Susie Saves Lives from Indian Attacks in Nevada
News of the state in brief reports Susie the Plate, a Niña Indian war ally, aided whites at Camp Crook during the Stein Mountain clash era. The piece notes Susie’s age around 85 to 90, her local memory in Lakeview, and the broad impact of her timely warning that potentially saved hundreds of lives. It also covers mining notes from Nevada including kaolin deposits, asphalt finds in Utah, mine operations near Reno, and railroad infrastructure near Virginia City.
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Susie
Plate
Stein Mountain
Pete French
Camp Warner
Crook
Lakeview
Local and personal news items from Ogden and surrounding areas
Local note: W R White of Ogden staying at the Lafayette and others arriving from Golconda Paradise and St. Louis. Residents, drummers and machinists pass through, a wash house roof catches fire but is quickly extinguished. Also includes an 1886 affidavit for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming payment for uncured cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. White
Ogden
Lafayette
PF. Silve
Golconda
Stewart
St. Louis
De Quille’s Mount Davidson electric rail and observatory plan
The Virginia Enterprise recalls Dan De Quille’s earlier dream of a Mount Davidson railway using electric power to haul cars to the summit. He proposed a hotel and an observatory atop the mountain with a dam and artificial lake behind it. Eastern contractors viewed the project as feasible.
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Dan de Quille
Virginia Enterprise
Dan
Mount Davidson
Lick
Mount Hamilton
California
Eastern Contractors
Mining Suit Over Granite Creek Mine Ownership
A suit in the District Court involves Adrian and Marie Bernard versus J W Sallender and W B Sallender over the Granite Creek mine. Plaintiffs claim possession through April 4 and seek 2000 in damages plus return of the property. District Attorney Van Duzer represents the plaintiffs. J A Langwith the defendants. A runaway incident near the post office ends with no injuries after a horse and buggy excursion.
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Granite Creek
Golconda
Adrian
Marie Bernard
J. W
W. B. Sallender
Granite Creek District
Sallenders
van Duzer
J. A. Langwith
R. P. Hoy
Bridge Street
Aguinaldo
Called Masonry Meeting Scheduled for September 30
PF. & A. M. announces a called meeting on Saturday night September 30 for conferring the first degree in Masonry. Full attendance requested. By order of the W. M.
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W. M
Power Plant Survey to Begin for Truckee River Line
Mr Zadig announced in Virginia City that surveying for the poles to carry power from the Truckee River General Electric line to the Comstock will start immediately. Floriston power plant work is advancing toward completion, with electric power expected to revive nearby mining districts including Silver City Flowery and Jumbo where low grade ore could be profitably processed with cheap motive power.
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Virginia Chronicle
Zadig
Truckee River
Jumbo
You May Bend the Sapling but Not the Tree
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for chronic disease early signs and blood weakness. It claims the medicine regulates the whole system and never disappoints, promoting Hood's pills as a family cathartic. The notice also advertises a sale in Golconda around September 25 featuring 400 yearling and two year old bucks of Spanish and Delano breed by WM Huffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Golcanda
WM. D. Huffman
Shiloh's Cure Advertised With Longstanding Guarantee
A newspaper notice promotes Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure as a proven cure for colds and consumption with a special positive guarantee lasting over fifty years. Also appears a separate trespass warning from the N L Cattle Company signed by James Sloan and superintendent.
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Shiloh
Eagle! Drug Store
Notice of Daily Water Shutoffs by Water Department
Water consumers are informed that water will be shut off daily from Second and Third streets from 9 A M to 4 P M. From all the movies the shutoff runs 10 A M to 3 30 P M and again 6 P M to 5 30 A M. Please prepare. Joseph Rougon Supt of W W W.
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Churchill—Mill
C. H. Grey
Carson
Washington
Treasury Department
Reno
Sadler
Jones and
Nevada
William Hartung
Otto Hartung
Manila
Thirteenth Infantry
Jackson
School of Mines
the State University
Supreme Court
Attorney Cutting
W. W. Coleman
R. Kirman
Steamboat Springs
Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
James Cotton
Western Meat Company of
San Francisco
P. 8
Jensen
Austin Reveille
Battle Mountain
Oregon
8. C. Beach
Portland Telegram
Churchill County
New York
Utah
Cortez
Cohen
de la Mar
Barnes & Anderson
Inyo County
Cal
West Crown Point Gold and Silver Mill and Mining Company
Crown Point Ravine
Virginia City
Boyd
Palmer Mountain
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Dull Pen
J. W. Driver
Paradise
W. G. Dwyer
Walter Read
George H. Greenfield
G. W. Summerfield
Evans Ranch
Felix Coblentz
H. Jacobson
George Yangen
M. J. McVeigh
Wadsworth
Round House
Idaho Volunteers
State
Boise City
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas Courly
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
DE Quille
Comstock
A. M
Floriston
N. L. Cattle Company
James Sloan
Andm
Joseph Rougon
Palace Saloon
P. B. Roberts
Old Hermitage
Cyrus Noble
Jesse Moore
Roomea
Schlitz XXX Porter
John Diehl
Winnemucca
Nev
Satisfaction Guarente
Geo. Berk
Felix Poulin
International Favor
R.D. Santina & CO
Wil, Bonniald
Golconda, New
D. J. Hadley
Winnemucca Jewelry Company
W. EB. Campbell
Diehl’s Book Store
Winnemuco
Sven Bint Tanen
San Pranciaco
C. Diehl
Humboldt River
Humboldt
O. Reil
Winnemucca, Nevada
Rot Cede
Winnemuet
Paradise, Nevada
General Merchandise
Bucke
Jowers
Hollingsworth
Kentucky
Alfonso Pasquale
P. A. Pinson
Sencca Golconda, Nev
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