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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
3
A troubled narrator recalls riding freight to Reno in a rickety box car. He recounts jolting encounters with hobos, harsh conditions, and a failed plan to swindle Uncle Collis, ending as the trip collapses and the scheme collapses with a last thwarted effort.
The Pingree and Smith Shoe Factory enters a full lockout today. Governor Pingree’s political position affects negotiations. No wage cuts are planned if workers return. the central issue is who will run the business. No word yet from the striking men.
The fleet committee of the Peace Conference reported the War and Marine Sub-Committees on Russian proposals to increase military budgets. The subcommittees recommended referring the proposals for ulterior decision to the government. Mrs. McKinley is improving and received General and Mrs. Wood. Water shutoffs will occur on Second and Third streets every other day from 10 AM to 2 PM starting Monday June 26. Mackerel and piano tuning services advertised.
In Oshiston shaft work a massive gallows frame rises and shaft house construction proceeds with a restored engine room door. Surface labor includes about fifteen men as repairs near completion. Across the mining district, copper, silver, and cyanide projects advance with new leases, smelter plans, and a rich ledge found at Mokelumne Hill. Congressman De Vries holds a mine share.
The Reno Journal reports Indian Bob Patterson, a 20 year old of mixed Plains Washoe heritage, was found dead near the Virginia road by a ranch fence. Acquaintances say rival suitors pursued Unioka, a 16 year old girl, leading to rumors of foul play or suicide amid Indian tensions in the Truckee Valley.
The San Francisco Post reports Articles of Incorporation will be filed tomorrow for a new electric power company serving Virginia City. Backers include the Fleishacker brothers, the Shavon estate, and D. Mills. The plant will be built at Floriston on the Truckee and Mortimer Pleishacker named president as work rushes to provide cheap power. An Eastern coach, Prof J W Philips, was told to seek an Eastern coach for the 1909 football season with a $400 three month limit, preferring Harvard. Powning Estate administrator Clara A Powning filed first accounts in Keno. hearing set for July 5. W M Bryan of Gallagher, Pa., touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and lung troubles at Eagle Drug Store.
Winnemaces High School commencement will be held tonight in Armory Hall at 8 o'clock. The program lists Misses Alice Byrnes Annie Roddy and Master Albert Wolfe as debutants with Adolph C. Laveage and Malvin Bill as ashore. The event features songs piano duets and recitations by a large cast of students including Lucy Laveage Freddie Ried Eva Cane Abbie Duncan and Ernest McDeld. Also noted are various musicians and speakers with Mrs H A Gilbert credited for musical arrangements. A separate medical advertisement section promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla Shiloh's Consumption Cure and Karl's Clover Root Tea.
An advertisement from Eagle Drug Store touts Karta Clover Rot Tea as an absolute cure for chronic constipation. It claims muddy complexions are cured and promises a 50 year track record with a 26 cent price.
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