18 May 1878
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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1878
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet notes Ward's Building on Maly Street across from Halpin's Store. No dates or further details available.
At the Academy of Mosto on Wednesday night the Diamond Lady wore a satin gown with an overskirt of diamonds and pearls. Her jewels, weighing an estimated fifty pounds, were valued between 150000 and 200000 dollars, drawing gasps from the Seventh Regiment crowd and prompting police caution as she moved through the ballroom.
The will of W B O'Brien filed with the Probate Court directs executors J C Flood and James Coleman to convert all property to cash and pay debts then distribute specific sums to relatives and Catholic and Protestant asylums In case of shortfall the bequests are paid in full Proceeds exceeding bequests go to sisters Maria Coleman and Kate McDonough with shares to their children If survivors die shares revert to heirs Followed by editorial critique on long words and moral morale about crime and truth in language
A jealous lover in Dodge County Neb faced murder when his fiancée’s suitor, Joe Larridge, was shot and killed as they rode home. The killer fled town, was tracked by a ring-bearing clue to Port Duncan, and captured near Pero. Also included are weather and political notes on trade winds, European affairs, and a German duchess.
A banker in a smoking car on the Bouton and Providence Railroad encounters a sharp reply from a burly man who objects to his cigar. The conductor is asked to remove the challenger as the dispute escalates, with the banker defending his right to smoke and the other man pressing for removal amid insinuations of propriety and class. A Boston baggage note and a Cincinnati Breakfast Table remark are also referenced as scandalous or humorous digressions.
Delinquent sale notice appears with partial readable names and places in California. The fragment mentions Pope trasinras, Francisca, and local households facing a tax or lien action. Details are obscured but indicate a public auction or sale to recover debts.
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