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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
3
Frank Hoskowite and Nels Frandesen visit town and several arrivals from Ogden, McDermit, and Wilflow Point. A railroad wreck delayed a train. party sails and a Cuba letter hints at independence. Weather improves and agriculture officials estimate a $25,000,000 fruit crop. Official church and band notices accompany local chatter.
An anecdote recounts a 1870 Hutchinson stop on a presidential tour where President Hayes shook hands with Stan Parsons who misremembers meeting him. Parsons, a dynastic figure in a crowd, joked he “has the advantage of me” as memory fails during the platform handshake.
The Journal lists poll totals for 87 640 voters with Henry George at 27 127, Van Wyck 26 431, Seth Low 20 002, Tracy 13 900. The World's poll of 75 506 voters places Van Wyck 25 150, Low 19 295, George 13 873, Tracy 12 503, Gleason 3 229. W KE Dean orders discharge of about twenty five to thirty men at Dean mine, as mining camp Dean dwindles with families leaving.
Reno voters approved a $130000 water system bond and a $2000 electric lighting plant bond in a quiet Thursday election. Trustees will begin building Reno’s own water and lighting systems. All members of Co. D N N G are ordered to report for target practice at 9 o clock Sunday morning with Captain H Scumrpr.
An ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with testimonials from Wear Traux and Watptre Kinman Marvix Toledo wholesalers. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure internal action on blood and mucous surfaces at seven cents per bottle and promotes Fall's family Pills with a home service plumber and timer guarantee.
Brief items note Peru adopts the gold standard by one vote. Other notes include a planned bout between Dan Creedon and Kid McCoy in Canada for 7500, Victoria’s opposition to Irish home rule, Corea’s emperor claim, a bicycle record set in Philadelphia, and various local notices and ads from Winnemucca Nevada.
Local notices advertise tinning and plumbing by a first class tradesman at affordable prices. Also offered are legal blanks for sale and several consumer ads for medicines, stoves, dental visits, glassware, and tobacco cessation aids.
In Humboldt County Nevada the District Court sets October 19 1897 at 1 PM in Winnepeg for proving the will of A D Wilcox deceased and granting Melinda Wilcox letters testamentary. Any interested person may appear to contest the application filed by Melinda Wilcox. Dated October 9 1897. GEO E MILLER Clerk.
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