Nevada bonanza camps revive mining boom as Tonopah leads
The San Francisco News Letter notes Nevada’s hidden mining potential beyond Comstock as Tonopah and Kee ler area bonanzas spark optimism. Discovery of extensive veins could turn Nevada into a new Mecca for mining, with railroads expanding access to prospecting regions and irrigated agriculture complementing future growth.
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Nevada
Comstock
San Francisco
White Pine
Rye Patch
Tuscarora
Esmeralda
Pamlico
Garfield
Tonopah
Keeler
United States
Surveying Reservoir Sites by Taylor Team
L H Taylor and a crew arrived from Carson to begin surveying reservoir sites on North Fork then South Fork. J Ahern of Washington, DC, will manage once Taylor departs to inspect Owyhees and Salmon rivers. South Fork shows 50 percent higher average annual flow than North Fork.
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L. H. Taylor
Carson
North Fork
Elko Independent
Mr. Taylor
J. Ahern
Washington, D. C
Owyhes
Salmon
South Fork
South Forks
Bogus Nugget Sale At Nevada County Bank
A Chinaman walked into the Nevada County Bank on Wednesday and sold fake gold for 1. He asked if more could be sold and produced another lump wrapped in paper. Weighed and tested, the second nugget proved worth 80 cents, despite the seller’s claim of paying 40 dollars for the material. The bank cashier grew wary and referred the lump to the assayer for verification. The seller’s tale of a white man’s 40 dollar purchase was not trusted.
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Nevada County
Truckee Republican
Root
Kemp's Balsam Guaranteed to Cure Coughs
A boastful ad urges readers to try Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds. It asserts many suffer longer than needed and promises visible relief after the first dose. It notes price 5 cents and 60 cents, with a trial size free, sold by Brown Bros.
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Brown Bros
Senator Jones Sues Williams Estate for 90000
Senator Jones files suit against the estate of Evan Williams seeking 90000, alleging a three man copartnership with Williams and himself formed in 1899 to work the Stoddard mine at DeLamar Idaho. He claims he paid thousands in mine expenses and stock advances with Williams owing over 10000 plus joint ventures in Cerro Gordo and Reno Water & Light Company.
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Williams
Senator Jones
Evan Williams
Virginia
S. Jones
Jones
Cerro Gordo
Inyo County
Oregon Potash Company Incorporated
Oregon Potash Company incorporated under Nevada laws with C. M. Sain as president. It filed mineral claims on Summer and Albert lakes last spring and backs a large venture by wealthy Nevada and Idaho mining men. Potash production at 73 percent promises a bonanza for Lake County and stockholders. President Sain traveled from Paisley to San Francisco to arrange start of operations.
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Oregon Potash Company Incorporated
Oregon Potash Company
Nevada
C. M. Sain
Summer
Albert Lakes
Idaho
Lake County
Sain
Paisley
San Francisco
Oregon
Rustler
Miners Union Calls Boycott on Non-Union Goods
The Virginia City Miners Union asks the Enterprise to declare the boycott remains in force despite partial San Francisco settlement. It targets brands not bearing the union label, especially Chinese made cigars such as Porto de Oro, and pledges to support only merchants selling union made goods while contributing to the iron workers' strike fund.
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Virginia City Miners’ Union
Enterprise
San Francisco
Miners’ Union
Virginia Enterprise
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap Cough Remedy Boschee's German Syrup
A period ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal cure for severe lung trouble. It claims the remedy heals tissues, fights germ disease, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. Sold by Brown Bros. Drugists and advertised in Green's Prize Almanac.
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Boschee
Brown Bros
Half a Man and the Stomach Cure Claim
An advertisement asserts that a sick man working half time is half a man and bad digestion causes weakness. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to heal stomach and digestion, sharing a testimonial from Willis Seaman of Washingtonville New York who says the remedy restored his ability to work and eat normally after years of dyspepsia and constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
Willis Seaman
Washingtonville, Orange Co
N.Y
Dot
August Flower praised as cure-all for indigestion
An advertisement extolls Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for indigestion and related ailments. It claims liver regulation and nervous support with only a few doses, touts Brown Bros. as sellers, and cites a Vermont testimonial for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve curing eczema.
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Green
Brown Bros
Pain Balm claims quick healing for cuts and bruises
Chamberlains Pain Balm is advertised to instantly allay pain from cuts bruises burns and similar injuries and to heal them rapidly with no scar unless very severe It also claims to cure rheumatism sprains swellings and lameness Sold by Brown Bros Druggists and Lewis Ockerman Goshen Ind De Witts Little Early Risers is praised as thorough gentle and effective by a user from Brown Bros
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Chamberlain
Brown Bros
Lewis Ockerman
Goshen
Ind
de Witt
William McKinley Life and Work Promotion
Prominent appeal by Gen Charles Grosvenor for a McKinley Monument Fund tied to a book. Readers are invited to order an elegant photogravure portrait and participate as distributors, with prospects of large sales and a yearly contract. The Continental Assembly advertises 12 cent mail-in prospectus requests from Sacramento.
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Congress
National Capitol
Canton
McKinley
White House
Advertising rates for The Silver State in Humboldt County
The Silver State is a daily visitor to nearly every home in Humboldt County. The ad rates are available on application, with the note that money is made through effective advertising. Only the mint makes money without advertising.
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Humboldt County
Mint
Pianos Tuned by Kohler & Chase Expert in October
Mr J A Harvey of Kohler and Chase Music House Sacramento will visit Winnemucca in October with an experienced piano tuner. Save your tuning and have it done by a first class man. Leave orders at the Lafayette hotel Winnemucca.
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J. A. Harvey
Kohler & Chase
Music House
Sacramento
Winnemucca
Lafayette Hotel
Lane's Tea and Witch Hazel Salve Advertisements
A woman with a clear complexion promotes Lane's Tea as a pleasant laxative and digestive aid improving complexion eye yellowing and kidney health. Brown Bros. sells the 25¢ package and De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve offers safer relief from piles avoiding surgery.
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Lane
Brown Bros
de Witt
Clothing vendors parade items from Schoss Bros and others
An OCR fragment lists clothing offerings from Schoss Bros and Rein hart & Co with caps for boys and misses, plus unclear lines about Japanese restaurant or ranch work, a cook named Jim Tahara in Wells Nevada, and a Virginia druggist praising Your One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and throat issues.
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Jim
Tahara
P. O
Box
Wells
Nevada
W. T. Wesson
Gholsonville
Brown Bros
Letter of Thanks for Lane's Tea Claiming Clear Skin
A Mrs E R Thomas of Portland writes that two weeks of Lane's Tea cleared her complexion and whitened her skin after persistent facial redness and pimples. She attributes the improvement to the product and notes Brown Bros. sells it.
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Portland, Or
C. F. Woodward
Lane
E. R. Thomas
Oak St
Brown Bros
The Handsomest Woman in Winnemucca Adverts Lane's Tea
An old time advert claims Lane's Tea daily bowel movement aid cures indigestion and purifies the blood. It promises clearer complexion and appetite, priced 5c to 50c per package, sold by Brown Bros.
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Lane
Brown 1 Bros
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Praised by Cedar City Writer
G A LeDels of Cedar City Missouri says indigestion plagued him until Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured him after one bottle. A friend with similar troubles improved quickly after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and is nearing work again, contrasted with prior weakness.
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G. A. LeDels
Cedar City
Brown Bros
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William McKinley
Charles H. Grosvenor
Continental Assembly
Odd Fellows Building
Cal
Winnemucca, Nevada
Kohler & Chase Music House
Schoss
Reinhart & Co., Inc
BP, C. Robins & CO
Feed and Sale Stable
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Orrar
TE Lafayette
Winnemucce
Bemue
D.van Duzer J.T. Wheeled
Wheeler & van Duzer
Attorneys-At-Law
Diehl Building
Bert L. Hoop
Ofice
D. Giroux
City
Sount
Stanton
Bridg and
D. T. C. Hanson
Ae Wane Building
Eagle Drug
Alfred Chartz
Carson City, Nevada
W. . Holt
Ald Dress
Paradise Valley, New
Charles M’connell
Ee O’kanee
Lovelock
Nev
D. McB. Rose
Felix Poulin
Bridge Street
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