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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1899
Page
2
The Silver State, George S. Nixon, issued daily except Sundays. Office corner Bridge and Toerth street. Subscription rates listed as six months by mail, three months by wall, and weekly carrier delivery to Winnemucca. Paper accepted by principal periodicals, agencies, and towns in the state.
Weather details from the observer Hayden note a partly cloudy forecast for tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures expected. The page also carries a political and economic column discussing Dreyfus, tariffs, government deficits, trusts, public ownership, and the Northern Pacific railroad’s settlers’ excursions shaping regional development.
A critical essay argues against Protestant missions in the Philippines and Hawaii. It cites Rev Jay Goodrich of Madicon New Jersey as an American Bible Society agent and accuses missionaries of exploiting lands and peoples. The piece traces alleged harms from Hawaii to the Philippines, asserting hypocrisy and cultural destruction, urging restraint and warning of further harm by Christian missions.
A Nevada wool and livestock outlook piece notes Senator W. W. Williams shearing 30 000 sheep at Argents and predicts better prices ahead for wool despite current low rates caused by a prolific cotton crop. It lists herds from Beowawe to Battle Mountain, cites Department of Agriculture mortality data, and ends with a political aside about Senor Azpiroz and European diplomacy.
D M Wightman delivered 80 head of beef cattle at Wadsworth and shipped to Sacramento. The note lists local visitors and residents in Winnemucca including James Little of Boston registered at the Lafayette, James B. Treadwell a Sacramento drummer, wool buyer James J McNamee, and others traveling to Chicago Paradise and San Francisco. Charles Dial, a renowned California baseball player, died in Grass Valley from brain fever.
The State Department released a message from President Loubet of France dated April 12 1898 expressing gratitude for McKinleys peace treaty remarks with Spain and urging stronger bonds of traditional friendship between France and the United States highlighting renewed goodwill from Paris to Washington
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