Local Notes and Updates From Nevada Towns
Miss Alice Minor returns to Battle Mountain while Joseph Hill travels from Lovelock. The Nevada editors plan a Reno press association on Sept. 25. Gertie Abel goes to Reno for the state university. The Mining Record in Victor, Colorado now has Hugh J. Mohan as editor. Rev. J. H. N. Williams is reassigned to Modesto, California. A call for home printing and street cleaning reminders appears amid local incidents including a jail cell murder case updates and a shooting near Charleston in Elko County with injuries to Sam Jones and J. H. Call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Jones
Sacramento
Paradise
Nevada
Reno
Gertie Abel
Toll House
State University
Hugh J. Mohan
Victor
Colorado
J. H. N. Williams
M. E. Church
Modesto
Cal
Pacific Grove
Lander County
Joe Gilbert
Austin Reveille
Joe
Lafayette Hotel
Joseph Germain
Mardis
Elko County
Sam Jones
J. H. Call
Charleston
Call
Jones
Carl
Fire at Paradise burns hay and alfalfa on Harvey Bros ranch
Fire at Paradise morning of Sept. 16 1895 destroyed four stacks about 500 tons of hay and about 100 tons of standing alfalfa across 700 acres. H Harvey injured on crutches. Fire started by H Harvey Jr on ranch, town residents aided but damage occurred before help arrived. Harvest and market outlook noted with Silver State flouring mills delayed. Also notes SP shop layoffs in Oakland and Lincoln county couple seeking license delayed marriage in Ely. Tobacco ban on Boston & Maine workers cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janapise
H. Harvey
J. R. Harvey
Harvey Bros
ColrisronpEst
Smallpox Light Form Reported at Indian School
The Indian school has a contagious skin disease likely varioloid a mild form of smallpox. Precautions are being taken and there is virtually no danger to the public or cause for alarm according to the Carson Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Tribune
How to Run a Newspaper
A reader offers a satirical view on managing a town paper. He envisions no party fireworks, supports free silver at sixteen to one, and women’s suffrage. He would drop deadhead subscribers, charge cash in advance, and monetize all advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News
Grain Rate Reductions Planned by California Commission
The California railroad commission adopted a plan to cut general freight rates on the Southern Pacific by about 2b percent. Preparations for a new tariff schedule begin this week and reductions in grain rates may take effect immediately. Appeals over legality of the action are expected as the commission works toward a new rate plan within months.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Southern Pacific Company
Train Service
Western Division
California
Santa Rosa
Calistoga
Sacramento
Stockton
San Jose
Mendota
San Joaquin Valley
New York
California Railroad Commission
Stanton
Railroad Commission
Printing contract awarded for Cotton States exposition tickets
The Globe Ticket Company of Philadelphia receives the contract to print thousands of daily admission tickets for the Cotton States and International Exposition. Thirty thousand tickets of each daily series will be printed, with multiple series usable in a single day to meet surges in admissions. A massive shipment of tickets will be produced. The notice also promotes Syrup of Figs as a laxative and advertises shoes available in Winnemucca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Ticket Company
Philadelphia
America
Comstock Chollar Mine Yields Ore and Bullion Figures
The Virginia Chronicle reports at the Comstock Chollar Mine that on the 6th floor south stopes, ore shows 10 feet by 0.5 feet in a 65 foot long raise below the 650 level. Forty two tons and one thousand pounds were shipped to the Nevada mill this week, with ore averaging 2679 dollars per ton car sample. On the 12th, two bars of bullion valued at 648,171 dollars were shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Virginia Chronicle
Chollar
Nevada
Catarrh Cure ads and local notices from 19th century paper
Classic mix of patent medicine pitches and local notices. Advertisers promise cures and premiums, with claims about Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Community notices include irrigation pumping schedules and a clothing shop promotion.
Retired Proprietor Sells Old Corner Saloon
Announcement that the Old Corner saloon business is sold to Messrs. Piper and Wrede who will continue operations. Extra notices include catalogued tools at cost, coffee and tea discounts, rental offer for a hill dwelling, and various advertisements for groceries, fruit boxes, and legal blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Piper & Wrede
Clawl. C. N. Wannace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Minor
Battle Mountain
Joseph Hill
Lovelock
B.C. Drum
Salt Lake
Lafayette
Charles Sontag
California Society For the Prevention of
Vaughan
Austin
Supreme Court
Fire
Harvey Brothers
White Pine News
Lincoln County
Ely
Boston & Maine Railroad
California Fig Syrup Co
Winnemucca
Scumier
Boor & Sitor Srome
U.S
Hall
F. J. Cheney &C
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Boston Art Co
Golconda
Suanday
Sl3tf
M. Hofman
E. Reinhart & Co
Hood
Arilla
Ayer
J. Roveow
BE. Remuanr & Co
A. Kleinhans
Epicure
Kleinhans
Trythem
Mlétf
Staunton’s
Pioneer
alGwl
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
J. & F. Martell
Cordelia Wine Co
Magnolia
Paul Laverga SR
Wintemucca
N. Owen
C. A. Lagrave
Castle Gate
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