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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
2
The Silver State Winnemucca Nevada lists daily issues except Sundays with office at Bridge and Fourth streets. Subscription rates include one year by mail six dollars, six months three dollars, three months one dollar. carrier in Winnemucca per week not specified.
Meteorological bulletin for the 24 hours ending 8 PM on December 7 reports mean barometer 20.45 inches, max 44°F, min 21°F above zero, mean temperature 22 degrees, normal 20 degrees, wind from the W eight, precipitation 0 inches. Observed by Hayden, Weather Bureau, with a forecast of fair conditions tonight and Thursday.
A lodging house keeper broke into a guest room, dragged the man from bed, and broke two ribs to stop snoring. The injured guest has the landlord arrested. The San Jose Mercury notes the difficulty of an impartial jury in the case.
London's Daily Express reports a gigantic gold mine trust formed with John D Rockefeller and Cecil Rhodes named as prime movers. The San Francisco Chronicle ridicules the claim saying no profit would come from a corner on gold and that if such a trust existed the world would shift to another money medium. Authorities note financial systems resist rapid change and banks have long used hoarded gold to influence money supply.
The Stockton Mail warns that a gold trust could swiftly dominate the money market if silver remains demonetized and the gold standard persists. Financiers would seize opportunities for speculation, while the masses face potentially disastrous outcomes amid financial stringency and past crises.
A Maryland divorce took forty minutes from filing to completion, contrasting with the time to marry. In related news the British Museum acquires a Ming Dynasty Chinese banknote circa 1390, the oldest extant bank note, blackened by age yet legible, predating Europe’s first note by about three centuries.
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