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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
2
The Silver State printed by Windle and Bracket issues a subscription and mailing rate notice. It lists annual and half year rates, and weekly carrier pricing for Winnemucca. The notice directs all business correspondence to the newspaper in Winnemucca Nevada.
Weather Bureau report shows mean barometer 29.86 inches maximum temperature 82 minimum 49 with mean 60. Prevaling wind 3 W. Precipitation 0.0 inches. Forecast calls for fair cool night and Saturday with cooler night and Friday May 17 1901.
A dispatch last night reported Mrs William McKinley's death in San Francisco, which proved unfounded. Advices say her condition has improved to a hopeful extent. The nation offers sympathy to President McKinley and hopes the First Lady recovers health for the American home and republic.
A brief collage notes Scotland forest and mountain land shares, typhoid absence in New Guinea and West Africa, stamp collectors paying for misprinted Pan American stamps, William Hill turning himself in to mission workers, Texas Capitol's size and cost, 16 inch battleship guns doubts, a Wheeling farmer overlooked stock gains.
ACor. Forest and Stream notes in the South Sea islands old gods persist in jungles and seas while village churches show modern faith. Samoans attend services in white shirts and gaudy bonnets, carrying Bibles and hymn books, yet hunter and fisher cultures keep ancestral beliefs. The piece contrasts native superstition with imported religion and hints at shared practices between natives and sportsmen.
In England a pupil defines a limited monarchy as government by a king not responsible for national debt, likening it to limited liability companies. Another student misidentifies the Pilgrim fathers as crusaders, while a third defines molasses as an American mule in the Andes.
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