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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1880
Page
3
Ambiguous wartime data shows a Signal Curve record from Army inv. 94 with numbers 1590 417 AM captured at the same moment across stations, indicating synchronized observations during a military communications or meteorological log.
Charley Allen arrived from the country and slept at the Mountain Brewery. After forty eight hours, friends woke him with a tin can brigade causing a loud charivari near the depot. Locals heard rumors of weddings, but the uproar aimed to rouse him. He remains convinced the world is a day ahead.
Mike Hall reports a young prospector Lee Folsom, recently employed by David Giroux, found a valuable ledge about two miles from Buffalo Station last Tuesday. The discovery excites Captain Rawlings who has left for the West with his family to oversee the Mount Rose mine in the Paradise mountains.
The weather is described as delightful, reaching a golden mean neither too warm nor too cold, suggesting pleasant comfort.
New management at Baltion Mine and mill ousts all old hands including foreman and miners.
The February and early March weighing of mails on the Central Pacific line shows about three tons carried daily. The 1878 April report noted 419 542 pounds from Ogden toward San Francisco with 235 064 pounds for that city, and 287 pounds toward Ogden. This year 546 934 pounds were carried from Ogden toward San Francisco 369 931 pounds to San Francisco.
In Paradise Valley and Bullion the two main mines run small crews though ore is produced. Mount Rose and Big Nick employ several men, while Elenora Wild Goose May Flower Hudson and Fisher also operate. No custom mill limits shipping to Salt Lake or San Francisco, keeping profits scarce but ore quality promising.
A Bodie Star correspondent reports from Pizen Switch Mason Valley of a family feud ending in a fatal street knife fight involving Rev Patterson and Mercutio with blood gushing from a wound. Patterson escapes as authorities seek him. Also reported are Freeman Co. bankruptcy, Freeman creditors, burglar sentence, Greenbaum teams moving merchandise to Cornucopia, and A J Shepard recovering.
John Jones who was injured by a circular saw last week opens the Wabash Restaurant to serve the public. He plans to supply tables with market goods and asks for public patronage. The notice also advertises beer in Frederickstacg, Levy & Co store bargains, garden seeds, fresh bread twice daily, their coffee, baked beans and brown bread, oysters and celery nightly.
The SivER SYATE lists births for Willian Guthrie and Samuel Guthrie, presenting two girls weighing twelve and thirteen pounds, prompting questions about the notice’s accuracy. A separate incident notes Walter Davis's two year old son nearly drowning after falling into a barrel of water at Battle Mountain.
The Mountain Brewery proprietors open their lower ice-house today to supply the market at low rates. Four emigrant cars departed east this evening while three went west this morning.
The notice highlights ranges of business suites and undershirts, mentioning Exton and Cantor. It lists Fine Business Suite and Drese Suits along with Cantor Flannel Undershirts, indicating product lines and branding.
Advertisements hawk Brown's Mousehold Panacea and Shilohs Consumption Cure as universal remedies for pain indigestion cough and lung issues. Claims promise rapid relief easy dosing and safety for children. Also touts Hackmetack perfume Aver's purgatives and universal cathartic credibility.
An old advertisement promotes Brown's Vermituge Compts as effective against worms with no harm to children. It touts low prices for coffee and canned goods at F C Robins, mentions Sacramento pricing, and urges cash sales. Levy Co announces a large stock of dry goods and clothing to attract buyers.
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