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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1901
Page
2
The Silver State announces Windle and Brackett as lessees at the corner of Bridge and Fourth streets with daily publication except Sundays and subscription rates for one year or three months by mail and carrier in Winnemucca Nevada.
Weather bureau notes May 6 1901 conditions with mean temperature 56 and 0 inches precipitation. Forecast cloudy tonight and Wednesday. In political chatter McKinley tariff strategy splits Southern officeholders. Ex Congressmen Ham Lewis and DAR figures weigh in on national campaign dynamics. Twentieth century phrasing and Platt Amendment debate appear amid broader federal party shifts.
Edward H. Harriman, the New York banker and broker, is said to control more miles of railroad than any other man in the world, which is another way of saying that he controls the votes of more United States Senators than any other man does.
A plan to merge all Alabama iron companies into one large trust is under discussion. The commentary urges proceeding to bring the industry under trust control, warning that public revolt would quicken if trust power grows unchecked.
The man who defined civil service reform as a method for professional reformers to place friends in office without causing uproar among disappointed seekers was nearing the truth in his analysis.
The article recalls Philander C. Knox being named Attorney General, allegedly as repayment to McKinley for his 1869 Stark County Prosecuting Attorney bid. It notes Knox left $40,000 annual salary for $8,000, asserting a touching bargain to aid McKinley. It also cites Minnesota’s law making wife desertion a felony with a bond requirement and pending requisitions for thirty deserters.
A letter to the New York Journal of Commerce notes 187 Texas oil companies with $43 million capital, mainly local, as fortunes rise eastward into a broad oil belt. Wells in Texas boast 72 000 and 70 000 barrels daily, with claims of capacity far exceeding California wells and East Coast output. New fields appear in Utah Wyoming Colorado and other states while prospecting spreads to Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada and Arizona. The piece warns of eventual overproduction and uncertain long term value beyond fuel use.
A letter from Mrs. C. W. Roberts of North Creek Arkansas reports twenty years of dyspepsia relief after using one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. She says she is now in better health and praises the product highly. Brown Bros.
E Reinhardt and Co Inc advertises Rambler bicycles with a full line and price information. The notice urges readers to contact the firm for current prices of the well known wheels.
Statement of the business of the Western Union Telegraph Company in the State of Nevada during the year ending December 31, 1900.
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