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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
3
A cluttered column notes cycling tonight and St Patrick’s Day events. It records arrivals from Mill City, McDernt, and Golconda, Armory hall shows, a band gathering, and the eyele aratemy. Wrecking train activity at Tron Point. A shooting incident at a depot saloon leads to arrest. Nevada quarantine debates and a Dawson mining claim promising wealth. Letters from Skagway recounts and harsh travel conditions on the trail and sea voyage.
The Methodist Episcopal women plan an Emigrant Party at an Amory ball with prizes for best emigre performances. Costumes from all countries, audience free for entrants, paid admission for others. Emigrants to bring props and dress as various travelers. program to feature singers, band, and acts. Look for the date and join the event.
Australian mineralogist Professor A Liversilge analyzes etched nugget sections showing crystallization, large well defined crystals and quartz inclusions but no eccentric fused layers. He suggests native gold may be deposited from solution, often in veins and cavities, possibly around a nucleus.
Dispatch from Salinas California describes twelve carloads of Henry Miller cattle en route to Miller's Gilroy ranch. Only twenty remain able to stand at Castroville, others lie on the car floors. The shipment came from a herd of 3000, illustrating severe transport stress.
Congress may adjourn around May first as diplomatic talks shift reports from Rome on peace with Spain. A second Spanish flotilla heads to Cuban waters, while naval inquiry results loom. Wreck divers uncover a submerged telegraph cable section with seven conductors ready to trigger mines. Edna Wallace Hopper seeks divorce from De Wolf Hopper in San Francisco, with similar action in New York. A San Francisco quartz ledge of gold bearing ore is being mined on Seventeenth Street as a street cut through a cliff proceeds. Washington notes mounted troops may support a quick Cuban invasion if war begins. Community notices highlight investor plans to advance Star and Graybird mines in Nevada.
An announcement out of Winnemucca Humboldt County Nevada calls for all county teachers to attend the Stiffneck State and County Teachers Institutes convening Monday April 4 1898 for four days. L A Beexyer County Superintendent urges broad participation to gain professional benefits and to meet state institute members. Also notes local business ads and health product endorsements scattered throughout.
A comparison notes alum baking powder nearly equal in strength to Schilling's Best and Yes brands, while prussic acid is described as stronger than vinegar, suggesting a discussion of food additives and acids.
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