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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1899
Page
2
Windle and Brackett lessees publish subscription dates and rates for one year six months and three months by mail and carrier. Office at Corner Bridge and Fourth streets Windemere Nevada. Notices indicate daily publication except Sundays and reference to Hilvar State communications.
Weather Bureau records show 24 hours ending 8 PM mean barometer 30.06 inches with a maximum of 87 degrees and a minimum 15 degrees above zero. Mean temperature 66 degrees, normal 47, prevailing wind from the west. Precipitation 0.07 inches. Observer J C Hayden notes Sept 26 readings.
Hayden and Mcadie expect fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Temperatures steady with light winds. No major weather events forecast. Local officials urge bettors at the State Fair to monitor conditions for outdoor activities.
The article notes a strong wool market and upward cattle prices. It reports the stock outlook in the state as bright and Humboldt county hay and grain crops as the largest in years. It also comments on Spanish court martial results and soldiers' criticisms of General Otis after the Philippines campaign.
Yesterday's dispatches report hopeful London newspapers that Father Kruger may concede on every point. The Boers show no willingness to yield, and England bluntly accepts that concession as the only path to peace. War, it seems, will come swiftly.
French officers who testified in favor of Dreyfus are being promoted by the government. The speaker laments that earlier intimation of this course might have altered the trial, potentially turning Dreyfus into a hero rather than a convict.
The New York reception to Dewey is marred by petty jealousies of narrow-minded managers who push heroes into the background. Teddy Roosevelt is singled out as the most conspicuous and rapidly becoming the most disgusting public figure.
The Colorado State Board of Health is weighing advisability of quarantine against persons with consumption who come to the state for relief. California authorities have already imposed strict measures to curb tuberculosis. Colorado will likely follow with regulatory steps to prevent spread.
In recent years consumption contracted in Colorado was unclear. Now physicians report two deaths daily in Denver from statewide consumption.
The piece compares 1890 U S population of 62,622,250 with estimates from Washington officials of 76,285,000 on August 1, 1899 and 77,675,000 for 1960, while The Boston Globe forecasts the next census will top out at 74,480,860.
In Muskego lake area, southwestern Wisconsin, farmers profit from winter hay on the ice as shallow water lifts grass above the bed. The method eases harvest but is tied to the lake’s boggy bottom. The piece also notes Cornelius Vanderbilt’s rumored fortune of $100,000,000 and mentions taxes: war revenue $2,500,000 and state tax $1,000,000.
A blunt testimonial ad proclaims Westetter's Stomach Bitters cure indigestion constipation biliousness fever and malaria for fifty years and more. It urges patients to ensure a Private Revenue Stamp seals the bottle neck.
Richard Barry of the Jordan Valley Stock Company offers a 100 dollar reward for the capture of the thief or thieves who stole a bay saddle horse weight about 900 pounds with a bull head brand on the left thigh from the Buil Head ranch on the Little Humboldt river. Also taken were a heavy stock saddle with Main Winchester gear stamped on stirrups, leather saddle bags, and a common bridle. Sheriff CHAS McDEID of Humboldt County, Winnemucca, Nevada, Sept 25, 1899.
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