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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
3
The tailor guarantees one year service on each suit with free cleaning and pressing for a year. He claims personal workmanship and upkeep, offering lower prices than Chicago and soliciting Ladies' work.
Local and personal notes list arrivals from Quin River San Francisco and Lovage Lock plus visitors from Vallejo and Paradise Valley. Weather shows two hours of rain and a forecast of continued wet conditions. Funeral for James Dyer held after Cosgrave accident and turbine wheel for water and light plant arrives to enable construction and power generation.
Reno reports a new lodge of Modern Woodmen of America formed with thirty five charter members. Also noted are deaths of John Central in Union Canyon Nye County and Andrew Scullin in Virginia City, while Washoe jail houses twenty inmates, and two arson attempts found in Virginia City. Virginia City lineman William Wright injured by 2080 volts but recovering. North Rapidan mine owner Col Boyle hosted a Thanksgiving banquet for workers. A proposed San Pedro railroad branch would place Ely within eighty miles of the line through Lincoln County.
Stray cattle in Winnemucca are a recurring nuisance as weakly secured gates allow cows to roam at night. The sheriff or constable must impound animals running at large from 6 P M to 6 A M with owners fined five dollars per violation. Officers failing to enforce face misdemeanor conviction and up to twenty five dollars fine.
Telegrams report the death of ex governor Davis H Waite of Colorado in Aspen on Wednesday morning, a separate dispatch notes Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka death claimed in Constantinople but not credited. A deadly railroad collision near Adrian Michigan leaves eighty dead and many injured while a Sacramento ad promotes grocery and clothing bargains with low prices and catalogs.
F C Robins and Co advertise made to order suits in Winnemucca with emphasis on style quality and price. Also promoting double soled shoes and damp weather footwear and offering sample carpets linoleum and bedding by mail. Dentists and organ for sale listed along with cutlery and health ad claims.
J Estrem, a leading county sheepman, sells his entire flock of about 100000 head from Big Meadows. The sheep, in prime condition, were bought by Johnson Co of San Francisco for market. Estimated sale price nearly $4 per head, a top rate for the year though last year could fetch around $5.
Southern Pacific cuts coal sales to its employees along the Salt Lake division. An order from Superintendent Noble ends company sales at $8 per ton where local dealers exist, raising hardship for workers. In areas without dealers, employees pay $5 per ton for company coal.
Initiation of a new member by Silver State Chapter No 159 O B and followed by a banquet. The lodge reports growing membership and strong attendance. Mrs Geo S Nixon was elected Worthy Matron for the coming year, replacing Mrs S H Kitto who declined the office.
The L. C. T. M. Ball hosted by The Ladies of the Maccabees drew a crowded Armory hall crowd last night. Dancers filled the hall until midnight and after supper the attendance remained strong, the lodge delivering a first class event.
Reno plans a Saturday night street carnival to mark the paving completion on Commercial Row. The street will be illuminated and an open air dance will be held. Southern Pacific offers a special $8.60 round trip fare from Winnemucca, valid tonight and for return by December 2, with tickets limited to the midnight train.
Lessees continue ore hoisting on the Tonopah company ledge by day and night. They will have forty five days after lease expiry to remove residue once dumps are no longer cleared daily by the teams moving between camps and the railway.
H Neal died on a train en route to San Francisco hospital from Cosgrave accident injuries. He suffered a fractured skull and doctors predicted a fatal outcome. A trainload of four silk cars, from China to New York, passed through yesterday morning on the Central Pacific line.
Taxpayers are reminded that next Monday is the last day to pay 1901 taxes. If the first installment is not paid by that date the full amount becomes delinquent and penalties will be added.
Local ad lists holiday food items with prices and bulk deals including seeded raisins currants Adriatic figs cranberries mince meat apple butter sweet potatoes maple syrup walnuts almonds and olives. Incentive to order early and reminders that items are fresh and guaranteed.
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