20 Nov 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1899
Page
1
A vintage advice snippet extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as healing for womanly disorders and postnatal fatigue. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Autiker of Alliance Ohio praising restored vigor after childbirth and urges use of the included laxative pellets.
The National Democratic Executive Committee met at the Sherman House Chicago to outline campaign methods and affirm the Chicago platform. Attendees included Senator James K. Jones and delegates from Milwaukee Kansas City and Cincinnati with discussions on future full committee dates and convention host cities.
Manila dispatch notes fragmented reports on General Lawton and General Young advancing north of San Jose. Cavalry pursue new towns while wagon transport fades. American troops live on captured supplies. Swigert’s squadron fights superior forces at Pototrupeo. insurgents retreat toward Binguet mountains.
Advertises a laxative quininized tablet priced at 25 cents promising quick cold relief. Claims E. W. Grove endorses the box and offers refunds if it fails. Mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla as a nerve tonic and criticizes stimulants as harmful.
London dispatches report a shift from defense as General Clery pursues relief of Ladysmith. Boers mass near Estcourt with Joubert moving south to counter British advance. Martial law declared in Cape Colony towns as forces concentrate at the Orange River. Ladysmith sees a daylong battle with heavy Boer fatalities and lighter British losses.
London reports a major meat scandal for troopship rations bound for South Africa. A Sunday weekly cites a letter from St. Vincent claiming soldiers aboard the 1800 men say their salt beef dinners were putrid. Colonel Paget with doctors condemned the carrion as unsafe. Rations shorted to twelve pounds per man, often weighing three to six pounds, with scraps discarded overboard.
In the Ninth Circuit Court of Nevada, Thevada Nickel Syndicate, Limited, plaintiff, vs. National Nickel Company and various defendants. By foreclosure order a sale is ordered of mining claims the London and Liverpool, Royal George, Artna, and related property in Churchill County near Bolivia and Cottonwood Canyons. The sale includes mining lands, ores, plant and machinery, and related items, with bids due November 18 at 1 PM in Carson City.
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