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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1892
Page
3
Arrival and departure schedules for eight P trains shown with route names and times. Notes include eastbound and westbound trains with listed arrival times around midnight and afternoon. The column states departure points in Churchill county and weekly service from Nowale Mowry on Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings at 72 A.M. and returns the same day.
Miscellany of local items from Wadsworth including December library joiners, Christmas plans, weather cold snap with 13 degrees, Thanksgiving events, Reno trips, a grand ball at Music Hall in February, and road/telegraph issues during the storm. Mentions of K of P officers, local business activity, and civic chatter round out this compact roundup.
Jay Gould died yesterday at 11 a.m. The brief notice records the exact time of death and mentions only the name.
Exchange copy Tehachapi Tribune received. Mrs. G H Iyant sails Europe for a year yachting England Ireland. Prof H F Baker to take Truckee Republican Christmas. Ogden Weber approve 30009 bonus to lure Southern Pacific shops from Carlin Nevada and Terrace Utah to Ogden. contract signed. removal immediate.
Sir Knights are ordered to appear at the Armory in Castle Hall on Thursday evening December 6 1892 in full uniform for business of importance signed W H A Pike Sir Kt Lieut.
Fatal mining accident at the Comstork Kenosha tunnel leaves William Hughes and Ed Nettle blown to pieces. Bodies unrecognizable and limbs destroyed. Hughes loses both legs and a foot found twenty feet from the blast site. Both men leave wives and children.
The piece notes exams over and girls breathing freer. Bessie Whited and Zue Geory on sick list. Elna Evans becomes a full fledged school arm. Debates on water versus fire. Maa H. Kaden visited. reviews continue through Christmas.
The Vallego Chronicle records the funeral of Mrs Amanda Whitthorne formerly Miss Amanda Ayer of Reno. Rev Bollard led ceremonies at Cam Whitthorne’s home with interment in Union Cemetery. Pallbearers were George Roe Orvin Cooper L J Harrier A Fulton W Holgcumbe and James Tyree. Her life in Nevada lasted many years before marriage. She was born near Antioch Contra Costa County. She endured illness for years seeking to comfort husband and children. Her mother arrived to join the mourners. Gifts from friends signaled the esteem in which she was held.
Extracts from Deputy Babcock’s Journal detail June to August 1892 inspections of hatcheries and mills around Tahoe and Truckee. Highlights include rental request for hatchery house, sawdust disposal at mills, calls to prohibit dumping into rivers, local sportsmen club activity, and actions removing an Indian fish trap on Griff’s Creek. References to improvements in fishways and expectations of better piscatorial conditions on the Truckee River.
A note of gratitude to the people of Wadsworth for a substantial remembrance and generous help. Mesdaimes Whited and Fellnagle are thanked for their role in gathering support for a communal larder. The Rev and Mrs C L Fowerre express praise for Wadsworth and its big-hearted citizens. Pinniger's Drug Store promotes long reliability and asks readers to send orders.
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