Weather Notes and Commentary from the Silver State
A column of weather readings for four hours ending noon meridian time lists temperatures and wind in Winnemucca. It also includes a series of editorial notes on strikes, industry, and sensational anecdotes about Lenora Ryerson, general reports from Manila, and humorous asides about the newspapers and the Amazon story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitnenetes Starium
Hayder
Ed Fell
California
Mr. Fell
South America
Amazons
Amazon River
Yellow Press
Short hay crop and railroad tolls hit Nevada farmers
The Orange edd Farteer reports a large hay shortage nationwide with a 4 million acre drop and 10 percent poorer condition year over year. Nevada enjoys a late but superior spring hay crop, especially in Humboldt County, yet local demand remains weak. rail tolls may lure hay exports to distant markets. The piece also covers censorship debates, a Greater New York streetcar strike, and regional crime notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Nevada
Humboldt
Explosives Explained and Their Combustion Process
The article clarifies detonation and surface burning in explosives, defines high versus combustive explosives, and explains black gunpowder composition, combustion products, and the advantage of smokeless powders over traditional black powder due to oxygen binding and gas production.
Corn Made This Country The Center Of Early American Growth
The Globe-Democrat notes corn’s pivotal role in settling and developing the United States. It powered sustenance and commerce, surviving in stumped fields and fertilization-weak soils, enabling early Western farmers to thrive even before wheat. French Canada lagged in corn production, hindering colonial competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Globe-Democrat
St Louis
American
West
Canada
Translation Troubles Echoed in Venice Letter
A reader recounts translating a Venice morning paper about Sampson destroying the Spanish fleet. The tale highlights misreading Italian, as Professor Rovers' fluent rendition fades into a misheard ending about a festive band and a warm city tonight, triggering amusement.
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New York Sun
the Sun
Venice
Sampson
Rovers
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George S. Nixon
Ofice
Cornar Bridge
Mothe
Earsier
Ip Winnemuers
Weather Bureau Report
Carnegie Steel Company
Salt Lake
Times-Review
Winnemucca
Santiago
Manila
Hong Kong
Lenora Ryerson
Ryerson
Mexico
Ous
William A. Andrews
Atlantic
Holstein
America
Philippines
Chicago, Record
New York Herald
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press
and &crips-McRae Association
Robert M. Collins
John P. Dunning
L. Jones
New York
Manhattan
Board of Aldermen
Cleveland
Ohto
Washington
Rhodes
Cape Town
Captain Kid
Cecil Rhodes
New Mexico
Palace Saloon
P. B. Roberts
Sanches & Haya
Havana
France
Cyrus Noble
Jesse Moore
Hood
Annie D. McCay
Watsontown
J.H
Bridge Street
W. L. Samuels
Bonnifield
Attorney AT Law
Winnemucca, Nevada
Alfred Chartz
Carson City
H- Holt
Humboldt County
Paradise Valley
New
Charles M'Connell
T. C. Hanson
Eagle Drug Store
Rapp & Street
Saratoga
Oregon
Red Lady
Brown & Ch
Paradise, Nevada
Hollingeworth Rates
Kentucky
Cal
Alfows
Pascuale
Diehl’s Book Store
Bridge Sireet
Winnemacor
C. Diehl
Brown Bros
Evertat
D. J. Hadley
Winnemurca
Genel Merchandise
Golconda
Nev
Winnemuces
D. Cordano
Chris
Wolf
Bridge St
Winnemucca Jewelry Company
Isi Se
Campbell, “Sehies Maia
Ruckteschler, Railroad
J.H. Hoyt
Spee H
Batuhart Gos
THE
First National Bank
Inauyance Companie
Lee
Sibbal
Mixon
W Brne
Clark
Busch
Thes
Winnemucca Bottling Works
Short Bros., Proprienire
Milwaukee Beer
Qoluonda Hot Springs Hotel
Raen
Tle
Woat
Amasonsia
Montane
Golconda HO Hotel CO
Reillly
Bottling Works
G. A. Krenkel
Prop
Waukesha
Mm. B. Staunton
Winnemacca, New
Alwaynon Hand
MS Reasonable
Thos. R. Weber
the Reader's Eye
Silver State Publishing Co
Winnemucca, Nev
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