Relief of Ice Bound Whalers Urges Action by Government
News briefs report San Francisco chamber urged McKinley to send revenue cutter Bear under Captain Showalter to rescue whalers ice bound in the Arctic. A White House conference authorized Bear’s commission and provisioning, readying for a swift sail. Also notes Yukon river steamers contract worth $1,000,000 and a proposed railroad via Chilcoot Pass to connect with river lines. A Democratic bid to block Hanna’s election is discussed, with reference to Governor Bushnell and party strategy. The People’s Church choir in New York refused to sing after Pastor Dixon urged Low for mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
McKinley
Arctic
Bear
Healey
Washington Dispatch
White House
Gage
Long
Alger
Melville
Dickens
Navy
Showalter
Revenue Service
Bering Sea
Seattle
Wash
Dispatch
Yukon Company
Andrew Burling
Moran Brothers
Chilcoot Pass
Dalton Trail
Yukon
Chuch
the People’s Church
New York City
Thomas Dixon Jr
Seth Low
Greater New York
Setting Type by Wire described by New South Wales inventor
Donald Murray of Sydney unveils and patents a device enabling a New York operator with a typewriter like keyboard to produce copy in New Orleans and even set up a lead type forms remotely. Using multiple telegraph lines the system can duplicate the copy in several places, with speed comparable to a standard typewriter and no clockwork mechanisms. The device allegedly can move eighty characters and work across ordinary telegraphy conditions. Accidentally Killed. Cherry Creek reports a man and his twelve year old son preparing to kill a steer when a rifle discharged, killing the boy instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Murray
Sydney
New South Wales
Mheane
New York
New Orleans
Cherry Creek
Jamesa Holland
Eureka Sentinel
Health and tonics cited in 19th century ad copy
A fragmented advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as cures for coughs backache headaches and general health improvements including stronger flesh. It also notes sale of a Wilcox band of horses to J A Blossom Battle Mountain Nevada and a public notice to horse claimants to present horses for rental with a specific iron brand.
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Hood
Mary Watsu
Leadville
Col
J. A. Blossom
Battle Mountain
Nev
Wilcox
A. D. Witcox
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Silver State Publishing Co
Winnemucca
Weather Bureau Report
U. 8
Department OF Agriculture
Winnemucca Station
K. A. Rogers
Agent Weather Bureau
The
Hanna
Columbus
Ohio
Harris
Democratic State Committee
General Assembly
Bushnell
United States
Ilinois
Eagle Drug Store
Winnemucca, New
W. A. Brown
Lessee
San Francisco
Mailer Express
Sa Ies
People’s
Meat Market
Proprietors
ST. Winnemucca
Schlitz Brewing Co
John Diehl
Nevada
Milwaukee
Jyztt
C. G. Kallberg
Bridge Street
Eagle Dring Store
Chris. Wolf
Winnemucca Winnemucca Jewelry Company
Winnemucca, Nevada
Golconda
Klondyke Hotel
Billy
Joe
Nixon & O'Neal
E. Reinhart & Co
Act
Mercantile House
E.reinhart & CO
M. B. Staunton
Buckingham & Hecht
Nova Scotia
M. Hofman
Minemacca Neva
F. M. Lee
J. Sibbald
Geo. S. Nixon
D. V. McBride
Mutual Life Insurance Company
York
Humboldt Soda and Bottling Works
Depot House
Rrenkel
Waukesha M
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