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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1894
Page
3
A late 19th undated item mix reports visits by Miss Danay Budden and Miss Lynn Smith, Republican club formation at Verdi, and various town observations in Wadeworth and Reno area. Mentions about March events, fairs, weddings, and local commerce. Also notes honey shipments, plumbing and social remarks, along with references to Nevada politics and the Midwinter Fair dispute.
Lem Allen reports in town on using three foot deep trenches twenty feet wide to capture rain water and grow grass for winter range. He notes vast acres of fine boned grass but water scarcity hindered value until trenches filled with runoff. Similar trenches are used in Arizona and Sam approved the venture.
A fragment from a New York Recorder verse set at Wadsworth portrays a playful exchange about money and fashion during Lent. The speaker counsels sobriety in dress and conduct while contrasting festive mischief with the season’s restraint.
A well dressed young man entered a downtown saloon and replaced his soiled shirt with a clean cravat from his coat, placing emphasis on immaculate linen as a rival style shifts public favor away from the dirty shirt necktie.
The stockholders of the Organ Com pany are all requested to meet at Fraver nal Hall this evening as business of portance will be transacted.
A garbled page fragment mixes anecdotes about a Boston bust and Philadelphia maiden, a Denver display of Nevada stones, a tale of Mollie and a runaway ram, and notices of new agateware and crockery. It reads as a patchwork parade of humorous items and short notices from various places.
At a Wadeworth Athletic Club meeting the charter will close March Tet. Dues rise from 2.60 to 5 for members after closure. By-laws and rules of order were adopted and to be published in the Devaren. The club reports itself in good working order.
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