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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1895
Page
2
A vintage newspaper snippet outlines subscription pricing and advertising rates. It lists one copy per year by mail, six months by mail, and carrier delivery. plus weekly 25 cents. Advertising rates are shown per square for first insertion with reductions for regular advertisers.
A reader laments currency contraction after 1873 and urges free silver coinage as honest money. Notes a Shoshone fandango to appease the rain god Jupiter Plavius amid a prolonged dry season. Local items discuss a meddling minister at a Reno picnic and a Belmont Courier note on rain, plus short ads for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and various goods.
Editors H. A. Lemmon and H. C. Dann appeared before Judge Hawley after being cited for contempt for publishing The Third Act condemning the mint investigation as a farce. Demurrer overruled. Lemmon fined 50 dollars and jailed ten days. Dann fined 25 dollars for his interest. Also includes an advertisement for Lowest Priced Hams at PLC Robins & Co.
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