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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
3
A lively Nevada town hosts a busy fair scene with Blue ribbons on pavilion displays and a bustling crowd at the last night’s reception. Pugilists staged a downtown bout while the wind storm postponed yesterday’s events. Local merchants promote home industries as Catholic services and social events fill the weekend.
Reno readers submit spoof party names in response to a Washoe county political principles contest. Entries lampoon candidates Doughty Cleveland Summerfield and Hogan while critiquing party labels with humorous, satirical lines dated November 04 and November 15 1904.
Colonel A W Smith visited Reno to study Nevada mining potential after an extensive Pacific coast tour. He asserts Nevada offers the best field for mining enterprise and expects national focus on the state soon. He may visit Kennedy and other camps before leaving. The State Vote section reports partial results for supreme judge controller and public instruction with counties still pending complete tallies. Gilhooly convicted of manslaughter in Oregon for W H Dickson death near Burns. Rev Father Kieley to hold Catholic services Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
News notes report Copenhagen designated a free port last week. Other items include Brazil’s Moraca to assume office on the 15th, India religious restrictions, a proposed $8 million Astor hotel in New York, and a first European prehistoric discovery in Predmont.
Those in Chee-Mee China can wash and iron for one dollar per hundred pieces in winter and sixty cents per hundred in summer. Hotels charge fifteen dollars a month for board and attendance with discounts for families and missionaries. Sedan chairs cost two dollars a month per porter, and skilled house servants earn three dollars a month.
A health advertisement extols Syrup of Figs for cleansing the system. It claims to ease constipation, purify the blood, awaken kidneys and liver, and relieve headaches, colds, and fevers without irritation or weakening.
A column discusses child whims and parental responses, noting the harm in denying affection. It reports Bunkerville planning 30,000 pounds of cotton for the Washington county mill, with cotton ginning underway. Advertisements note local sales, dental services, hats and millinery, hair care products, pianos, and photo studio openings in Winnie Miucea and nearby towns.
A fragment notes buying bolts of fabric and fabric prices, plus an ad line urging Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic and blood purifier amid summer weariness. The snippet emphasizes shopping and patent medicine promotion.
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