30 May 1900
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
1
A notice warns readers about the upcoming 1900 census starting June 1. Enumerators will ask detailed questions on age race marriage status birthplace citizenship occupation income and household assets. Civility is required and improper conduct could bring trouble for the enumerator.
A list of round trip rail fares for Detroit Milwaukee Philadelphia Kansas City Cincinnati Charleston St Paul and Chicago with travel dates and prices. Describes scenic canyons and routes via Salt Lake Denver with Oregon Short Line agents. Also promotes decorative wallpaper supplies and various medicines and dental services available locally.
An editor letter profiles elderly prospectors in Humboldt district near Pine Forest range seeking mythical gold and silver mines. It recalls 19th century emigrants tales of rich deposits, Indian wars, and men who spent decades chasing elusive mines like Truebucket and Lost Nigger, many aging yet undaunted in the desert hills.
A testimonial claims female weakness and related diseases are cured by Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The writer says it heals ulceration and inflammation, eases debilitating drains, strengthens the body, soothes nerves, and improves sleep and vitality. Also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets banishing biliousness.
The speaker notes aging men still chase fortune and toil to build for future generations. If they could return home eastward they would find no familiar faces, paralleling Irving’s Sir Van Winkle. Rather than twenty years of sleep they spent half a lifetime in hard labor pathfinding for future generations.
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