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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1894
Page
3
Local items report Alex Wise’s departure for Kennedy with five passengers and Burleigh drill machinery arriving for Morning Star mine near Battle Mountain. Reports cover politics, cattle prices, a railroad boycott threat, regional labor, and a quiet Winnemucca wedding.
Census figures for Nevada reveal farm families mostly own their holdings with 83.88 percent on farms and 56.08 percent owning homes free of encumbrance. Farm debt totals about 807,919 dollars at 9.63 percent interest, while home debt reaches 207,039 dollars at 10.19 percent. Prices for livestock and horses have fallen across the nation, with regional variations noted, and an exhibit of Lincoln county figs and apricots is praised at the Midwinter fair.
Dr Leffmann guides housewives to purify turbid water using a simple alum method. Dissolve 130 grains of crystallized alum in a pint of water to create a cleansing liquid, then mix one to two grains per gallon and let settle before optional filtering. It reduces bacteria, does not alter taste, but boiling is advised for contaminated water.
Household tips describe odors from cabbage with charcoal in the pot and borax for stiffening linen. A borax boost cleans and polishes silver after two hours soaking in hot soapsuds. Lemonade gains flavor when boiled then cooled with the juice from one lemon. A yolk brushed on clothes acts as a brushing aid once dry.
The Ladies. The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use the California liquid laxative Syrup of Figs under all conditions makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Co printed near the bottom of the package.
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any incurable catarrh case using Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney Co Toledo and endorsements from West Truax, Kinnan Marvin as wholesalers. Product is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free. Price one dollar per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
House for sale at a bargain on Third street in the lower end of town. Residence and all improvements included. For further particulars call at premises. Jel3-1m, Jousx Housrery.
Notice to Water Consumers prohibits irrigating with open hoses and requires use of sprinklers. Offenders will be shut off. Also notices advertising cheap suits from FE Reuant & Co and a barber shop update. W Porter in Winne mucca announces office on Bridge Street. A health ad promotes Hall's Hair Renewer to prevent baldness.
An old newspaper ad promotes Elaine oil alongside Pearl oil at low prices. It extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, touting immediate relief and multiple cures. The text claims wide use and mentions Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy, offering proofs on request.
Sheriff's sale notice in Humboldt County Nevada outlines a judgment for C A La Grave and others against Caledonia Gold Mining Company. The property includes five stamp quartz mills and surrounding land within a 3200 foot diameter circle centered on the main fly wheel, with sale set for July 27 at the Humboldt County Courthouse in Winnemucca.
A brief newspaper note advertises the periodical Home Sweet Home issued in Ilianta Georgia. It highlights reprints of famous speeches and features Byars iain with bright stories. The May issue includes Watsons Fourth of July oration of 1893. publishers offer a free copy and six months for ten cents. Address Howe Swret Home Box 555 Atlanta GA.
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