Election chatter and local notes from Winnemucca
District court session noted while political commentary fills the town. Names like McKinley, Bryan, and local figures appear amid chatter on votes, speeches, and a band practice at Armory hall.
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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1896
Page
3
District court session noted while political commentary fills the town. Names like McKinley, Bryan, and local figures appear amid chatter on votes, speeches, and a band practice at Armory hall.
A New York Republican leader denounces Bryan as an anarchist revolu tionist and treasonous corrupt influence. The piece blames Wall Street bankers and the gold standard for threats to liberty and calls for vigilance against an oligarchic rule. It cites quotes from political clubs and press reaction and warns of revolutionary dangers if McKinley or Bryan lose. The Nevada Stars beat the Alerts in San Francisco with a seventh inning rally and possible championship hopes intact for the Stars with remaining games against Los Angeles and Portland. The ad copy promotes Syrup of Figs and local groceries sections and a Winnemucca hotel sale and Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisements.
The Stover Spare records the death of James Pierson a Cottonwood native killed while coupling cars as a switchman for the Southern Adfle company on Townsend street. He leaves a wife and is laid to rest at Laurel Hill cemetery after a large turnout of friends and relatives.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup has been marketed as a teething remedy for children. Claims to relieve pain from cutting teeth, cure diarrhea and colic, and provide energy, with a price of twenty five cents a bottle and worldwide availability.
Notices announce Dr H B McDonald will visit Winnemucca October 7 for several days at the Lafayette hotel. Dr E S Halloway plans to be in Winnemucca about November 1 to perform full dental work. Dr W B Porter will be there on or about November 3, 1896 for dental services. Also available are green tomatoes for pickling from Jos Gruxam in Winnemucca, Nevada.
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