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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1898
Page
3
Paradise school held closing exercises last Friday with a crowded crowd and patriotic decor. Principal A M Latta and Miss Bradshaw received praise for the program featuring solos, drills, a farce, and the Little Patriots drill. The event concluded with cheers for Old Glory and a proud note on the school’s work.
J B Cook and J B English arrived from Willow Point and McDermit while J T Deemond from Clover Valley visited Elko. Henry J Jones named postmaster of Elko. Reports of Fourth of July celebrations, train delays, and veteran drills. Recruits pass through San Francisco daily. Gypsy caravan near the bridge and local teachers vacationing in California. Campaign notes, weather easing, and a pigeon release in Reno. A Nevada senator's daughter Miss Marion Jones defeats Miss Helen Cramp in Philadelphia at Atkinson Jones championship. Sheriff arrests John J Murphy for stealing tools from J F Abels shop. Conductors Lewis and Cumley serenaded at two hotels. Hood's Sursaparilla ad.
Rev Myron Reed denounces Logan Harrison son of General Grant as inspector general and charges him with incompetence and favoritism. He questions Harrison s military background and favors, contrasting him with seasoned officers and veterans who served forty years. Reed criticizes promotions based on lineage over merit.
A fragmentary collage opens with a quip about a pond sign and a boast of gold fishing, then shifts to a lecture titled The Aire We Breathe, a Sunday school quip about verses, and a satire on marriage. It continues with social commentary quotes, trade notes on Indian beef supplies, the death of Frederick Stauffer Sr in San Diego, and a business affidavit from Toledo about Catarrh cures.
A crowded ad page offers root beer bottles and two dogen cases at 17h per dozen, self sealing corks, car use. It promotes Bain wagons Buckeye and Deering viewers, various spring wagons bug gies, and a fall line of harnesses and saddles. Also clothing, bicycles from Crescent Stormer, ice cream freezers, and extensive footwear from Laird Shober Co. plus Cascarets, refrigerators, and insurance services.
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