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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1880
Page
3
War Department Signal Corps report lists observations from coastal stations and time standards. Henmen area measurements include airmass, 407 a. a and troop movements are referenced in terse notation.
Local intelligence notes primaries for county convention delegates will be held tomorrow evening in Hughes building next to Holman’s store with one unpledged ticket tied to W T Burns and J N Thacker. Republican primaries follow Monday with unpledged ticket and no opposition. Also reported: coroner finds Mike Zaleski died from a blunt head blow, jury verdict, no suspect. A Cleveland passes through toward the State Fair. Daggett and Adkison to address Winne mices. Fisher paints courthouse dome.
Local letters discuss proposed railroad tax increases and county borrowing limits. Arguments favor opposing higher taxes to fund government services and warn against increased railroad tariffs. Also notes treaties on naturalized citizens, meteorological data, a murder case sentence, and local incidents.
Two carloads of lumber and one carload of shingles arrived yesterday for Fort MeDermit, expanding supplies.
SPECIAL LOCALS describe how aging, illness, and heredity turn hair gray and fall. Avex's Hair Visor claims to restore faded hair to brown or black, cleanse the scalp, cure dandruff, and promote new growth. It supposedly strengthens weak hair without oil or dye and resists staining fabrics.
A local store advertises seven pounds of brown sugar or six pounds of white sugar for one dollar. The same notice promotes Shiloh’s Consumption Cure and other remedies, touting cures for lung diseases, dyspepsia, and bronchial issues. It also mentions Brown’s Bronchial Troches and various tobacco products, plus Can canning supplies and a Hancock Club campaign book available for purchase.
Local notices promote health cures and savings with Acoust Flower samples priced at 10 cents. Retailers F C Romy and Bangister & Wernerry advertise lard three-ply hose and cash discounts. Levy & Co. touts cheap goods and summer white wear at cost from multiple listings in town.
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