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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1898
Page
3
Local readers learn of residents returning to Fairlawn Golconda and Winnemucca visitors and arrivals. The item notes weather cold snaps, candidate activity and petitions, and calls for voting registration. It mentions the Paradise boys visiting, road work hints, and a missing ladies pin with a reward.
Tom Lawrence of Mound Valley was knocked from his buggy when horses bolted and crashed into a barbed wire fence. He suffered horrific head and neck injuries including a ragged chest wound and torn scalp but is not expected to be seriously hurt. he is 65 years old and was brought to Elko for treatment.
A boiler explosion at Laherty & Lee’s sawmill six miles from Verdi killed two men and injured three others. The plant was destroyed and only fragments of the boiler remained. Victims include J. Sherrick and Mitchell dead, J. Williams and Fargo severely injured, with others named as injured. Cause cited as running the boiler dry before refilling. Cardinal escaped with a severe shaking.
Nevada items report Hon. C. Pow ing’s death in Reno, a Truckee river paper mill site near Floriston, rail and railroad moves in Elko and Washoe counties, and troop re assignments. Also noted are land sales, mine prospects, weather and transit notes, marriages, and local promotions.
A merchant column discusses digestion and ptomaine poisoning, urges Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion, and notes benefits like stronger blood and nerves. Advertisements promote various tonics, cough cures, soothing syrups, and household medicines from local druggists and stores.
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