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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1898
Page
2
United States Department of Agriculture weather report for WinneMuca Tatton notes 24 hour conditions ending 5:00 PM. Mean barometer 25.59 inches. Maximum temperature 55 degrees. Minimum 29 degrees. Mean 43 degrees. Wind from the west. No precipitation. February 19 1898. Agent Weather Wise Rogers.
Tomorrow there will be no Silver State newspaper issue because of a national holiday. The absence affects readers expecting the daily edition and related notices.
A Sacramento Bee critique lampoons former Nevada figure Tom Fitch as a versatile yet untrustworthy politician. The piece accuses him of switching parties and positions, condemning Hanna while praising past stances, and labels him a consistent political prostitute.
An Australian doctor operated on a young man who had lost sight in one eye. The surgeon claimed a tumor required removal of the eye, and after ether anesthesia the wrong eye was removed, leaving the patient blind. The Philadelphia Press notes no further commentary is needed.
The Chicago Times-Herald predicts an Arizona man who objected to Hamlet for being shy on local gays and good dancing may be happy. An Adrominer fined five dollars for waving a handkerchief at a Knoxville girl. The New York Press cites modesty as the motive behind choosing a white gools sample and suggests arguing in his favor he might have waved a union suit.
The Examiner and Journal note a $50,000 reward for identifying those responsible for the Maine explosion, remarking on the free advertising achieved by the publicity surrounding the prize.
A Denver dispatch reports plans to hypnotize incorrigible inmates at the state industrial school for girls to influence behavior. Physicians cited have used hypnosis extensively in practice and will conduct the experiment amid recent outbreaks among inmates.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that while women tempted man, justice requires admitting he drank. It praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as an honest, meritful medicine and urges readers to follow others’ experience and avoid substitutes.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, claiming it eases feverish crying, cleanses bowels, and relieves colic. It promotes the product as safe, endorsed by physicians, and sold by Browns & Piper and F C Robins & Co with a 25 cent price. It also lists other remedies and agents including Chamberlain's Pain Balm and Cascarets.
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