Advertising Locals Promoting Baths and Goods
Local notices advertise bar sales and bath tickets at half a dollar. Dr B F Thompson announces dental services forthcoming in nearby corner shop. Fresh ranch butter sold at 50 cents per roll and ranchers at 3 dozen for a dollar. Property for sale includes a central cottage with improvements. Wood for sale, delivered to any town part, with short seasoned hardwood offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F.thompson
Reng
Axling
Thompson
R. H. Cowles
Stationery Confectionery Stock Ledger Entry
A fragment from a stationery shop note lists a fresh stock of Freeh Candies and Snne, plus a single Miret-Cliss group of Cidars. mentions locations Walling and Wadawurt and references various partial product names and an unclear date.
Memorable Blind Deaf Boy Quoting Scripture in Kentucky
Louisville Post reports on Harry William Balsam Freeman, a deaf and blind mulatto boy living in a Kentucky backwoods community. Despite mockery, he has learned every Bible chapter from a missionary letter Bible and can quote verses swiftly. He aims to teach blind children and pursue further studies with collective support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Shannon's Creek
Helen Kellar
Kentucky
Aninny
Harry William Balsam Freeman
Louisville Post
Novel horse trading in Arcola ends with odd barter
Arcola Illinois man Bla Hargal Brunk Devore owned a horse wagon and harness used for odd jobs. He traded the outfit for five ham sandwiches from John Shea of North Oak street after a joking banter. The horse later ate corn and the next day Devore took 26 cents to relinquish the animal. He then sold the outfit to a peddler for $1.81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Devore
Urs
John Shew
North Oak Street
Shea
Loona
Main Street
Lonin Post-Dispatch
Klondike Compared With California
The Klondike and California are contrasted with a Mining Journal note casting doubt on Yukon riches. It cites labor of 8,000 to 4,000 men yielding at least one ounce daily, arguing home toil earns more over five years than chasing Klondike wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
California
Engineering and Mining Journal
Yukon
Startling Announcement Shocks Congregation
A New York Times report notes Apamoris inmana startled his congregation with a message about their quarterly meeting next Sunday. He said the Lord would be with them in the morning gorvion and the presiding elder in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apamoris Inmana
Gorvion
New York
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Mens
Oriss
H.C. D
Price
Oxfords
Laird, Schobe & Co
John B. Stetson & Co
J. Sunderland
Reno, Nevada
the Dispatch Office
Barna
E. Olinghouse
the Whitney
Cat
Jay Deard
Wadsworth
Desirect
HST
CDOT
Olry
Poryuar
Sirfelly
Pear
J. A. Gregory, Prop'r
Vege
Riverside Dairy
B. M. Shaber
Proctor Ranch
Wadsworth, Nevada
W. Sanders
Undertaker
Reno
Nevada
J. F. Crosby
Wyntsworth
Bis
WM. Craic
Virginia Street
Gazette Office
Reno, Nev
Iana
Verdi
County
Verdi Mule O
Vicenr, Sievana
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