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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1895
Page
3
A miscellany of local items notes taxes due, assessment work deadline, and a call to action for residents to pay by Monday with a ten percent penalty. It mentions the Southern Pacific company taxes, a railroad paycar settling accounts, and upcoming musical events with the Silver State orchestra.
After a five hour discussion in Omaha Nebraska the Transmississippi congress declared for the free and unlimited coinage of silver on a 16 to 1 basis with a vote of 50 for gold and 127 for silver. W J Bryan led the silver supporters and J L Webster of Omaha led the opposition. The resolution urged immediate restoration of free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 with both metals as full legal tender.
In San Francisco a removal from Gibroth Olam on Dolores Street relocated 1200 coffins to Home of Peace cemetery in San Mateo county. Eight bodies were found petrified to marble color, perfectly preserved, including a mother and infant whose hands and features remain detailed. The phenomenon suggests minerals in the clay caused the transformation, with burials dating from nine to twenty five years prior.
A humorous Nevada Enterprise column mocks Cuban rebellion fears not stopping Havanas from being sold. It notes local cabbage and tobacco links, jokes about cigars tied to California supply, and lampoons editorials about the Havana cigar trade.
Coroner Cochran returns from Lovelock where the inquest on Frank Messer and Frank Jones Indian concluded both died by gunshot on November 21, 1895. Monaco Beheverria in potential involvement noted. Witness accounts align with prior Silver State report. Escheverria linked to poisoning case, circumstantial evidence cited. Additional details cover Limbo ranch vicinity and Washoe county matters, plus a tamales ad and Hall's Catarrh Cure endorsement.
A peculiar patron at a Winnemucca saloon demands a series of surreal liquids from the barkeeper, confusing him with requests for volatile tinctures, insect poisons, and "barbed wire" items, before fleeing after a dose of mineral water with bromo seltzer. The scene, recounted in S. Post, highlights the man’s insistence on drinkable items despite the shop being a bar.
The Examiner plans a unique Christmas edition edited and run entirely by San Francisco children. They will manage the edition with full control, promising a more engaging issue than the famous women’s edition. Separate ad copy promotes Syrup of Figs and Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and a note on 100 dozen ladies’ black ribbed all wool hose at 25 cents a pair from I. Kerwurman & Co.
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