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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1894
Page
3
A lively column notes upcoming registration deadlines and a speaking event at Armory Hall with speakers Congressman Newlands and Thomas Wren. It highlights Nevada gold fields, emigrants, and stock market chatter, plus cautions about Pine Nut mining claims. A cattle disease discussion and band meeting at the armory are also mentioned.
A 1894 letter from L F Dunn discusses printing official ballots and tally sheets in Nevada versus San Francisco. J E McKisson asserts his Nevada press can handle 26 by 36 ballots, warns against SF competition, and praises the Silver State printing capacity amid political party tensions.
New York papers report the arrest of two well known actresses Flora Finlayson and Leah Van Dyke in Manhattan for intoxication. They were arraigned at Jefferson Market before Justice Hogan and released with a warning to refrain from further indiscretion.
The article recalls Ernest Seyd of England and his 1871 warning on demonetization of silver and gold valuation. It argues ongoing tariff changes worsen unemployment and destitution, posing a persistent political issue as the nation faces winter hardship and economic instability.
A period of global malaise follows talks on gold valuation and monetary reform. The piece notes the Bimetallic league of Manchester warning that England risks losing commerce supremacy if prices fall further, while confidence erosion stems from the money value of goods. A separate report describes a fatal kitchen fire during brandy heating, causing a young woman to die and a domestic suffer severe burns.
Chinese people eat 4 500 000 dogs annually. A full grown ostrich is worth 300 to 400 dollars. Bob Fitzimmons in Jersey City says Corbett must meet him. Mexico reports 7200 schools. US railroads move 600 000 000 passengers and 800 000 000 tons of freight yearly. The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, 1816, the first savings bank, still exists. Black Hills gold yield expected to exceed any year since 1876. Rail stock paying no dividends totals 2 850 334 572. 128 868 500 owned by a few controllers of Central and Union Pacific. A Providence telegram reports an unknown woman found dead with a head injury. believed murdered and moved by carriage. Autopsy found a bullet near the heart. Nellie Lee, 28, daughter of Henry W. Lee, millionaire, entered her family kitchen.
A collage of notices includes a reward offer for catarrh cure claims by Hall's Catarrh Cure and endorsements of F J Cheney Co Toledo. Piano tuning service invites Winnemucca residents to await a tuning trip. Pasture rental and water shutoff notices appear with dates and contact names. Also listed are hay for sale and Hood's Sarsaparilla advertising.
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