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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
3
Local items note extreme cold, visitors from Paradise and Unionville, and a big Wallace circus upcoming Monday. Readers urged to register by October 20 and enjoy reports of trout catches, veterans discharge, and drainage plans for the Comstock.
Nevada Congressman Newlands pressed President McKinley over Nevada Troop M Torrey’s cavalry in Jacksonville with urgent calls for mustering out. Adjutant General Corbin’s reply cites 34 on duty, with illnesses and minor absences, plus no deaths. Newlands demanded healthful relocation postwar. Also notes Black Hills gold output and Hawaiian postage changes.
George A Robertson, veteran prospector from Lander Wyoming, argues that transportation rates must fall for mining camps like Pioche and White Pine to recover. He predicts the Utah & Pacific railroad will boost ore treatment, mine development, and regional agriculture in the southern country, despite not meeting all transport needs.
A vivid fairground program promises a single day spectacle in Winnemucca featuring a half mile track event and 1 000 acts including 100 phe nominal performances, 25 clowns, 20 hurricane races, 4 trains, 1 500 employees, 6 bands, 50 cages, a camel herd, 15 dens, elephants, and a lineup of famed attractions MLLE. NORDA FRENCH, Mysterious Globe, LEON AND SINGING MULE TRILBY, THE SISTERS VORTEX, Triple Revolving Trapeze, THE TEN DELLAMEADS, and Statuary Artists.
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