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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1884
Page
6
From Saturdays Daily Journal Brief notes report Leadbetter's selling watermelons cantaloupes and groceries while Leadbetter's also hosts ads. Several local residents and visitors arrive return from eastern regions. A Democratic primary is planned for next week.
A San Francisco medical authority extols bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate as the cheapest and most effective germicide for privies, noting it remains in solution with salt, permeates feculent mass, and cautions against skin contact or skin hardening. The article also covers its dangers and handling tips, then shifts to regional news including Alaska governance plans, Colorado mining possession rules, Greenville fair races, and San Francisco social notes.
Local notes report Mrs W F Berry ill and warm weather continues. Residents travel to Wadsworth and San Francisco while county inmates are limited to eight hours of highway work. Bullion shipments from Paradise Valley mine reach 4395 dollars 9 cents as officials discuss a Grand Army post in Reno.
A new bullion producer lies district twenty miles east of Benano with claims by Fred Hutchins and Charley Stoddard from years ago. Silverside ships to Salt Lake and Lady of the Lake owns a mill run by Dr Frisbie of Vallejo. It has shipped $20,000 this Summer, is down 100 feet, and holds a good ore body. Grayson & Benson own Riverside. Ore values range from $80 to $1,000 per ton, free milling. It ships about $3,000 per car and about one car per month. It is down seventy feet with a 300 foot tunnel.
In a dated card from August 23, 1884, Jous Invrxe disputes a claim by Ma. &. L. Forton-Sie that he rented or sold access to Lucna for picnic grounds. He says he gifted entry freely, only restricting use by Hymera or the nigger's team, and clarifies he is a tenant, not a landlord. He notes the Canton of Berne prohibits Salvation Army meetings as not religious within its borders.
Early Republican primary results from Yensterany show Reno leaning toward the “hurrah ticket” favoring Fish for Senator by about 40 votes. Delegates listed include D Bole, J Wilson, S Shoemaker, D H Barker, A Dawson, J A Lewis, J J Linn, W H Caughlin, and others with outside precincts noting Verdi, Franktown, Washoe, and Glendale representatives.
Billy Caughlin’s young son fell ill after a walk from Mayberry’s ranch through a grain field. The boy developed severe eye inflammation and blindness, suspected to be caused by a wasp sting or venom. He may be taken to San Francisco for medical treatment.
Members of Nevada Lodge No. 3020 K of H Reno arrange a grand carnival masquerade ball on Thanksgiving night at the Pavilion. Both floors will host masqueraders with many prizes for best dressed individuals and groups including ladies gentlemen groups firemen military and original characters.
The Virginia Board of Health ordered no more public funerals for diphtheria deaths and decreed strict enforcement of existing sanitary ordinances. After years of inactivity, the board acted at the urging of leading citizens as physicians debate the diphtheria situation, with some calling many cases gore throat.
Mrs. Webster, mother of Judge Webster and Mrs. John Wright, suffered a serious accident at Mrs. Wright’s ranch after a fainting spell caused a fall. She struck her head on a sharp object, cutting a blood vessel. estimated blood loss exceeded a quart before Dr. Bergman arrived. The doctor hopes for recovery. Also reported: Crawford raised 218 bushels of wheat on two and a quarter acres below the Orphans’ Home, per Carson Appeal.
The pro prietor arranges a social picnic each Sunday drawing locals to enjoy a pleasant afternoon in Steamboat Springs during the hot weather. In San Francisco the assessor reports real estate totals of 164,211,887 with mortgages deduction of 26,990,284 leaving net 137,221,605.
The Reno Nevada post office release dated August 23 1884 shows uncalled letters including Austin Frank Kimball L E Barnes J Keiser Francis Bell Gus Kellogg Fred Bass J E Kellogg Elijah Blanchard A A McCormack E Briatel James McKenzie Wm Brown Mrs J C Merritt Mrs E H Curtis Mrs M Nicolaus Jean Curtis Mellville Perschel Henry Darden James Petersen Heisman Dodd Frank Pointer Clarence Dannley Chas Hully Mrs M Downey Daniel Hartsman Miss F Ensign Hopper James Gallitin D Jones R Gearhart G Jacobson Chas Garrell J J Jodrey Nicodemus Johnston B H Jones Mrs C B Pramean J Pattent J W Plummer Geo Perkins J R Phillips M Rayke Matt Saundin R E Smith J M Snellgrove James Touson W Witouisek Joe Williams C Woodruff Sarah Young J Ogxanpo Evans P M
An 19th century advertisement row touts Enechno-Vortaic Belt trials for nervous debility and vitality, plus Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain. Claims include complete restoration and no risk with a thirty day trial, and the product’s universal sale at 25 cents a bottle. Also promotes Ayer's Ague Cure as a safe antimalarial tonic.
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