Rural Listings and Local Notices From the Past
Classified snippets announce Frank Hammond offering pasture for cattle at 2 dollars per head monthly on Felfnale ranch. A five room house to rent on River streets for ten dollars monthly. A four room house near the school house for eight dollars, ten with furnishings. Whitney House promotes daily or monthly stays. Purchases include fencing, pine or redwood shingles, and lumber at Verdi and Reno. A notice warns trespassers to stay off premises with potential prosecution by T. G. Henstant. A quip about women telephone operators from Washington Star is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postollive
Verdi
Hunters Notice Warns Against Field Trespass on Ranches
A notice requests hunters to avoid entering the Tuilian and Hill ranches near Jake Hamilton's and Oll Place to shoot. It warns that wild cattle breakouts cause owner trouble and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hamilton
Oll Place
Precedence in England and Burglary Trends
A miscellany notes English table etiquette for royal titles and marriages and reports on modern burglary using new tools. It cites a Pearson's Weekly piece describing a Marseille bank theft with a steel saw and a Little Ras engine, yielding over £600 in minutes. It also mentions a joke about a young woman’s music lessons and a Washington Patents gag. The piece references England’s patent system and a Savannah fire of 1820.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sefe
Jimmy
Marseilles
Pearson's Weekly
Traveling Agents Urge Local Purchases At Office Post
A fragment urges residents to buy locally through the Weekly Examiner agents. It warns against ordering from traveling salesmen and promises the same prices and premiums if purchased in town. It directs orders to the Draraten Office or the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Examiner
Draraten
Post Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside Dairy
B. M. Shaber
Grand Central Hotel
Reno, Nevada
Mike
Whitney House
T. B. Whitney, Prop'r
Rugker
Caldpornia
Truckee
Andy Russell
J. G
Wadsworth
Nevada
Pat Yons
Wadsworth Saloon
D. Short
Wadsworth, Nevada
Fine Brands
Hum
Hia
E. P. Butler
Opera Hinee
Reno
AML
AMD
Yiboter
San Francisco
THE
Wadsworth Dispatch
Sfor
Carrier
the Dispatch
Ladies’ Journals
Dispatch Office
Frank Hammond
Felfnale Ranch
Hoos von Rust
C. Wallstab
Truckne
T. G. Henstant
Washington Star
Pense
Bk, Ouwenovse
England
Knights of the Garter
Commanders of the Bath
Knights of the Bath
Companions
Order of the Bath
Esquires
Knighte of the Bath
Knights of the ‘Garto
Talshte
Innights Bachoora
Aequires
Philadelphia Ledger
Savannah
Railroad Saloon
Devor
Winnemucca
Good Lodging Department
Baron & Sam
Beat Cooke
B. Klucny
Prop
Scientific American Agency For
VEATS
Oona Saece
Hadi Mann & CO
Bel Brosowar
New York
Jidest Bureau
America
E, Olinghouse
Wasnor County
Lonkey
J. F.condon
O. Lonny
J. F. Conpox
C. C. Ponsina
East Lake
Appness
Verdi Mili, CO
Venpt
Nevana
J.g.axling
Gtanantern Finet-Clars
W. T. Golding
Practical Boot and Shoe Maker
Wealer
J. M. McCormack
Arble and
Granite,Monuments, Beadstomes&te
C. D. Horman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!