11 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Weekly Reno Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1879
Page
1
The Reno Weekly Gazette notes publication every Thursday by RR Le Boat, with daily and weekly mail options. It lists annual subscriptions and delivery terms, including 2 cent per week street delivery in Reno.
The Gazer claims double the circulation of any other paper in Washoe County, presenting itself as an excellent advertising medium for local businesses seeking broad reach.
A national push for interstate commerce reform aims to curb rail rate discrimination between local and through traffic. Prominent figures from Baltimore and Ohio, Vanderbilt, and others discuss laws and conferences to address sharp rate disparities shaping East Coast markets and Nevada’s position in the debate.
A column outlines a plan to pipe and spread river water to crops, reducing evaporation by about 20 percent. Widespread adoption could irrigate 200,000 acres in Washoe County, transforming areas like Lemmons Valley and Pyramid Lake region, boosting Reno’s growth and irrigation longevity.
San Francisco reports from a Chicago Journal correspondent claim that over 100 millionaires now reside there. The same authority notes Mr Mackey born in Dellin in 1835, came as a boy, worked for ship builder Willian H Webb in New York, and sailed to California in 1852. He began a substantial venture in 1863 with a Virginia governor's brother and now holds an estimated wealth between fifteen and thirty million, living much of his life in a near 100 degree heat in the mines.
A French wife in the ex-Khedive of Egypt’s harem elopes with Italian painter d Elia after a telegraphic courtship and the pair marry in Foggia. The Khedive vows tighter control of his wives. Rome prepares the Pope’s new journal Aurora with Don Pietro Balan as editor in chief and others in editorial roles. In Chicago last month three divorce petitions were filed and several divorces granted. Norway remains under a strict jet regime.
Fragmentary OCR text references Garner Toombs and Emoptre with scattered garbled phrases. Mentions Pines Atlanta Core Philadel Tint Geners othe rks. Contains nonsensical historical conjecture and illegible passages about political figures and bloodlines.
The report from Owingsville Kentucky describes Mrs Goodpaster and her mother in law seeing a tall slender humanoid figure suspended about twenty feet above tree tops. The object gestured without speaking and ascended before vanishing. Witnesses include Mrs Goodpaster, her mother in law, and her children who all gave similar descriptions. A man away from home sent for his two eldest sons after the sighting.
A New York Times correspondent details the approximate breakdown of costs to raise a bushel of wheat in the Mississippi valley. It estimates plowing harrowing and sowing at twenty bushels per ploughing, threshing and cleaning at twenty bushels per base unit, with additional charges for cutting, binding, and hauling. The note concludes with a total per bushel and mentions an example in the ex Creek country, Montana.
Fragmentary report from Tayweris area and nearby regions recounts accidents crimes and rail disruptions. Mentions a baby born in Tayweris a relief society and multiple names including Dyer Haber Robinson and Southwick with a shooting robbery and a dairy crossroad disruption due to snow.
The document outlines a plan by PoA Eriison and Doha Ht to devise a system of signals with a pipe from top to bottom of a shaft to convey air. Superintendent of the Yellow Jacket endorses a simple, effective method using a microphony device and a scabbard jaw as a signaling tool. The aim is to improve communication and air supply to workers at lower levels during mining operations.
A long running dispute between Leu Rom, the Equittde Ate Sesneenee Gonspary, and the heirs in Scaermerborn estate centers on ground access behind the Anor property near Nascan Fent. The case, issue since February 1877, involves ex-engineer Alfred W. Craven and defendant Alfred Schermerhorn amid ties to the Croton Aqueduct Department and Pennsylvania Superintendency.
A fragmented conversation follows Mrs Spriggle as she weighs her daughter's prospects with Thad, arguing he may be worse than a bad husband. The scene centers on concern for a daughter's welfare, with family tensions rising over marriage and cautions about a perilous match. The mood is tense and wary as the family debates prospects and responsibility.
A Hartford man misplaced a $100 bill. later a second man found the same sum at a butcher shop and returned it, recounting a tale of mislaid cash from Windsor to Bartiora. In a swift chain of pockets and mistaken theft suspicion, the bills caused a market wide search and community curiosity.
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