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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
3
Report from San Francisco says Mrs. McKinley has improved and the Presidential party will depart for home either tomorrow or Sunday. Governor Nash and the group will leave tonight, stay in Sacramento tomorrow, and head for Winnemucca, reaching Monday morning at about four.
Scott Davis and J L McIntosh arrived from Salt Lake City yesterday. Mrs W J Merchant came from Paradise Valley and left on No 6 for Beowawe. Tickets are on sale at Hagle Drug Store for The Spy of Gettysburg to be staged next Friday by the Lovelock Dramatic Company. A Rogers, previously Wells day operator, will be Winnemucca night operator arriving tonight on No 3. L Taylor of Roze Valley Borax arrived to arrange shipments of borax. Seven vagrancy arrests handled by Justice Rougon with three convictions and two discharges. two acquitted after jury trial. Henry Busch departed for Stockton. Engine 1700 eastbound mishap at Argenta. axle broke, driver swung into sagebrush. engine to Wadsworth shops for repairs.
A ladies committee hosted the Friday Night Social Club at Silver State hall last night. Whist prizes went to Mrs. R. A. Kibbee Mrs. J. La Voy Frank Germain and C. W. Tuck with the first prizes awarded to the two named ladies and gentleman. Prof. W A Llemy gave a cello solo with Mrs. J T Wheeler on piano and G H Kenyon sang a vocal solo. An encore followed and the two numbers were well received. Dancing closed the evening making it one of the season's most pleasant socials.
The Humboldt River is said to be falling rapidly at Wells and Winnemucca. In Winnemucca the water has dropped about an inch in twenty four hours over the past few days. No further rise of consequence is expected.
Johnson and Ramdohr received a carload of Pabst beer for which they act as agents at this place. The bottling works are running in full blast today. The firm's town and country trade is steadily increasing.
Reno Gazette editor Bragg is reported seriously ill. The newspaper fraternity of Nevada hopes he will speedily and completely recover.
The Nevada Mission conference is announced to meet at Big Pine in California on August 29 with Bishop C. C. McCabe presiding. The report also asserts Trib a remedy has practical certainty for sprains burns bites and other minor injuries based on ten thousand Nevada people's experience.
Smallpox reported at Contact in Elko county and California deaf and blind school outbreak under quarantine. Eight carloads of horses shipped from Battle Mountain to Nebraska. Reno Wheelmen begin relay training for season. Two Clover valley ranches sold for 310,000 and 15,000. Ex state controller La Grave turns to mining in El Dorado county California. Ed Kennedy captured at Modesto for Reno horse theft. Battle Mountain improves with new improvement club targeting cemetery care. Sunset Telephone buys Wadsworth to Stillwater line. Reno to Wadsworth line construction. Banker James Sweeney Anderson of Elko county files bankruptcy. assets around 16,500 with similar liabilities.
Oregon Short Line engineers depart Salt Lake City to cross section the line south of Clover Valley Junction. Grading contracts for Meadowwash will follow soon as track material is moved directly to the new grade site. Also local church notices, dental ads, and medical patent remedies headline this issue.
Stores and barber shops in Winnemucca will be closed on Sundays starting June 1 1901 after a signed agreement among merchants except one. A $100 fine for violations will be donated to the Winnemucca Fire Company, with SP Railroad support and longer Saturday hours for patrons. Signatories include E Reinhart Co C B Brown Co M B Staunton Robins Co and others.
A Reno reader writes that trib remedies the pain from a childhood arm break and reduces swollen knee joints, leaving relief even at seventy. The notice warns against dumping garbage on I O O F and Masonic cemeteries lands along the Humboldt river, 80 acres, warning of prosecution.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Medicine as a pleasant herb drink that cleanses the stomach liver and kidneys with a gentle laxative effect. It claims daily bowel movement, is easy to prepare like tea, and costs 2 cents or 50 cents, sold by Brown Bros. druggists.
Dr H B McDonald announces a Winnemucca visit lasting about two weeks during the upcoming week. The notice lists him as the dentist and includes a sign-off with his initials and a potential date code ayl2tt.
The homliest man in Winnemucca as well as the handsomest and others are invited to call on any druggist to get a free trial bottle of Kemp's Bal Sam for the throat and lungs. It is guaranteed to cure and relieve chronic and acute coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption. Price 25c and 50c. For sale by Brown Bros druggists.
F C Robins & Co. announce a fresh consignment of wrappers in all sizes with prices from $1 to $125.Brown Bros advertise DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for liver and bowel issues, claiming they remove the cause of disease.
At Toll House on May 18 1901 the wife of C L Lowry gave birth to a daughter.
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