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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
2
The Silver State notes Windle and Brackett as lessees with daily issues except Sundays. It lists office at Corner Bridge and Fourth streets and details subscription rates for one year six months and three months by mail or carrier in Winnemucca.
Weather data from Winnemoo Station shows 24 hour period ending 5:09 local time with mean barometer 29.63 inches. Temperatures ranged from 4 degrees to 18 above zero, mean 26 degrees, precipitation 0.21 inches. Winds from the southwest. Forecast calls for cloudy tonight and Friday.
The Postmaster General reports a rapid growth of rural free delivery from 391 routes in 1899 to 2,551 in 1900 across 44 states including Illinois serving over 1.8 million people. Projected reach is about 3.5 million, with costs around 20.6 million and a proposed rise in annual appropriation to 3.5 million.
Oregon Senate approves a bill giving voters at regular elections the right to express their choice for United States Senator by ballot. The move aims at direct election and could influence other state legislatures. It notes Nevada would lose Stewart and Jones as a consequence.
A revived scam sees a fake wheat buyer lure farmers with a $1 per bushel offer then produce signed notes ranging from 35 to 100 dollars as a supposed agreement. In Wisconsin, spousal cigarette smoking is cited in divorce and in Pennsylvania a Philadelphia wife sought divorce for desertion and non support but the judge denied due to her cigarette habit.
A Portland Oregon mother traveling toward Spokane Washington gave birth to twins an hour apart with the elder boy born in Oregon and the younger girl in Washington. This marks the first known case of twins born in two different states.
Cora Schroeder kissed a young man on a dare at the National Enameling and Stamping works in Granite City TL. She was fired and workers demanded reinstatement, which was refused, leading to a plant strike by the employees.
Turkeys for sale including young gobblers and large ones advertised by Mrs J F Clark Mill City Nevada. Contact for details and prices.
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