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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1892
Page
2
An editorial argues for buying locally to strengthen the economy and the Mormon community on the Truckee. It cites higher costs of distant goods, the value of home commerce, and the benefits of circulating money within the local ranching and merchant networks.
To Our Advertisers announces crowding of new ads in this issue and promises those advertisements will appear next week due to the large amount of reading matter in this issue.
A group of citizens held a small feast featuring a roasted pig. Chas Lewis supplied pig and Browning hosted drinks with Bill Nichols providing materials. Charles Slaughter killed the pig and stored it in Nichols ice safe. The following day Brooks McClane Geo Hille and Jno George joined for a second gathering.
Summer 1888 saw ground broken for a new railroad town site at Wadsworth Nevada. The article celebrates the growth, churches, hotels, stores, residences, and rail facilities, noting the engineers and mechanics library association founded in 1874 and housed in a dedicated library building with 2600 volumes, historic portraits, and a green lawn surrounding the round-house site.
The Wadworth library, framed by elm shade, offers five volumes per resident and a welcoming光 filled hall. President Gu. H. Hunt presides while Rev. Shas. L. Kitchett serves as Librarian. A history of local fraternal societies will appear in the next issue.
The Deror Surry Store stocks fresh oysters with Booths Extra Selects noted as always available.
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