Local News And Items Of General Interest
Mrs Wise arrived from San Francisco and Miss May Gillilan is seriously ill. A Reno baseball game pits Wadsworth against the University of Nevada. Miller and Lax cattle from Quin River and Black Rock await shipment. Durrant case verdict finds guilty of first degree murder. Estate of A N Towne valued at 281000 with stock notes and real estate. Six women spotters on Southern Pacific trains prompt conductors to drop eleven deals, per Sacramento Bee.
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Miller & Lax
Quin River
Black Rock Ranches
Dr. Hovar
Henry Gillilan
Paradise
May Gillilan
Myrtle Dean
E. L. Dean
Chicago
Capitol Lodging House
Pradier Bros
Big Creek
Lander County
Battle Mountain
San Francisco
A. N. Towne
Southern Pacific
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
California
Sacramento Bee
The Prize Ring Humbug Asserts Sam Davis
Sam Davis in the San Francisco Call blames press complicity for prizefight amplification. He argues Corbett and Fitzsimmons show how managers profit from publicity and how lawful merchants subsidize sensational boxing while illegal operators receive heavy advertising.
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Sam Davis
San Francisco
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
United States
Won Back at Armory Tonight by Winnemueen Club
The Winnemueen amateur dramatic company presents Won Back at the Armory tonight with an eight o clock start. Homer Cooke Mrs Barbour Abner Decker and Constance Burwell figure in a drawing room scene as key characters unfold love death and reconciliation among Hugh Ransome Lula Ransome and Harold King. Seats available at Eagle drug store.
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Armory Ball
Winnemueen Amateur Dramatic Company
Homer Cooke
Harold King
Constance
Ransome
Mrs. Barbour
Hugh Ransome
Kate Barbour
Lulu Osborn
Austin Brooks
Frank Powers
Kate
Abner Decker
Homer
Eagle Drug Store
Church Services With Sunday School and Evening Sermon
Sunday school starts at 10 30 with Ep worth league at 6 30 pm. Preaching at 7 30 pm. Theme: The Temporal and the Eternal. Pastor FE Prasets Known.
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Epworth League
Bogus bullion swindle nearly hits Bank of California
Bank of California at Virginia City bought a bullion bar from a Portuguese man named Rosas for 1000 dollars. The bar bore a stamp claiming 1088 08 of gold and silver but was worth only 336. An disguised man named McDonald was arrested with bullion marking tools on him. Rosas sold the bar to the bank for McDonald, possibly unaware of the fraud. the scheme failed by accident.
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Bank of California
Virginia City
Rosat
Comstock Assnger
McDonald
Rosas
Miller Lux property plan sparks division and cattle totals
Henry Miller declines a drafted division plan for Miller and Lux until his attorney reviews it. The proposal sets up two commissioners who pick a third to split assets, with the firm’s holdings listed as 150000 head cattle, 124000 sheep, 10000 hogs and 5000 to 6000 horses.
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Henry Miller
Miller & Lux
Miller
Newspapers and Parties in Eureka and Nevada Debate
Reso Nevada October 29 1895 notes Hon Thomas Wren on parties failing to support newspapers and the corrupt use of money in elections. It cites 1892 Republican neglect causing cross party influence shifts and urges party-backed presses to fund organs. It praises free coinage advocates and mentions the Elko Independent’s shift and eastern Nevada demand. Riverside.
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Nevada
Elko Independent
Jackson
Sherman
Elko County
England
Wall Street
Old Gang
Burg
Riverside
Hall's Catarch Cure Advertised for Catarrh Relief
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarch Cure. It mentions F Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsers who attest to the firm’s honesty and financial reliability. The medicine is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials offered. Sold by druggists at a stated price.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tronx
O Inpan & Marvin
All Aruggiste
Mackay escutcheon mocks European nobility claim
In a Fresno Republic dispatch readers learn of John W. Mackay and family’s shift from frontier labor to perceived aristocratic display. The Sacramento Bee ridicules a Mackay heraldic coat of arms while satirically praising the family’s humble roots and honest toil. Also notices on local commerce and goods appear amid the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Waterhouse
Fresno, Republican
John W. Mackay
Mackays
Sacramento Bee
Mackay
Bryant
Virginia City
Downieville
Brown & Piper's Parlor and Heating Stoves Display
Local retailer Brown & Piper's invites shoppers to view a fine display of parlor stoves heating stoves and rang es before making a purchase.
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Ranger
Brown & Piper's
Slutf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mra. Wise
Andrew Spangleberger
Oregon
Sacramento
Mra. J. M. Strobridge
Reno
Wadsworth
University of Nevada Nine
C. H. EB. Hardin
Magwin
Hardin & Sons Ranches
Church Services
Donne
Miller & Lux Property
E Francis Brown
Nieves Seale
Melarkey and
Fourth Streets
Catholic Church
Reinhart
V. C. Robing & Co
Tilis
U.S
Royal
Golconua
Louis Duverrre
Golconda, Nev
F. C. Rous & Co
K. Reinhart & Co
E. Retxaart & Co
E. Reishart & Co
Stern, Aner & Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
EB. Reinhart & Co
M. Hofman
Winnemucca
Nitf
Tee
Porter
Lafayette Hotel
F.C. Ronins & Co
S. Remuart & Co
Santa Clara County
F.C. Robins & Co
Armory Hall
Litten W. Tayloure
Winnemucca Dramatic
Hermon Temple
Rathbone Sisters
Cart— Tiugh Ransome
New York
AJL
Bracket Harold Ring
Simon Austin Brooks
Trumas
Connecticut
J. A. Perram Home Cooke
South Carolina
Mimles Php. Decker
Massachusetts
J. Hel
Constance Burwell
Hansone
Maud Miller
Lulu Osbourne
Conte H&p
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