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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1899
Page
3
A practical miner outperforms theoretical geologists, arguing that firsthand experience disproves the quartz gold depth myth. He cites Africa exploration where scientists failed but prospectors found profitable gold, showing science plus practice yields better results than theory alone.
In Macon Valley last Wednesday James West, twelve, was knocked down by a cow defending her calf. The herd trampled him until an old cow forced the others back and kept him safe until his parents arrived. The boy was taken home with a fractured thigh but survived. The article ends with advice on foresight and a Chamberlain remedy, urging prudent spending and stocking medicine.
Pat Wanswort Clinton announces a combination deal with the San Francisco Bulletin sharing full Associated Press and wire news. Subscriptions paid in advance cost 50 cents extra. six months cost 3.25, three months 1.75, 7 cents per month by mail. County subscribers receive news sixteen hours ahead of the San Francisco morning papers. The offer applies to both papers, with no deviation from terms. Local notices reference hunting rules and deliveries by carrier in Washeorth, Nevada.
Anecdotal ad style notes men’s illness from stomach and organ troubles and describes patent medicines from C. W. Kinney & Co. Drug Store as cures. Mentions trials of elixir for vitality and appetite, plus a political aside on ball control and a Civil War anecdote. Also includes a lurid aside about a Negro baby’s changing skin color.
A public note lauds Dr King’s New Discovery for giving away over ten million trial bottles and claims cures for coughs and lung ailments. It also reports a mining accident at Modoc mine near Victor Colorado where Charles Hetzke, 85, suffered severe injuries from a giant powder blast. The ad promotes the medicine’s health benefits and lists CG W Kinney & Co. Drug Store in a brief service line.
Public notice announces B B Poxren offers to search and prepare abstracts of Washoe County titles at reasonable rates from an office in Reno New including a box address 1368. The movement highlights availability to the general public for title record abstraction services.
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