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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
3
Local items note a Sheriff’s Sale in New Today amid community chatter. Varying notes cover cattle shipments to San Francisco, a missing rancher on Jackson Creek, a Carson fair effort, political talk on Bryan and Newlands, and a humorous Elko school tardy excuse.
Telegraphic notes cover Bryan'sClarksburg appearance, West Virginia, the 50th anniversary of statehood, Populist withdrawals in California, editorial stances on Sewall and Watson, and party club consolidations. Also noted are mining deals with Rothschilds, Leadville wage strikes, and health ads for Syrup of Figs and Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A call from the Silver party urges Nevada voters to donate at least a dollar to support campaign expenses, literature, and speakers. The National Treasurer, W. P. St. John, will handle contributions, with names published daily by The Silver State. Also promotes Union Pacific travel timetables and agents for inquiries.
Notices announce water will be shut off from the mains 9 A M to 5 A M with pump start at 4 01 and pumping on Second through Fourth streets until noon then shut off toward upper town until 9 P M Mountain water will be turned on for domestic use. Three taps on the fire bell means shutoff below Fourth street four taps means shutoff townwide J Rovers Supt of W W and a separate item cites Chamberlain medicines praised by residents of Iowa and sold by W A Brown with a Winnemucca dentist visit and a hotel for sale due to illness by Tuomas Shonk proprietor Busch Hotel.
Saloon in Winnemucca offered for sale due to illness. It is a profitable business and well fitted up. Inquiries welcome on the premises. Frank Mayer septiltf. Also mentions political fund items and local notices with names and rates.
Historic advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup used for teething babies for over fifty years. It claims relief from crying, diarrhoea, wind colic, and gum inflammation and promotes energy for children. Sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents per bottle.
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