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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows subscription rates for COR, MRIDGE AND FOURTH STS underwriting options. Six months by mail three months by mail weekly delivery price unclear due to illegible text.
Weather Bureau report from Winnemucca Station shows last 24 hours ending 4 PM with barometer 24.58 inches. Maximum temperature 97.5 degrees, minimum 63, mean around 80s. Prevailing wind directions light at 6 mph, precipitation 6.00 inches. Agency: C A Rogers, Weather Bureau agent.
The Fourth Indiana district elected Democrat Griffith by 1552 votes in a three way race that split the silver vote between Populist and Democrat, suggesting enduring support for silver sentiments despite McKinley prosperity and a death in the Holman seat.
Judge Allen of Los Angeles ruled that Janet Thomnenn, a fifteen year old girl, who eloped with Homer Norman and claimed a sea wedding, never legally married. The decision nullifies the union as void under California law.
Reports describe people seeing flashing orbs floating above the ground. A new theory proposes tiny particles of Tuminons matter form the wisps seen nationwide, light enough to rise but not dense enough for daylight visibility.
Measures in France aim to protect horses from sun stroke by equipping them with sunhoennets. These hats will feature a high crown and broad brim like straw bathing hats used by women. Holes are cut for the horses' ears to keep the hats in place.
The Philadelphia Mint has just completed 590,009 five dollar gold pieces for Costa Rica and has started 300,009 for San Domingo. The coins are shipped in bags to New York and then transported to their destinations on regular line steamers.
An Oakland man hopes to secure capital for a four balloon service and launch from Janeau or another Alaska point to fly to Dawson City, avoiding treacherous passes and dangerous rapids.
Advice from across the country asserts a nationwide revival in prosperity. Reports describe an Ohio man selling his wife for 100 dollars in cash, and a Missouri man trading his wife for a mule as proof of rising fortunes.
A 19th century column notes on the cost of ventilating the senate chamber, the potential expense of occasional ventilation, and then discusses Professor Brown's description of methods for artificial gem production and detection. It mentions that rubies can be made with an electric furnace, that natural rubies show tiny cracks under magnification while artificial ones lack cracks but have gas bubbles, and that a twi jer scope can distinguish them. It also includes endorsements for Hood's Sarsaparilla and a veteran's testimonial about Chamberlain's remedy, plus a line about trunks excluding elephant trunks.
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