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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1893
Page
3
Local notes report visits by Wadsworth residents and outsiders, weather and silver politics talk, school and church events, farming markets, and community concerns. Included are travel updates, trade notes, and minor incidents from nearby towns, with emphasis on Wadsworth residents and regional affairs.
The Gazette notes meat prices hold steady with heavy steers high at 4 to 4.50, prime wethers up to 1.25, and small lambs around 0.83. Mutton is plentiful, hogs shipped more freely, and weekly kill totals reach about 2,500 cattle, 4,000 sheep, 800 hogs, 1,000 calves, and 1,000 lambs, all selling readily.
The text records rough notes on mining activity around Sacramento and Washoe City with talks of claims, negotiations, and preparations. It mentions John Hayes negotiating a claim, Spaniards from San Jose at preliminary work, prospects around White Horse, Ed Gregory commenting on Jim Blaine stock, Prospector Jackson visiting Washoe City, and Charlie and Deve Washeim planning the north extension of the Jim Blaine with timber on hand to proceed.
The Lundy locals note five men at work in the Sutro tunnel and discuss labor. They praise the Pope on labor questions and claim the White Horse mines near Wadsworth Nevada are rich and permanent. The San Francisco Examiner is criticized for wavering on the silver issue as silver remains a political topic.
An aged notice requests early ag convenients who owe W. T. Golding to walk to the old stand and settle the nine with the undersigned Mya W. T. Gotpina.
The Oils community mourns the sudden death of Captain A Bragg at his Weert street home just before 4 pm. He had helped arrange his grandchild Witile Hazel Bacon’s funeral the day before and collapsed beside the coffin. He was born in Chin Maine on August 31 1819 and moved to Nevada, leaving a wife six children all in Reno. The funeral plans will be announced later and he likely will be buried with Masonic rites. The column also notes silver coinage figures and a newspaper ethics brief, then local ads.
A Griswolds shop advertises Jowt reed at Griswolds a fine ladies wheat clit top for 250 dollars. It also cuts Jeanette French ai hgew price from 4.00 to 8.50, promoting discounts on assorted apparel.
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