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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1880
Page
3
Military signal observation record notes a shotmaker entry with time 4 17 and remarks on Lie suine moment at a statics post in the 8 Army area. The fragmentary text limits full context but indicates a wartime signal corps note.
Judge Kiehl travels west toward Carson to hold court today. Paradise residents discuss crop losses from grasshoppers and ship bullion from the Paradise Mining Co. to San Francisco. The criminal calendar lists felony indictments and a murder case. A flour mill update, a county race candidate in session, and a firemen meeting precede a horse race featuring Lady Weldon versus Grey Eagle at the Wingin races course next Sunday.
In a Humboldt era letter from Big Lake Washington Territory George W Leach recounts a rattlesnake encounter while with sheep near shale bluffs. He describes stalking a den, the dogs reaction, a near strike two inches from his foot, and a later expedition where Jim killed thirty snakes and they killed nineteen more.
Fort McDerrarr September 1 1880 one of the first prospectors Major Harman W Watson J L O'Donnell Sam King Jos Weir and others report Pueblo mines ninety miles from Mill City in the Puello range with ledges four to forty feet wide cropping out for 8 miles and visible for 12 miles Thousands of tons lie on surface yielding assays of 3 percent copper plus gold and silver Deep ore shows $20 gold $30 silver and 53 percent copper The mines may become the world’s largest copper district with capital investment. Jas Weir now in San Francisco shipped ore and holds a U S patent for two claims indicating rich potential
A reader notes that the Postmaster General has not stated the change will occur without increased distance or pay. The writer’s claim is contradicted by the original Postal Department order to the mail contractor, which specifies otherwise.
The Central Pacific palace car California was sent east from Ogden to San Francisco for President Hayes and party. A special train is planned to pass here at six o clock tomorrow morning instead of the earlier regular schedule. Major General McDowell and two staff officers rode ahead to meet the party.
Garfield and Arthur Club to meet at Oriental Hall at 7 30 this Monday evening. Address by R W Wood on the Chinese question with reasons and explanations. President BR Woan, Secretary Ferro Rrep.
Hal's Vegetable Sicilian hair restorative hawked as a hair dye and scalp treatment promises color, dandruff cure, and nourishment with long lasting effects and rare applications. It claims medical endorsement and state assay approval, noting global popularity across civilized seas.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Mrs Wisstow's Soonmaxnea Syrup for teething pain in infants. It claims quick relief, calming effects, and safe, pleasant taste. The piece touts a 25 cent price and notes it is prescribed by seasoned female physicians and nurses in the United States.
A meeting of the Eagle Base Ball Club is set for Wednesday at 7:30 PM at Oriental Mall. The notice highlights a new grocery shipment at C. Coesowern’s cash store with low prices, and promotes Levy & Co and F.C. Romy shops offering goods for cash, including sugar, coffee, dry goods, and clothing, with emphasis on low margins and value.
An advertisement asserts Shilohs Consumption Cure cures common and chronic coughs in half the time and relieves asthma bronchitis whooping cough croup and consumption more than competitors. It promises pleasant use and a guarantee. Pricing 10 50 and 1. Also touts Hs Porous Plaster sold by A DaSanssura Druggist.
An explicit storefront advertisement touts Shiloh's Vitalizer for digestive woes and a broad tobacco lineup including New Deal Navy and Gold Nugget. It also promotes Everybody's Baking Powder, Levy & Co's Ideal, and Fairbank's Lard from F.C. Bonr's, stressing quality and personal inspection.
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