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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1899
Page
2
Daily paper by Ted except Sundays with office at Corner Bridge and Fourth streets. Subscription rates listed for three months by mail or by carrier in Winchester. Rates include weekly carrier delivery.
Weather report from Warakapoca Station for the 24 hours ending 9:09 PM. Maximum 92 degrees, minimum 63, mean 73, normal 73, wind W, no precipitation. Forecast: fair tonight and Wednesday. Also includes editorial jottings on the Manila situation, blue laws, and German-American trade prospects.
Horatio Alger renowned writer of boys stories is dead. For over a quarter century he entertained America's youth with adventures not penny dreadful but marked by manliness and positive influence in his tales placed in young hands.
A San Francisco dispatch denounces War Department red tape delaying the muster out of Oregon volunteers just back from the Philippines. Troops encamped at the Presidio lack clothing while heavy coats sit in warehouses, risking pneumonia as officials delay ceremonies and muster outs. The piece likens the holdup to past Spanish and Cuban campaigns and laments bureaucratic deaths.
American newspaper editors and correspondents in Manila condemn the censor for altering and suppressing vital dispatches. They warn that censorship harms press freedom, misleads the public, and endangers trust in Washington and Manila authorities while noting American athletes in London.
Consular reports show Japanese attitudes toward pork softening with growing use in the south and Kyushu. Pork, hams, bacon, and other salted meats are increasingly imported by foreigners, with the United States supplying major portions. Demand rises for canned beef and other meats but domestic storage and climate limit fresh supply. The trade presents good opportunities for agents and exports as prejudice declines and foreign markets expand.
A Paris letter claims Jewish banking houses and capitalists manipulated French credit to press for Dreyfus justice. It alleges a London meeting of Jewish financiers controlling over a billion dollars planned to threaten France’s government, causing a renege on the persecution. The piece notes French rentes fell until the rehearing order, then recovered, and warns of banks’ power to bankrupt governments.
Fragmentary text indicates discussion of fire insurance firms and favorable rate terms. It mentions delivering sections of information to parts of the town and considerations for rates, suggesting a notice or discussion about insurance pricing practices.
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