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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1898
Page
4
May day arrives with scarce hay and blooming frit trees while fishing in the Truckee is good. District Court sits at Stillwater next Tuesday. various locals travel to Reno, Carson, and Sacramento. War talk, pow wows at Pyramid Lake, and a long list of local notices, sports, and curiosities fill this fragmented weekly scene.
A Blydet Weelnowluy gathering proposes an exhibit on White Pine county resources and public projects for the Oniiti exposition. The report notes mining prospects, a Capitol bandstand in Carson for summer concerts, and a Reno wedding followed by a frontier ambiance.
An 1880s advertisement asserts deafness results from a blocked Eustachian tube and that Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing. It promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured, urging readers to request circulars from Cheney & Co of Toledo and noting availability through local druggists.
Women flock to Misa Yank millinery as display hats draw attention. The show window features elaborate designs and well arranged arrangements, inviting shoppers to admire the latest headwear.
On sale now at Grinwold's with summer dress fabrics in varied patterns and prices. Lace torchon valenciennes and novel ties, shoes and ties, new brown vesting tops, shirt waists. Your inspection is invited.
Wadeworth sole agent JOHN LEE offers Thompson's Glove Fitting Corset with a heat one dollar corset on the Coast. Public notice promotes the product and its regional availability.
Griswold's offers a cash clearance on dry goods furnishing's clothing ladies' and men's shoes and related items at large discounts below regular price, aiming to clear stock for spring goods. Visitors are invited to inspect deals as prices may equal or fall below San Francisco wholesale costs.
Traveling agents imply persistent pressure to buy locally with same prices and premiums. Readers are urged to leave money in town and avoid ordering through outsiders, as agents claim to offer equivalent terms via the dispatch or port offices.
Aily Tassell relays word from Oiinadesise about a string of several thousand dollars in ore found Wednesday by Norrie and Provtor. The note suggests a potential price rise as substantial quantities of ore, worth around $1,000, turn up. Four or five tons of ore are said to run several hundred dollars per ton, indicating strong demand.
War induced price list from Richmond Virginia dated December 1 1463 shows apples per barrel 450 to 75 dollars bacon per tb 2 th lo ris beans per bushel 15 to 20 butter 350 to 2 re per lb coffee 9 10910 per lb corn 11 to 18 per bushel corn meal 4 per bushel cheese 4 50 and 7 per lb tallow complex 875 to 4 per lb flour per barrel 100 to 103 hay 12 per 100 lb hard 2.00 to 2.80 per lb whiskey 65 to 475 per gallon molasses 15 to 16 per gallon nails per keg 110 to 130 onlong 30 per bushel
The undersigned will open a meat market on Sunday in May at the shop now occupied by the Wadsworth Commercial Company on Main Street. They emphasize the Wadsworth Commercial Co will have no interest in the business and deny any contrary statements as false, while soliciting public patronage and promising to please customers.
For travel use Syrup of Fige to keep kidneys liver and bowels balanced. Prevents fever headaches and sickness on journeys. Sold in bottles by leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Disvatron Pus issues notices demanding immediate payment from subscribers with old accounts. Bills will be sent to all in arrears and must be settled within thirty days after receipt of the statement. April 30th, 1898.
The piece outlines subscriber duties to avoid liability including continuing without notice, publisher rights to collect arrears after discontinuation, responsibility for unclaimed papers, and moving without informing, with courts deeming refusal to take papers as prima facie fraud and prepaying subscribers needing clear notice to stop at term end.
Reports cite bombardment of Cardenas by Captain Sampson's fleet with details unavailable. A collision among the Spanish fleet forces several vessels to head for repairs. The Naval Strategy Board urges seizing the Canary and Balearic Islands as bases if Spain won’t cross the Atlantic, and states war end requires attack on Spain at home.
Scott's Emulsion is a strengthening food and tonic noted for its flesh forming properties. It contains cod liver oil emulsified with hypo phosphites of lime and soda, claimed to greatly increase potency.
An antique advertisement asserts Scott's Emulsion prevents flesh loss across ages from infant to adult. It claims to enrich blood for anemia, stop coughing, heal throat and lung irritation, and cure incipient consumption, citing 25 years of experience in tens of thousands of cases. It urges purchasing for $1.00 from druggists and credits Scott & Downe as chemists in New York.
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