Weather and political notes from Winnemucca 1901
Weather data from August 4 1901 reports 76 degrees at 5 09 pm with 0 00 inches precipitation and highs of 94. Roaming editorials note Bryan and Hanna in Ohio politics Roosevelt in Colorado and Meade transport in Manila provoking imperialist critique while Sen Jones and Santa Monica statesman plans are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF Agriculture
Winnemucga Station
J.C. Hayden
Observer Weather Bureau
Engine Driver and the Tale of a Reckless Rail Run
A group of railroad workers on a way station platform share shop talk about a famed fast run. An engineer boasts of making time by any means while others recount passengers fleeing in terror and a startled sighting of the locomotive. The tale ends with the engineer greeting the superintendent and claiming the old engine is still in service as press reports glow with heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Democratic Party
Kansas City
Wall Street
Isle Her
A Wartime Train Tale and a Medical Pitch
A lively railway anecdote features an engine crew and a cheeky tramp amid a sandbagged era tale. The piece shifts to a wartime South Africa destruction scene and ends with a sales pitch for Hostetter Stomach Bitters, praised for curing digestive ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
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Fourth Streets
Winnemucca
Silver State
Winnemucca Nevada
Weather Bureau Report
McAdie
Mr. Bryan
Hanna
Ohio
Long
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Blackguard Maclay
Chicago
Roosevelt
Colorado
Meade
San Francisco
Manila
John P. Jones
Palace Hotel
Santa Monica Statesman
Nevada
Young Ladies’ Catholic Association
Armory Hall
Me Club
D. J. Biggins
D. J. Hadley
Asa Murphy
W. J. Bell
Cyrus Noble
J. & F. Martell
Cordelia Wine CO
P, Laverga SR
Palace Saloon
Roberts
Old Hermitage
Jesse Moore
Felix Poulin
Bridge Street
D. Cordano
Idge Street
I Clearance Sale
Oxford
E. Reinhart & CO
Eagle Drug Store
Brown Bros
Sridge Street
Winnemucch
Nemuadf
M. B. Staunton
Golconda Hot Springs Hotel
Golconda
Anaconda
Montana
Golconda Hotel CO
Billy
Lessee
Winnemucca Bottling Johnson & Ramdohr
Pabst Milwaukee Beer
Aukesba
Waele
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