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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1893
Page
3
Local notes report Winnemucca 20 saloons, residents seeking police roles, meetings at Fraternal Hall, and travel to Reno. Teachers, entertainers, and clubs are active with Institute attendance, Thanksgiving visits, and charitable events. Community stories include arrivals, sicknesses, and local commerce and news from nearby towns.
A pleasant event at Conductor M A Melvin’s residence honored Miss Flora Melvin. Prizes included engraved shovels and a bottle of ketchup. guests listed include M A Melvin, J H Whited, J S Raitt, and Flora Melvin. The evening featured cards, lunch, socializing, a fortune telling booth, recitations, solos, duets, a chorus, and abundant refreshments followed by dancing. Special thanks go to Mrs. George for her efforts.
A jumble of names and rumors hints at upcoming marriages and social revelations involving Al Gregory Miss Bessie Whited Miss Clara Finley and others. An Amity Lodge election is detailed with officers named for a term starting January 1 1804. Buckingham's Dye advertised as grizzly-beard solution and daily examiner requests noted along with Griawold's sugar offer.
A large farewell gathering hosted by Mn and Mr J at the George home lit with festive glow. Despite long hours the event featured progressive euchre with twelve tables, music by Mrs Curran, and songs by Besgie Whited Cecil McNevin and Amy Plummer. Notable attendees included Mesdames Macpherson McNevin Curran Whited Pope Crosby Huston George Kamm Baden Melvin McLinne Fuller Fellnagle Hampton Budden Arnstein Raitt Gearg Fowler McCullough Richardson Stirling and many others.
School report for Clark's Station Public School covering the month ending November 24 1893. Enrollment figures list 6 boys and 8 girls totaling 9 with 6 visitors. Names appear as Hoxom Jessie Hill Arthur Turner Maud Hill Barah Hill Clara Hill Maurice Fitzgerald Mawis F Laws and teacher is Mawis F. Laws.
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