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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1899
Page
2
The Silver State Winnemucca Nevada lists a daily except Sundays edition with Windle and Bracken as lessees. Subscription rates are shown by year six months and three months by mail and carrier in Winnemucca at 25 cents per week for mail delivery.
Weather Bureau report for four hours ending 5:09 PM records mean barometer 20.10 inches. Maximum 35 degrees, minimum 17 above zero, mean 4 degrees, normal 2.5 degrees. Prevailing wind from west. 24 hour precipitation details show 0 inches. Observer J U Hayden notes conditions.
Fair tonight and Tuesday with continued cold. Also whimsical items: jokes about a national congress of fools, a dental gold statistic, a Bangor police misadventure, Depew anecdote at a railway depot, a romantic note in a bottle leading to marriage in New Liberty Illinois, and a Louisiana planter’s surprising correspondence that led to a wedding two days after meeting.
The article describes Britain building a massive Nile dam in lower Egypt. A thick stone wall will form an artificial lake as large as Lake Geneva, enabling reclamation of thousands of desert lands through irrigation. It notes similar needs in the West for water use and hints at future schemes to utilize river and lake waters for cultivation.
Bottle guarantee promises refund if two thirds used and no benefit. Advertises prices of 25 cents 50 cents and 100 dollars. Sold at Eagle Drug Store with verbatim refund offer.
In Dallas a courtroom shooting kills Dr. Jenkins amid a murder and abduction trial. Hugh Wheat, 28, brother of a Jenkins victim, shot the defendant in the back. Halligan fired back but missed. Wheat jailed. Halligan released on bonds. Jenkins in serious condition.
Utah witnesses in the Roberts case could not reach Washington until late today. Chairman Taylor of the House investigating committee set a meeting for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Speaker announced committee lineup in the House.
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