27 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1900
Page
2
Daily except Sundays notice lists subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery at Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets Winkemucen. It instructs readers to address business communications to The Silver Slate in Winkemucen Sevada and provides period rates.
Weather Bureau report from Wisconsin NAMUCCA station for 24 hours ending 5 PM. Mean barometer 20.86 inches. Max temperature 4 degrees, min 5 degrees above zero, mean 39 degrees. Normal 11 degrees. Prevailing wind West. Precipitation 0.04 inches. Forecast: fair tonight and Wednesday. Observer: Hayden. McAdie. Tuesday.
The piece compares Americas wealth concentrating giants like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie with European royal costs, estimating Rockefeller’s personal income near fifty million and European royal bills totaling about twenty-one million. It notes the U.S. president’s salary as trivial by comparison and mocks colonial-era luxuries as affordable by American capitalists. It also mentions four Indian boys fleeing the Stewart Indian School and a harsh punishment practice, then switches to a poetic image of arid West landscapes transforming into thriving communities.
The prospect of a $30,000,000 steel plant in Hamilton Canada, with 2,400 tons daily capacity and multiple mills, alarms the Philadelphia Record as a threat to U S industry, likening it to Alaska boundary or Nicaragua canal issues. Also includes remarks on Bryan and Senator Jones's party moves.
Chief Moore of the Weather Bureau issues an order forbidding cigarette smoking by any person connected with the service. The move signals a firm stance as the government joins the anti smoking crusade within its ranks.
In the Fifth Judicial District Court of Nevada Humboldt County the estate of J. F. Abel is administered by Mercia J. Abel as executrix. Creditors must file claims with vouchers with the Court Clerk within forty days of the first publication. Dated March 24, 1900.
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