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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1895
Page
3
Local notes report the San Diego mayor's anti-dive push and the inaugural ball fixed for Monday February 25 with masquerade costumes urged. Also listed are guards drill at the armory, sermon pay at the penitentiary, and various brief regional items.
Humboldt County commissioners advertise a 52000 bond issue to retire existing debt. Bonds of 500 dollars each, 5 percent interest, term 3 to 18 years, payable as funds permit starting after three years. Bids witnessed to A P Trousdale. Other notes cover cattle movement, local industry quip, and a blizzard in Winnemucca with rough streets and improving weather.
A sermon on money as a social contract contrasts sacred promises with gold and calls for aid to Nebraska farmers hit by drought. Rev H E Robbins, in Chicago to gather funds, seeks $100,000 in grain loans to seed and feed spring crops for Custer county families facing starvation.
The Truckee river ice crop is being harvested with nine large ponds and hundreds of workers. California machine ice companies total 16 with capital of 95000 and 166 employed. Delivery systems in large cities involve 300000 capital and over 700 workers at three dollars per day. The Truckee ice crop is large and will fill all ice houses.
A man named Ayruo of Melesta supposedly died nine years ago and his relatives seized his estate. He reappeared alive and well and seeks to annul the death record. The supreme court cannot reverse the finding due to lack of legal evidence, keeping him legally dead. The piece closes with a satirical editor note and assorted ads.
Humboldt County Nevada invites proposals to purchase 52000 in interest bearing bonds issued under state law. Bonds pay 1 percent interest, mature in 3 to 18 years, 400 each, payable in U.S. funds at the county treasurer. Bids must meet 98 percent of par, with at least 2 percent cash deposit, and may be submitted by April 1.
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