Carson guard wins first prize in San Francisco shooting tournament
Ten California militia teams competed with Carson guard taking top honors. Corporal Nolte of Co C led shooters with 48 points while G Thaxter posted 47 for the winning Carson squad. The article also notes rehearsals and local trades and a murder in Mono County.
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San Francisco
Flower
California
Carson Guard
N. N.G
Third Infantry
University Cadeta
Battery C
Second Artillery
Nolte
Co. C
Carson
G. ©. Thaxter
Iron Ore for Oregon shipment by Emmons Organ Reed
Ed Emmons representing Emmons Organ Reed contract for several hundred tons of Buena Vista Valley iron ore to Portland. Foundries had relied on inferior ores from Irondale Washington and Mexico. Emmons Organ Reed hold eight claims with potential coast supply.
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Lovelock New Era
Ed, Emmons
Emmons, Organ & Reed
Buena Vista Valley
Portland
Oregon
Irondale
Wash
Mexico
Breaking Glass By The Voice And Air of Delinquent Subscribers
A curious note explains that a thin wine glass can be broken by shouting its tone after striking it with a pencil due to intense sound vibration. A second item jokes that nonpaying subscribers invite obituary notices, urging advance payments to avoid vague illness and sudden death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
P. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
Connoisseur Doctor Delights Guests With Extreme Peach Tale
A Parisian doctor famed for peaches visits London at a lord’s invitation. After a colossal peach sedates a child’s cry, the doctor reveals he swallowed a ball thinking it a peach. The tale blends humor with social commentary from the era. Also recounted are Fat Sallie the large woman and travels, plus notes on piano tuner Oscar Hildebrant and Hall's Hair Renewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord W
London
Tony
Waverley
Sallie McAllister
Springfield
Cook
Sallie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Notice and Various Advertisements from Winnemucca
Notices include settlement for the estate of the late Paul Neth, with Charles Neth authorized to receipt. Mrs. Jennie Neth (Winnemucca) dated Sept 19, 1898. Also local notices about W. S. Porter remaining briefly in Winnemucca, and a residence address. Multiple advertisements promote Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hood's Sarsaparilla, Hood's Pills, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Krause's Headache Capsules, Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Cherry Pectoral, and a sheep sale listing EB M. Bonsretenp with 400 two-year-olds and 675 yearlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Neth
Charles Neth
Jennie Neth
Winnemucca
Mrs. WinsLow
Alleghany
Norman Liehty
Des Moines
Krause
W. Swart
Eagle Drug Store
Ayer
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Rayner
Prof. Rayner
Nevada
Smyer
Armory Hall
A. D. Wilcox
George Ernst
Nye County
Butte
Mont
Commercial Co
Lovelock
Egan
Love
George Lovelock
Harrison
Grandfather
Kentucky
Southern Pacific Co
Simmons
Iron
Washington Dispatch
Senate
Allison
Friends of
Harbor View Park
Joseph Leavenmark
Edward Mowrey
Sahore
U. S
Reval
Oscar Hildebrant
Reno
Chris Diehl
Tasye
Porter
Corner 4Th
Melarky Streets
Hood
Hoon
Upper
Chas. A. LaGrave
Cunningham
Rocky Mountain Coal
PIPER
Bridge Street
Winnemucca, New
Brown & Piper
City Bakery
Chris, Diehl
Nature Ag
Sexry Busch
J. G
T Busch Hotel
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