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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1895
Page
4
Cool pleasant weather ushers in a busy period with visitors such as Mita Pearl Mclean and Ton Allen arriving from San Francisco. Local notes mention town happenings, court in Reno next week, mining tunnel work, school pensions in Missouri, river water prospects, and lady visitors from British Columbia.
A large Catholic congregation in Pike's Hall last Sunday prompts talk of building a church in Wadsworth. Even a humble chapel is seen as needed for services and Sunday school. Residents are urged to contribute to the effort, with local leaders hoping for broad support to begin erection soon.
An oblique 19th century standup piece critiques women s dress and beauty standards, debating whether to expose or conceal female bodies and questioning the role of gendered expectations. It cites Lizzie Stanton and A J Witterhouse, reflecting era attitudes on femininity and dress.
Father Kennelly reports DeLamar shows potential as a mining camp with 176 workers under the DeLamar Company and 25 at the April Fool mine. The Monitor and Jill Crow mines run on a tree fissure vein, ore reserves could keep the mill for five years. large ore shipments yielded $15,000. Despite 16 saloons, town life is orderly, and Capt. DeLamar offers $4,000 for a public school if citizens match.
For sale a well built four room house with a good yard and shade trees. Premises include a reliable well and solid outbuildings. Furniture nearly new of first quality, negotiable with the house. Inquire at Dinearcr office early.
A description notes a small family residence with heat for a home partially furnished, offering hot and cold water, bath and all conveniences. Inquiries directed to Disravcu Union.
Mrs Ward announces in Wadeworth that she has accepted a few piano pupils and seeks to enlarge her class. She cites high testimonials from the Leipz ig Conservatory in Germany and includes professional singers from San Francisco. Languages German and French taught. Residence over Diararen office.
Those indebted to the Star Route Reetairiu are urged to settle accounts with Mra WT Gobins of the Wordsworth Hotel Ynivlor.
The article notes measurements of water in major Nevada rivers, detailing flows in the Walker, Truckee, and Carson rivers. It cites figures of inches in the river, irrigation withdrawals, and seasonal changes, with低 water conditions below Lovelock and variable flows near Lake Tahoe.
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