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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
2
Daily except Sundays notice details subscription rates by mail and carrier, including one year mix months and three months options, with address for business correspondence to The Silver State Winnemucca Nevada and reference to Garner Bridge Fourth streets.
Weather summary for 24 hours ending 5:09 PM shows mean barometer 29.76 inches. Temperature range from 57 to 99.3 degrees, mean 75 degrees versus normal 73. Prevailing wind from the W. No precipitation. July 31 forecast low 72. Observed by Hayden, Weather Bureau.
The clipping blends a weather forecast with political commentary. It mentions thunderstorms tonight and cloudy tomorrow with southwest winds, then shifts to bold opinions about Hawaii California annexation, McKinley era land lotteries, and a judge ruling on a wife rummaging through her husband’s pockets.
The era’s top medical experts agree the mosquito spreads malaria, challenging the old air-borne cause theory. If the criminal in the case faces the death penalty, proponents urge naming the crime to reflect its wide-spread depredations.
A writer from the St. Louis Republic warns that the current administration's policy shifts amount to a danger to liberty. The piece argues that the United States is becoming an aggressive, land-greedy world power and that centralization and a large standing army threaten free government and the rights of citizens. The author compares imperial aims to English tactics in colonies and stresses national peril for future generations.
Four hundred Boers attacked a British post at Aquila in an all day fight. The British conducted a running defense and barely saved their guns. An officer and several men were killed. The strike talks between leaders and steel trust managers failed to settle the dispute, with gloom but hope for a tomorrow agreement. A San Francisco dispatch notes 14 000 idle on the docks and 25 000 in the city with little disorder. One man was wounded by a pistol ball and several others injured. Several hundred teamsters may go out tomorrow, broadening the strike to building trades.
A postal card from Epworth Leaguers in Battle Mountain Nevada notes wild and strange locals. A revived woman’s escort tale echoes past reports of danger posed by miners, provoking sharp local satire on courage and public safety.
Terrible famine conditions in India reported with millions dead since 1896. An advertisement urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders to aid digestion and nourishment during famine.
A noisy advertisement lists roast beef and sliced beef in cans, tongue varieties, deviled chicken, beef loaf, pickled tripe, bologna sausage, preserves, water white honey, Saratoga chips, coffee blends, Ogden flour, and California produce with prices per pound or per can, highlighting new items and carload fresh stock.
We publish current carload prices for sugar flour salt lime barb wire mowing machines wagons bran and coal oil. When you need any item in these lines do not fail to request our prices. We will save you money.
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