Local Briefs Sketch Nevada and Nearby News
McDermit and Reno visitors arrive while Humboldt conditions ease. Virginia City travelers head to Leonard Creek. Indiana man seeks ninth divorce after starting marriage at 65. Winnemucca crowded as drummers flood town. southern Nevada land rush and anticipated cultivation grow. Valley Washington cats perish to coyotes. dishwashing soothes hands. quirky Dakota wedding gifts include dogs, weapons, and pipes.
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Indiana
Winnemucca
Nevada
Fire damages haystack near adobe barn on Bridge street
An eight oclock fire alarm drew volunteers to Joe Pascals haystack behind his large adobe barn. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, likely caused by children playing nearby. Windless conditions averted wider damage to nearby hay barns on Bridge street. Town records note past near misses including a lamp explosion at the Reception lodging. The fire bell is weak and inaudible. residents demand a sharper, louder replacement.
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Joe Pascal
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
Irish Duke play set for March twenty seventh at Lovelock
Lovelock notes report a dull economy across valleys due to scarce water. A social hop at Feliz hall drew good attendance and the Irish Duke play at the new schoolhouse is selling fast. Social moves include trips to Humboldt House and letters home, with varied local arrivals and departures noted. An accident near Golconda left a 17 year old seriously injured but alive, as doctors treated a deep forehead wound. Residents express interest in imported goods over local products and transport costs spark local comment.
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Feliz Hall
William
Golconda
Hood
Haneon
Filibuster Bermuda seized. New Mexico statehood advance noted
Telegraphed orders go to Atlantic coast collectors to seize the filibustering steamer Bermuda. Senator Davis of Minnesota reports favorably on admitting New Mexico as a state. Striking San Francisco painters attack contractor C F Mars, who dies from injuries days later. Two men die after a street fight in San Francisco. Charles Gercke to be charged with murder. Albert Fields sentenced to hang for Mrs. Randolph murder in Chicago. Ohio and Michigan silver men press for free coinage delegates to the Democratic convention. possible bolt if not recognized. Wills of Janes G. Fair argued. pencil will favored. Pacific railroads debt settlement committee proposed. five members named. Shafroth explains foreclosure plan. Davies death in Washoe area noted. Galena site visit reveals starving man Evan Davis dead in cabin.
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Bermuda
Atlantic
Senate
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Ohio
Michigan
Allen W. Thurman
Janes G. Fair
Slack
San Francisco
Mark Levingston
Craven
Levingston
Wright
House Pacific Railroads Committee
Pacific Railroads
Senate Committee
Powers
Ferris
Kyle
Sulzer
Shafroth
A. J. Chalmers
Fred Gould
Galena
Washoe
Evan Davis
Plenty
Rene Gazette
Notice to Sheep Owners in Golconda Nevada
Notice to sheep owners announcing first class sheep shearing corrals and a new sheep dip that uses hot mineral water to remove scale. A conveyance system enables 1000 head per hour, inviting sheep men to examine with contact L. Dureerne in Golconda Nevada. Includes a brief sales note for garden tools at Brown & Piper's.
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L. Dureerne
Golconda
Nevada
Wonderful Catarrh Cure advertised by Gill in Nevada
An advertisement details Gill's Magic Catarrh Cure sold for $1 a bottle from W J Gill in Wadsworth Nevada with local representatives Malatesta in Humboldt and Winnemucca. urges sufferers to buy during a brief stay and to leave orders with Chris Diehl. Also promotes Sage Spring mining district ground offers, Syrup of Fig’s laxative benefits, a $100 reward for catarrh cure, sewing machine sales, and new shoe lines with Winnemucca store claims. Travel times from Winnemucca to major cities via Union Pacific are highlighted.
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Gill
W. J. Gill
Wadsworth
Neyath
Price
Malatesta
Winne-macca Public School to Present March 20 1898 Program
The Winne-macca public school inter mediate department and ninth grade girls present a school entertainment program on March 20 1898. A varied program includes choruses recitations solos dialogues and a minstrel chorus with sixteen girls performing and a drill titled Daughters of the Regiment. The program begins at 2 20 a m and the public is invited.
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Winnemacca
Hazel Webb
Arthur Benson
Hawthorn Buds
Pearl Brewster
Telltal
Alice Hoye
Darktown
Blanks for Sale and Sundry Goods Offered
Brown and Piper advertise legal blanks including summons warrants and complaints for justice courts. They also promote all steel Aermeter windmills and towers, inviting visits to see one in operation at low cash prices. E Rersarr and Co also tout new wallpaper and borders direct from factory in Winnemucca with factory-direct low prices.
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Brown & Piper
Winnemucca
E. Rersarr & Co
Rubber Hose and Sprinklers Featured at Brown & Viper's
Local ad promotes rubber hoses lawn sprinklers and paints. customers urged to visit Brown and Viper's for supplies and oils.
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Brown & Viper’s
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers for teething infants. It claims to relieve crying, diarrhea, stomach issues, wind colic, and gum inflammation, with a pleasant taste and a 25 cent price, sold by druggists worldwide.
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Winslow
Mrs. Winslow
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William Levar
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Mara
Mars
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Manon Street
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Sage Spring
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