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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1896
Page
3
Heavy frost and half inch of snow blanket region as officials and residents move about. Numerous names travel through town including Thomas, Morey, Westfall and Wilcox while the California Republican state convention and Nevada Press Association plan meetings and political events.
Rev. Francis Brown condemned hoodlum serenades as nuisances disrupting peace. recounted Friday night disturbance at M E church and praised officers for maintaining order. Also notes February Westfall school report and a humorous editorial list on what editors do.
The town reports the worst windstorm in memory striking Thursday night, damaging roofs and chimneys at F Mayer’s and other homes, with a woman leaping from a window in her nightdress. Repairs underway as cattle and hogs are sold and grain stocks low.
Senator Skaggs reports Char sly Born struck it rich at Bald Mountain near White Pine and will set thirty men to work. He predicts Bald Mountain will become a leading mining camp in Nevada. Also an employment ad seeks reliable agents to sell Singer Sewing machines with good commissions in Sacramento.
For rent in Nevada state listings a 17 room Depot Hotel at Verdi priced at 20 dollars monthly. Also available is the Foulks ranch at Essex near Verdi covering 600 grazing acres 18 alfalfa 250 fruit trees and a five residence barn for cheap rent. Contact T. P. Bradshaw Reno Nevada.
The pleasant flavor and gentle action of Syrup of Figs provide soothing laxative effects. When parents are costive or bilious, it yields gratifying results, making it a trusted family remedy and suggesting every household keep a bottle.
Faster travel times cite Union Pacific routes with one and a half days to Denver two days to Omaha two and a half days to Chicago St Louis and Kansas City and three and a half days to New York. Through Pullman tourist sleepers dining cars and free reclining chair cars. Tickets available through Union Pacific.
Frank J. Cheney sworn to act for F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The ad touts a sale on men’s and women’s fine footwear and a new line of Gold Medal school shoes in Winnemucca, with testimonials promised and a mail order pitch.
Look Sharp sale at the Old Pioneer Leather Store run by M. B. Staunton offers 1000 pairs of men and women misses boys and children shoes at cost for the next sixty days. No books, all stock full.
The notice lists legal blanks for sale including summonses subpoenas warrants of arrest writs of attachment and complaints for justices of the peace. Also selling hex alder trees aged two to three years. Call on M T Coats Winnemucca Nevada.
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