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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1880
Page
3
Observations taken simultaneously at all stations show values listed for Manon on the 11th with figures 158 and 474 dollars noted in the War Department Signal Corps bulletin.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE reports Professor Plumer the elocutionist will perform at the M E Church this evening at 7 30. He will delineate Widow Be dett and other Yankee characters in a humorous show with half the proceeds to the church. Admission 50 cents.
W Perkrys defends prior claim in 1879 about grammar and primary department enrollments, citing September counts, comparing with 1878, and arguing against Taxpayer's critique of tax votes for new school space. He notes daily register discrepancies and urges timely action to expand facilities in District No. 7.
A train of seventeen immigrant coaches arrived from the West carrying five to six hundred passengers seeking eastern sights and new opportunities at $35 per head. A second train of sixteen cars was due tonight with many Chinese travelers, provoking East Coast concerns over an influx and calls for their removal if the trend continues.
An advertisement praises Everybody's Baking Powder as good as Onn and Levy & Co's Ideal, claiming it outperforms rivals. It asserts no aluminum unless desired and humorously links use to improving affection with a girl, reflecting early 20th century marketing tone.
Battle Mountain reports only fourteen loaded cars left the station on the narrow gauge from March 1 to 9 1880, eight or nine for the company. Managers cut wages to reduce expenses, carpenters to 225 250 daily and yard workers to 150, yard master at 250. The local press notes the business as lively and paying yet shrinking.
A San Francisco inquiry reports Mons A Albert alias A Morel, a suspected swindler and blackleg, left the city to evade arrest. General M G Cobb can provide information, with Albert last heard east of Carlin and possibly in Ogden. Officers pursued him after a Eureka warrant. he allegedly evaded capture and headed east. Meanwhile Paradise farmers arrive seed hills and cranes. T J Bradshaw says sowing grain has begun due to recent favorable weather.
Mrs C H Bogman Mrs J B Bannister Mrs M S Bonnifield Frank Naramore and Conrad Mangleman departed yesterday for relatives at their old homes. Numerous friends extended wishes for a pleasant journey and safe return to the sagebrush.
Preparations for the Relief Ball on the evening of the 17th progress smoothly with strong expectation it will be the season’s premier event.
Opposition is the life of trade. Five loaves of home made bread for twenty five cents offered daily at the Depot Bakery opposite the Freight House. Fresh bread twice a day fuels local commerce and signals competitive pricing.
The advertisement touts Grierson’s Avoust Frown as a universal remedy for dyspepsia and liver complaints with claims of rapid relief after three doses. It notes two million bottles sold last year and offers a cheap sample and a free almanac from G. G. Green of Woodbury, New Jersey.
An advertisement touts Brown's Household Panacea as the most effective pain destroyer in the world. It claims fast blood quickening and relief for chronic or acute pain whether taken internally or applied externally. The copy promises double the strength of similar preparations, lists pains cured, and suggests a bedtime teaspoon in hot water. Price is 25 cents per bottle.
An 19th century notice touts Brown's Vermifuge Compita as safe for delicate children and effective against worms. It claims physicians endorse the remedy and asserts sure eradication of intestinal worms. The product sells for twenty five cents per box.
Onion setts scarce and high priced A Robins secures supply for cash sale Blue grass alfalfa white and red clover seeds available in any quantity for cash Fresh garden grass and flower seeds offered by C Chenoweth at his cash store on Bridge street Winne mucca Nevada.
Classified notice compiles multiple old ads including a home for sale on Third street behind Levy's store with terms, bakery deliveries, watchmaker Geo F Jackson and Sabine, a New York caterer Avocent Grerznick at Depot Restaurant, fresh bread, soups, and free nightly lunch at A D Williams Palace Saloon.
A cracked old advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as best for coughs asthma and consumption with claims of rapid relief and a money back guarantee. Also promotes Shilohs Vitalizer and Shilohs Porous Plaster from C A Desausure and a perfume Hackmetack. Levy & Co urged to buy cash and drop IOUs in missionary box.
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