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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
3
Local items report a large band practice crowd and a 350 strong State Line district in Lincoln County. Winter prep urged as wood coal stocks rise while hay acreage looks good. many names and events across Reno Carson Leadville and Paradise Valley.
A detailed letter from W G Abel of Titusville reports Bryan’s western New York and north western Pennsylvania visits drawing large crowds and a hopeful view that Keystone state may tilt against Republicans. It links fusion in NC Kentucky Illinois and Wyoming to Bryan electoral gains and cites Republican doubts. Also notes endorsements and a Montana offer to contract silver if Bryan becomes president. The piece ends with Syrup of Figs ads and a catarrh cure promotion.
In Winnemucca and surrounding areas notices announce Dr. W. B. Porter will visit about November 1 1896 to perform dental work. Other ads include green tomatoes for pickling at reasonable rates, a milliner arriving at Capital lodging house for weekend business, and a saloon for sale due to illness.
A dated column catalogs Gen Palmer as a political chameleon through the years with party shifts from Democrat to independent to Republican elector, then Democrat again, a Populist senator pick in 1890 and a 1896 bolting candidate. It also notes ads for groceries, medicines, and rail service plus a Winnemucca hotel sale offer.
The Silver Party calls for Nevada readers to donate at least one dollar to fund speakers and literature, with funds sent to National Treasurer W. P. St. John. The editor urges county committees and Silver or Democratic papers to publish the appeal, promising to publish contributor names and amounts.
Sale offers legal blanks including subpoenas warrants to arrest writs of attachment and complaints for justices of the peace priced reasonably in cash.
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