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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
3
Happenings note visits from Hinkle, Wilkinson, Ward, Hammond, and others, with arrivals from Golconda, Paradise, Clover Valley, Andrews, and San Francisco. Thanksgiving services, weather, rail delays, and social events fill the week. A sheep band arrives, cattle drive to Lovelock planned, and local entertainment like Martell’s Merry Makers faces scheduling issues.
The Golden Eagle mine in Humboldt County Nevada shows improved ore quality with a recent shipment valued over $100 per ton and rich samples from a winze yielding up to $220 per ton in gold. Ophir tunnel work advances toward a main ore body as shallow veins carry high lead and silver values. The Salt Lake division reports a serious injury to Clarence Sage, and local acts entertain at Armory hall. A lengthy feature tracks Peter West’s nine marriages and his ongoing divorce bid, plus a note on Nevada cavalry voting rumors aboard ships before Manila departure.
Paradise news notes James Ritchie’s improvement and Epworth League interest. Local happenings include a model home by A Groth, throat trouble for Ed Freemonth, music class by Miss Hollingworth, travel plans of Mrs J R Harvey and son, and Purviance moving to Lovelock. Saintly gale damages at the M E church, snow relief in hills, and a Thanksgiving basket ball event where ladies provide lunch and men enter free. Also ads tout Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and Chamberlains Pain Balm with local dealer W A Brown.
A vintage advertisement for Eagle Drug Store touts Sharkey the Winner soothing salve cures for sores burns and wounds and piles. It promotes dry goods and clothing stock from manufacturers, Butterick patterns, and a Little Early Riser pill. It extols One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds and throat diseases.
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