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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1901
Page
2
The Silver State paper editions show Windle and Bracket as lessees with operation daily except Sundays. Office at Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets in Winnemucca Nevada. Subscription rates posted for mail and carrier delivery.
The Weather Bureau notes mean barometer 29.75 and temperatures from 41 to 74 degrees with a 0.0 inch 24 hour precipitation and unsettled showers forecast. A U S District Court ruling bans miners from cutting timber on public land for fuel. Earth diameter measured as 7926 miles at the equator and 7899 miles pole to pole confirming flattening.
A 130 ton gun capable of propelling a 2370 pound projectile twenty one miles is nearing completion at Watervliet arsenal under War Department supervision. If tests succeed the weapon will be sent to the Buffalo Exposition and forty units ordered for major harbor defenses in New York San Francisco Boston and Hampton Roads. Captain Wheeler of the Ordnance Bureau to inspect completion.
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association meets annually to safeguard George Washington's estate, preserving it as a near-authentic memory and attracting 85 829 visitors last year. A writing desk once belonging to Mrs. Washington was added to Washington's bedroom furniture, and plans include buying the Centennial coach replica to display in Mount Vernon’s coach house.
Geronimo, the famed Apache leader, now 80, lives near Fort Sill Oklahoma. Tourists pay 5 dollars to photograph him and he preps for the camera with war paint and a ferocious stance. Separately, telephone companies ship about 1000 dollars weekly of worn dimes to the U S treasury for redemption as stale coins. any dime suffices to operate the slot machines, as the public disposes of smooth and plugged coins.
Ireland's population has steadily fallen for fifty years due to heavy emigration. For the first time in the island's history the population is smaller than Scotland's, and even London's population is surpassed by the Irish figures.
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