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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
2
Daily except Sundays. Mice corner Bridge and Fourth streets. Subscription rates: one year by mail. Six months by mail. Three months by mail. By carrier in Winnemucca per week. Address all business correspondence to The Silver State Winnemucca Nevada.
Weather Bureau report shows 24 hour ending 5 09 PM with mean barometer 29 82 and temperatures ranging from 45 to 92 degrees. Prevailing wind unknown. Precipitation 0 inches. Forecast: fair tonight and Friday. July 18 1901.
The piece argues that a massive railroad consolidation harms the public by inflating stock values and freights. It cites Washington Post reports of freight hikes 30 to 60 percent and urges Congress to mandate uniform classifications. It notes political maneuvering ahead of 1903 elections and quotes on Cuba mortality figures from Spanish war coverage.
On October 16, 1899, Colonel Sanger certified Cuba’s total population as 1,672,797, with the date tied to the 1898 reference. The note references the 1899 census milestone in the Cuba context.
An old newspaper item touts American leadership in shipping and medicine. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal cure and Kemp’s Balsam for coughs and lung issues with guaranteed relief and trial sizes, sold by Brown Bros.
In Humboldt County Nevada the estate of F D Sweetser deceased. Administrator H J Lorentzen petitions for order of sale of all property to pay debts expenses and funeral costs. Hearing set July 24 1901 at 10 a m in Winne mucca Courthouse. All interested persons must appear to show cause. Witness J T Dunn clerk seal June 29 1901.
The San Francisco Bulletin sells the Rand McNilly Atlas with latest geographic corrections. Subscribers to the Bulletin and Silver State can obtain it for 160 dollars. A World Atlas is offered for 1 dollar to Bulletin and Liver State subscribers, or 50 cents otherwise. The Bulletin claims exclusive coastal rights.
A notice offers rewards for recovering three animals: a roan pint o mare mule small heavy with white face and legs shod all around no brand. a sorrel saddle horse branded J P. a small white Pinto pony Pinto brand. rewards $15 for the mule and $5 each for the horses. contact John O Kane Lovelock Nev. jylml.
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