Local News Bits From a Nevada Town Page
Items note visitors and departures including J W Marks and P Defenbaugh from Cane Springs Myrtle Grayson to Stockton Mrs Joseph O Neal and two children from Rye Patch John Croas and Thomas Morris to Lovelock Mrs Peter Woolcock and sister Annie Fellows returned to Mill City Snakes reported at Rye Patch Ormady tax list shows a $58855 drop in assessed valuation Earthquake toll in Honduras 300 killed Catholic service in Reno San Francisco claims Marian Jones Nevada tennis champion Track and railroad work near San Joaquin valley cholera in Hawaii Silver State orchestra meeting at Armory Hall Ford A Carpenter named honorary member of AAAS Alice Hobart and Winthrop Lester wedding in San Francisco Grand Army encampment in St Paul Nebr Sen Thurston ill at Hailey Idaho fair proposal at Winnemucca hotel Granulated gold claim dispute near South Camp can be relocated Ex Congressman Bryan to speak in Reno new pipe laid to lower Bridge Street Mortgage filed for Sierra Valley railroad to California Safe Deposit trust Reno named as terminus Railroad plans may extend to Surprise valley Lakeview Oregon and Sierra Mohawk valleys with Reno as rail hub
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Honduras
Central America
Kiely
San Francisco Call
Marian Jones
Nevada
John P. Jones
San Joaquin Valley
Hawaii
Silver State Orchestra
Armory Hall
Ford A. Carpenter
Carson
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Alice Hobart
Winthrop Elwin Lester
Jones
San Francisco
Grand Army
St. Paul
Minn
Louisville
T. N. Walker
Indianapolis
Thurston
Nebraska
Hailey
Idaho
Shearer
Sierra Valley Railroad Company
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Reno
Surprise Valley
Lakeview
Oregon
Sierra
Mohawk Valleys
California
Carson & Colorado
Portland
San Diego
Pompeii influence on modern canning discovered
A Pompeii find revealed ancient preserved figs in a pantry jar, heated and wax sealed to release steam. The method inspired early fruit canning here, with many home canners now preparing tomatoes and peaches using techniques dating back to Pompeii, about 20 centuries ago.
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Pompeii
Why Drunkards See Double And Mining News From Spokane
A discussion on drunkenness links double vision and staggering to optic nerve and brain center changes from alcohol. The Northwestern Miners Association forms in Spokane to protect mining interests and share information, not to run an exchange. Local pickle merchants report sagehene shipments to San Francisco with big bags of birds. Syrup of Figs advertises safety and genuine product from California Vig Syrup Co. Old Corner saloon sold to Piper and Wrede.
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Northwestern Miners’ Association
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Battle Mountain Central Nevadan
Regent Starrett
Cyril Miles
Dan Pickett
California
California Vig Syrup Co
Population of Hell and the Christian Fire Punishment
An English Freethinkers piece surveys a controversial tally of souls saved or damned since creation. It cites a 6,000 year chronology, estimates 177 billion born souls, 159 billion in hell, 18 billion saved if all Christians were saved, and concludes with a stark 200 billion in hell under Calvinist doubt about true believers.
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Freethinkers' Magazine
Adam
Christ
Man
Earth
Globe
Hell
Heaven
Pear trees spark political quarrel in Carson tale
The Carson Appeal recounts boy readers urging Senator Stewart to uproot Bartlett pears planted outside his fence to avoid a stomach ache, while inside the fence the fruit remains desirable. The piece blends local politics with a peevish garden feud and hints at an organized anti Stewart club in the second ward.
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Stewart
Carson Appeal
Carson
Bartlett
Paris Ellis
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Sacramento
J. W. Marks
P. Defenbaugh
Cane Springs
Myrtle Grayson
Stockton
Joseph O'Neal
Rye Patch
John Croas
Thomas Morris
Lovelock
Peter Woolcock
Annie Fellows
Mill City
Winnemucca
South Camp
Pickler
Bryan
Bridge Street
Rougon
Miners
Shipping Sagehene
The
Messrs
Piper & Wrede
Wannace
Durrant
Charleton
Blanche Lamont
Henry Shermount
Larkin
Mission
Ninth Streets
Lees
G. P. Dorgan
Alice Pleasant
Blanche
Powell
Lanigan
Miss Pleasant
Vogel
Martin Quinlan
Leake
Hal
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O . Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Hood
E. Reinhart & Co
Boston Art Co
Golconda
J. Boreos
M. Hofman
Scumier
Boor & Suez
Ayer
Alstf. E. Retwuart & Co
A. Kleinhans
Staun_ton
Pioneer
Alewt
Hall
W. A. Brown
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
U.S. Gov't Report
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