart & Co for fruit jars jelly glasses and fruit wax at the lowest prices, highlighting a value buy for home canning supplies.
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E. Reinhart & Co
Pain Balm Brings Relief For Monroe Man
James Perdue of Monroe Michigan suffered severe rheumatism but found prompt relief from pain using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He writes that backaches once made raising hard, and without the balm he would not be writing this note. For sale by W A Brown.
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Washington
House
Dingley
Treasury
Messrs. Wheeler
Alabama
Swanson
Virginia
Wall Street
Sugar Trust
Chamberlain
G. W. Richards
Duyueose
W. A. Brown
James Perdue
Monroe, Mich
Heeny
Fragmented 19th Century Classified Ad Text Package
Old time ads promise cures for constipation using Cascarets, tout Hall’s Catarrh Cure with sworn claims by Frank J. Cheney, promote No-To-Bac tobacco cessation, and advertise Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething. Includes plumbing tinning services and lumber trade mentions, with fragmented branding from M Hormas, Brows & Piper, and W. Remnant & Co.
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Starr
Onto
City of
Toledo
Stoak County
Frank J. Cheney
FJ. Cheney & Co
Tol County
Hall
J. Cheney
A.D
County Warrants Registered Through July 11th
Notice from the County Treasurer that all warrants registered up to and including July 11th are payable at the gate. Payment terms indicate accrued interest. the document lists August as the interest period and references the county treasurer as issuing official.
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Kabdeburg
Carlin
B. Bergeson
Norway
Co. D
N. G
Car Deen Ju
Shep
Case
Reno
Peter Roberts
Willow Creek
R. T. Vans
Paradise Valley Ranch
M. 8. Bonnfield
Thomas Shone
Golconda
Mount District
West Virginia
Sarneme Broadmoor
Mise Pearl Pike
Altaracea
Maine
J. W. Small
H. H. Forney
Wadsworth Dixpatch
Olinghouse Canyon
Clondyke Mines
Alaska
Portland
Internal Revenue
M. Welburn
U. S
Heacock
San Francisdo
Thasher
Hope
R. E. Peary
Greenland
Boston
Weasel
North Pole
Ander
Peary
Senate
Oscar Hildebrandt
Sacramento
Brown & Piper's
Jylétf
Wadeworth
Winnemacca
Jyl2tf
Blakeslee Ranch
Humboldt River
J. J. Lasley
Humboldt House
Nevada
Central Hotel
Bridge Street
Taveza Choate
M. Horman
Hood
ROYA
Royal Baking Powdek CO
NRW
Youmr
M. Hormas
Town & Piper
E. Remnant & Co
C. C
Draggiate
A.W. Gleason
Notary Public
Ees
Srugelatec
Remedy Co
Chicago
Newark
Brows & Pirer
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