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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1893
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes show two named express services, Weathound and East bound Express, with inconsistent times and destinations. Mentions Churchill county and Nevada hinges with weekly departures on Monday Wednesday Friday mornings and returns the following day, but details are garbled.
Saturday notes bustle with local jokes and warnings while Nevada politics and infrastructure shakeups unfold. Mentions Senator Stewart's re-election, a Reno park debate, Endowment Knights plans, irrigation bill talk, and a dispatcher notice on railroad wages. Local tales of sleighs, weather, and town slang pepper the page.
In Wadeworth Nevada J W Freeman protests state expenses. He argues population and taxable property are shrinking while ranches hire fewer workers. He contends state officers are overpaid and the Legislature sustains wasteful extravagance with many unnecessary attaches. Woodland Mail reaction noted.
A Miss Clara Finley hosted a Wednesday Apron Party at the Finley residence attracting leading young people of Wadsworth. Guests enjoyed three illuminated rooms, prizes for apron hemmers, music by Mrs Vergain and Misses Austin and Menevin, plus a luncheon before departing late. Names of attendees include O Hares, Griswold, Donelin, Finley, Curran, Austin, McNevin, and many others.
Report from Wadsworth Public Schools for January 1893 lists Roll of Honor primary grade students George Ashby Paul Crosby Wanda Eden Maud Simpson Helen Hettenhausen Ella Palmer and Roll of Honor grammar grade students Josie Wales Grace Evans Maud Blundell May Given Lilian Eaden. Principal A L Epe signs the document.
A fragmentary report from Carson Correspondence outlines Indiana Assembly actions on a Nicaragua Canal resolution, county commissioner election methods, livestock reporting duties, grand jury composition, and a $5,000 fire bond authorization. Limited leg actions referenced include the Pike amendment, county districts, and state mileage fixes.
The session records amendments to per diem for legislators from eight to seven then to four. bills on gambling restrictions, wild animal destruction, and a state banking law pass. Amendments address immediate effect and silver or gold payments, with several measures advancing in Senate and Assembly including salary reductions and park funding, plus a reduced mileage rate of 12 cents.
For sale a small house described as well located and inexpensive on the instrument plan. Apply by mail.
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