Virginia on the Wane and Mining Camps Decline
A mosaic of local items notes R L Richie in town and a $1,546,251.90 state treasury, Chauncy Case returning to Carson, and a call to attend a Red Cross social. It recalls native water concerns, M E conference in August, weather trends, horse sales, and political candidacies. It cites Foley estate litigation, a San Francisco wedding, tramps headed to Arizona, and military honors for Company B. It details Dexter Mining Co plans for a 195 horsepower electric plant and laments Virginia City’s decay from its 1870s boom to 35 cent value, with Comstock nostalgia fading.
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Dexter Mining Co
Tareafora
Dexter
Mount Davidson
Reno Gazette
Virginia City
Virginia
General Grant
Con
Comstock Lole
Terrible Accident Kills Leo Hass in Virginia City
Leo Hass of Virginia City died instantly Wednesday afternoon from an accidental shotgun discharge. He and companion Richard Schwist were dove hunting near Satro when Hass fell and the shotgun fired, striking near the heart. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Leo Hass
Virginia
Satro
Virginia City
Richard Schwist
Hass’ Gon
Notice to Water Consumers Shutoff From Streets and Mains
Notice to water consumers states a scheduled shutdown from Second and Third streets and all mains with varying start end times from 9 am to 5 am, urging preparation and prohibiting sprinkling, signed by Superintendent Joseph Roovers. Additional items include ads for Trib liniment, Wadsworth dentist at Lafayette hotel, and a sale at F C Robins & Co offering ladies summer undervest prices.
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Josefn Rovers
W. W.W
Aguinaldo seizes Cavite mansion housing 5000 prisoners
General Aguinaldo now occupies the Cavite mansion as his headquarters with about five thousand prisoners. Reports from Madrid note a cabinet minister’s ignorance of peace talks while U.S. postal service expansion to Hawaii awaits the flag raise. Santiago movements, canary islands fears, and Manila prospects unfold amid war strains.
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General Aguinallo
Cavite
Madrid
General Gausha Dead, Nevada Adjutant General
Charles Henry Galusha adjutant general of Nevada died at the German hospital in San Francisco yesterday. Born April 8, 1845 in Kirkland Oneida County New York he was 53 years 3 months old. He spent years in Carson with the land office and served faithfully as adjutant general. A member of Carson Lodge No 1 F and A M and Carter Post G A R. Remains arrived in Carson this morning. funeral to be held as a military funeral under Carson lodge auspices.
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Charles Henry Galogha
Nevada
San Francisco
General Galusha
Kirkland
Oneida County
New York
Carson
Land Office
Carson Lodge No. 1
Carter Post, G. A. R
Carson Lodge
Church Notices and Patent Medicine Ads from 1808
Sunday June 26 1808 church notices include Sunday school at 10 30 am class meeting at 11 30 am Junior League at 3 pm with a evening topic Questions for the Young or Love Court ship and Marriage. Also numerous ads promote Hall's Catarrh Cure DeWitts Little Early Risers and various goods and services.
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Banday School
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R. L. Richie
Chauncy Case
Red Cross
Liliaokalani
Hawaii
George B. Bradley
John EB. Bray
Hamm
Foley
Washoe County
Reno
Charch
Richard Jose
Theresa Shrieves
San Francino
Mia
Jose
Mentone Ae
Dayton
Arizona
Hawthorne
Company B
Keller
Sanders
Pyne
Kigebey
Milwaukee Capital
Joe Leiter
Leiter
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Golconda
Brooklyn
George Henry Ellis
Cervera
H. B. McDonald
Wadsworth
Lafayette Hotel
F.C. Robins & Co
Smith
United States
Hawaiiian Islands
Sampson
Santiago
Commodore Watson
Camara
Porto Maton
Garcia
Shaler
Barcelona
France
Catalona
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Cortes
Basa
Wildman
Canary Islands
Lanzarote
Graviosa
Dewey
Manila
Merritt
Cuba
U. S. Court of J
Elsworth Ingalls
U.S
Winnemucca
F. J. Anev
General Gausha
Royal
M. E
M. Grant Haw
All's
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Laura Leonard
Jy Laws
Heven Rose
Jy Lott
W. Wverrene
Bob Moore
Lafayette
Ind
DeWitt
Eagle Drugstore
E. Bernarr & Co
M. Hofman’s
Jylief. F.C. Ronixs & Co
Bryet
F.C. Routes & Co
E. Reienarr & Co
Heath & Millian
E, Reisnarr & Co
International Indemnity Co
California
Accident and Health Insurance
F. M. Buckingham
Paradise
John Dunn
Wheeling
W. Va
E. Retxsanr & Co
Chamberlain
W. A. Brown
FE. Retsnart & Co
RE. C. Blanks
Lewisville
Texas
Star al Steel Mill
FE. Rersnart & Co
Troy Steam Laundry
Ogden
Winenemincea
Linvite
W. C. Giroux
Jeezu
Kinser
Evats City
Globe
Roy
Isaac Horne
Bourton House
Barton
Evans
Wheeling Drag Co
K. Reinhart & Co
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