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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
2
Mice Corner Bridge and Fourth streets subscription rates listed for by mail one year six months and three months and by carrier in Winnemucca per week.
Weather data from Winnemgoa Station August 6 1901 reports mean barometer 29.96 inches and mean temperature 74 with a maximum 86 and minimum 62. 0.21 inches precipitation. Also brief items note Roosevelt as presidential candidate and Captain Hobson facing playful kissers at a public event in Wisconsin.
The piece argues imperialism is a political disease driving endless spending. It notes Porto Rico and the Philippines cannot defend themselves and would require a large navy in war. It cites Copenhagen and the Danish West Indies, suggesting the US may pay millions for forts and garrisons to secure new possessions.
Vallejo dispatch describes a Monday night theft at Selby Smelting Works with 340000 dollars in gold stolen. The robbers tunneled from outside, bored a manhole shaped hole in the vault floor, and moved bricks to a bank near an eastward tunnel where two bricks were left behind. A worker heard a noise in the strong room during the night.
A tunnel entry at a Vallejo smelter allowed thieves to steal bullion worth thousands. Sheriff Veale, Vallejo Chief Sanford, and Bay Area police investigated with no clues yet. Four gold bricks and 10,000 ounces of gold were taken, with two bricks left behind. investigators suspect a night operation by skilled thieves who fled toward San Francisco.
A 1910s advertisement extols Hochetters Stomach Bitters as a cure for digestion and malaria, claims it surpasses war-torn destruction in impact, and promotes Hansens gloves as durable railroad-appropriate wear through E. Reinhart & Co. Inc. au2tt.
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