News Notes In Brief
Geo. Ashby was down from Sparks yesterday. Rev. T. L. Bellam had business here Tuesday. Mrs. J. A. McDonald spent yesterday in Sparks. Mrs. Wm. Murphy is spending a few days at Sparks.
16 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1904
Page
1
Geo. Ashby was down from Sparks yesterday. Rev. T. L. Bellam had business here Tuesday. Mrs. J. A. McDonald spent yesterday in Sparks. Mrs. Wm. Murphy is spending a few days at Sparks.
Miss Maud Patterson visits Reno society in Sparks and Olinghouse Canyon hosts a miners dance on December 30. A remarkable gold find near Shady Run placer, led by D Cozzens and others, yields colors valued at 400 to 800 per ton as Curly the dog aids the scene. Local figures and visitors from Reno Sparks and San Francisco are noted alongside railroad officer updates and a 1903 Oreana murder case defense.
A remote family describes accidents and wounds and advises stocking Buklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy. The ad promotes the salve for burns cuts ulcers and other injuries and lists a 25 cent price at Wadsworth Drug Co.
J C Pilcher a machine shop employee was badly injured early yesterday while guiding an engine frame. His left hand fingers were caught between the frame and an anvil. doctors treated him and he was taken to the San Francisco railroad hospital to attempt saving the mangled fingers. Also announces the Miners Union dance at Ol ing house Friday night December 30.
Jas Farrel, accused of robbing canal laborer Alex Marks and attempting to drown him near Camp 6, was bound over after a preliminary examination. Marks, badly injured, survived with a broken arm and skull fracture. Farrel made no statement and awaits grand jury action.
A Citizens Association committee and the Wadsworth Light and Power Company aim to secure water protection after the machine shops are removed. The railroad will keep the pump connected and powered via the switch engine. Residents will be asked to pay twenty five cents monthly to help fund the system, with local merchants supplying most funds.
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