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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
2
The report records 24 hour weather ending 5:00 local time with mean barometer 0.14, maximum 4 percent? degrees, minimum Sl above zero, mean temperature - not clear. Prevailing wind from the west, precipitation 0.27 inches. J C Hayden observer Weather Bureau. Wednesday February 21, 1900.
Tomorrow is a legal holiday in honor of Washington's birth day, so the Silver State will not be issued. The notice indicates a one day suspension of publication.
The piece critiques wealth concentration citing Andrew Carnegie claiming wealth distribution is self-correcting while noting his own fortune around 400 million and John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil income. It then shifts to Idaho politics with Gov. Steunenberg endorsing a fusion ticket and ends with General Shafter urging permanent Philippine garrison, implying enduring taxes.
The Chicago Tribune criticizes Carnegie, Standard Oil, and other giants for dominating government policy and seeking subsidies. It notes Standard Oil’s quarterly dividend of 20 million and discusses plans to force Congress to fund ocean vessels and tankers. It also compares England’s South African war costs at 52 million weekly versus war office estimates.
Officials express pleasure at British victories in South Africa and extend moral support in every possible way. The stance is described as a peculiar form of neutrality amid the conflict.
Telegram from United States Minister to Costa Rica warns of an imminent revolutionary invasion from Nicaragua. Martial law is declared and troops move to the frontier amid fears of a Costa Rica Nicaragua conflict affecting U.S. interests and the proposed canal project.
The president sent nominations for a major general by brevet Harrison Gray Otis and several colonels to brigadier general by brevet. Also, Captain Luther B. Brady becomes surgeon with rank of Major. Leslie E. Keeley, inventor of the Keeley cure, died in Los Angeles at 68, survived by wife and sister. estate valued at $1,000,000 with Dwight as the sole heir besides the wife. Burial planned in Dwight after funeral arrangements. Keeley had spent two winters in Southern California.
A testimonial from Etta M. Hager of Athol Massachusetts claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and builds vitality. The ad asserts pure blood as life and vigor, noting the product helps a tired worker regain appetite and strength.
The advertisement lists asparagus, peaches, beans, peas, and other canned goods, coffee, tea, laundry soap, and dried foods. It promotes lent season items and specials such as Finnan Haddies, smoked salmon, mackerel, and salmon bellies, plus a range of staples available in carload lots. The note invites readers to compare prices before buying elsewhere.
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