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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1899
Page
2
Fragmentary notice lists an Aurora or Palace Hotel sale and a postal subscription offer. Mentions a daily paper with Sunday absence and locations at Bridge and Fourth Streets. Reads as a general city delivery and sale notice with unclear details.
Weather report notes mean barometer 29.71 inches and temperatures from 10 to 82 degrees with a cloudy cooler forecast. Also includes boxing news Jeffries defeats Fitzsimmons, Aguinaldo claims censored Manila news, and Havana in a yellow fever cleanup amid European gold rush chatter.
Nevada posted strong weekly gold shipments with several producers contributing. The De Lamar property sent $100,000 in gold to Salt Lake, the Dexter Mining Company at Tuscarora shipped several hundred pounds, and Wilson Leaching Company sent 400 pounds of high grade dust. The New Pass Mining Company also sent bars weighing 38% ounces, boosting Nevada’s weekly total and drawing investor interest.
A Nevada volunteer letter depicts a veteran ready to die for duty as fever and fatigue plague troops. Saturday reports say Nevada cavalry, under General Wheaton, cleared a Manila jungle skirmish, dashing around a hill and forcing Filipinos to flee before infantry arrived. The charge is praised as brave and creditable to Nevada and the nation.
A frugal memorial effort by Arthur's friends raised funds quietly for a statue to honor him. The monument will be unveiled tomorrow in Madison Square, contrasting with a raucous drive to fund a Dewey house, which supporters deem vulgar.
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