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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1896
Page
4
Various short items from the region cover Fourth of July preparations in Carlin and Virginia City, Democratic conventions, local elections, and community updates. Mentions include Senator Jones’s possible visit, Moran of Illinois staying with relatives, and school trustees elected in Reno. Also notes on cattle, supplies, and business claims along with routine civic notices and social happenings.
Reno Gazette notes Wadworth plans a grand Fourth of July celebration with music by Hastings Brand Band and an oration by Dr J R Stable. The event features athletic challenges, novel games by Indians, and preparations to host visitors from nearby towns, with emphasis on patriotic spirit and state pride.
A high profile Canadian, Scottish American, and American artists headline a charity concert in Wadsworth on Wednesday night to benefit the Cemetery Fund. Miss MKenai, Miss Fellow, and Miss Hortham Reilly bring vocal, violin, and piano performances, with praise for Miss Fellow as a leading lady violinist and the piano artist formerly Court Pianist to Governor Lord Dery. Proceeds promise a generous donation if the expected crowd attends.
Th. HM. Meek announces a complete gold and silver ore milling and concentrating plant to be added to the Union Pounileysed Iron Works in Reno. The system will process low grade ores at lower costs, with capacity of twenty five tons per day. The update promises cheaper milling, improved ore treatment, and broader ore handling for local miners.
Fraternal groups are invited to Memorial Day exercises at Fraternal Hall on Saturday May 30 at 1 PM. The notice lists Amerisia Lo Stet and others as committee members. Also included is an unrelated wood sale offering stove length wood at $5.50 per card and cord wood length at $4.50, with orders via W. C. Co.
A May 1896 notice stresses moral living and nourishment, touting a supply of healthy steers and mutton from Eastern Churchill and Lander counties, alfalfa feed on the Sink of Carson, grain-fed hogs from Carson River and Stillwater, with ham and bacon from Swift & Co. and corn-raised goods. It notes a loyal contract and a returning carter Billy Jones, urging customers to rely on their grocer near the same critic.
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