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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1893
Page
3
Teeming brief items report: Piutes harvest pine nuts this season while the World Fair nears October 30. Miss Lizzie Cornell’s mother dies in Sacramento, typhoid deaths rise at Lovelock, dignitaries attend the Board of Equalisation in Keno, and locals travel to Reno for duty.
Cattlemen estimate cattle numbers between Reno and Death Valley at about 20 000 head, a sharp drop from last year. Carson Valley reports horse disease spreading to Maxon and Smith valleys with symptoms including drooling, ear droop, and swollen legs. Disease is episodic and not contagious. affected animals should be kept in a worn area and given tepid water and rest.
A rambling tale recalls townsfolk desiring to escape Waxda by visiting Reno for the State Fair. Characters Sleuth Charlie and Wadaworth feature in comic misadventures with bears, money troubles, a race gate incident, and a mythic chase of cinnamon bears.
A group including Mrs J H Whited Mrs J F Crosby Mrs John Goldie and others chartered the Crosby carriage for a Saturday run to Winnemucca Lake from Wadsworth. The party enjoyed moonlit shores, target shooting and social hours with remarks on local corn quality and a humorous note about a 16 by 10 bed. The return ride under a lovely moon completed a pleasant outing.
A discussion on marital equality argues wives deserve equal access to family funds. It condemns penny pinching by husbands and urges partners share income, to preserve harmony, virtue, and the family’s moral welfare.
The board of equalization lowers Central Pacific rail bed and track valuation to 13 000 per mile while rolling stock in Washoe county totals 82 000, about 1 675 per mile, bringing road and stock value to 14 675 per mile. The Sacramento Bee urges Cleveland impeachment for alleged sovereign law violations and missteps on the Geary Act, habeas corpus cases, and deportation policy.
The wool-growers choose Hon. Charles Kaiser and W. N. McMillan to represent them at the wool grower and wool dealer convention in Chicago on the 28th and 29th inst , and as delegates to the National Wool growers Association meeting October 6 in Chicago. They adopt resolutions urging tariff protection and restraint on wool imports, claim threats to the sheep industry from free wool, and urge Nevada Oregon and Idaho senators to oppose changes in tariff law.
Mr B Arntsen special agent of the Government works to allot non mineral land to Indiana applicants. Eligible buyers receive 10 acres grazing land or 80 acres agricultural land. Indian women married to white men and their children gain land rights via family beady but husbands do not. 75 Indians near Stillwater have received allotments. Instructions urge kindness and assistance to Indians. Also note cider vinegar from Genl Bidwell’s Chico orchards.
May Style notes a fashionable display called The Fair with ladies praising nat and tasty hats. Call on Mrs. Phillipa and Kinton to discover the latest millinery fashion.
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