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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1896
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads as a weekly travel schedule for Canechlil county with Monday Wednesday and Friday references and names like Nevada and Florida. Reads poorly with misread phrases and nonsensical items.
Reading lists a string of local items from taxes due Monday to theater and minstrel show plans. Mentions numerous residents traveling, cattle shipments, political notices, weddings, and upcoming events across Reno, Elko, Genoa, Carson City, and surrounding towns with scattered names, dates, and places.
Crowds gathered at the Truckee river near the county bridge to watch Baptists perform baptisms. Rev. Mere Freeman conducted the immersion with a choir of twenty voices singing on shore. First to be immersed was Mrs J W Smith of Hot Springs, followed by Miss Powers and Miss Lizzie Borland from the same town. Dr T B Holmes attended the event.
The Ladis Aid Society will host its Annual Fair in Music Hall on Monday afternoon and evening December 14. A musical and literary program with tableaux will be featured, with a 10 cent admission in the evening only. The society expects a large attendance.
Report from White Plains lists student scores and names including Alice Rich and Jesse Smith. Notices include Dancing School at Music Hall weekly Wednesdays and Saturdays and social gatherings with times for Saburatay afternoon sessions and related classes.
A fragmented Reno scene notes a fashion photo shoot at The New Riversile Studio. Virginia Strent Hive Demelgees is mentioned, along with Demelgees noted for style and a new era of draperies.
The Ulucitionary Recital to be given Monday evening in Wadworth features Miss Etta Mae Wilson with the Wadworth Orchestra. Critics from Reno to San Francisco praise her natural dramatic readings and New England dialect selections. Tickets available at the Post Office.
A Dararen reporter noted E R Fealy and Mise Julia Cantan at the Palace Hotel and suspected a wedding. On Sunday Fealey wed Mise Cantan with J J Bite as groomsman and Miss Harrington as bridesmaid. Fealey, a druggist with Southern Pacific, is praised. the bride from Warsworth area plans a joyful, prosperous future.
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