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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
2
Nevada northwest notes report 2 freight-train collision injuring crew near Manna. Murders, arrests, and court actions ripple through Montana and surrounding towns with deaths, wrecks, and legal rulings. Notables include George W. Fo es, Taroma figures, and colonial state regents disputes.
Easter festival passes with little violence as government orders issued to provincial authorities appear to have curbed outbreaks. Durnovo retires, and Count Witte gains leverage by blaming repression on his rival, with the Easter mood dampened by lingering revolutionary propaganda concerns.
Ottajano and San Giuseppe scenes reveal continued debris removal as thousands of refugees endure misery. During Sundays search two elderly women were found alive after six days entombed, speechless but breathing, protected by rafters and surviving on scant food in their pockets.
In Salt Lake City, Patsy Sullivan, four year old son of John Sullivan, was found after twenty hours lost in snow near Hog Back Mountain three and a half miles east of Bountiful. He wandered ravines and snow drifts, broke through crusted snow, and became tangled in a patch before a rescue party located him.
An earthquake and landslides in the southern inland of Formosa Saturday killed Taklo-One nungren and nine per sone, with twenty nine injured. Death toll expected to rise. Kagoagwin suffered most as houses from prior destruction collapsed. Doko and other towns hit by landslides reshaped the terrain while officials rush to aid thousands left homeless.
A telegram from Sonora reports Samuel Williams of El Pano Texas was killed by Yaqui Indians during a mining party. Williams, a player for Giroux Consolidated Mining at Carbo, was among several ambushed. the superintendent of the company was also killed.
In an encounter on the outskirts of Title a squadron of dragoons engaged Tur brigands. Four brigands were killed and mortally wounded, with others leaping to escape. A second squadron of Couaeks is noted as available, and details remain unclear about further fatalities.
Reported in a medical notice women suffer daily miseries with backache and dizziness. Testimony from Marypette Mick describes cloven pain and swollen ankles, relief found after using Dean’s Kinney Ville and Weedalfa box. Sold by gal dealers for 90 cents a box, Buffalo, N.Y.
A 60 year old man from Rich Obio credits Cuticura remedies for curing eczema after thirty five years of widespread eruptions. He had seen Government Board doctors many times with no relief, then used Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Renalvent products and is now well.
An old ad claims paupers often reach 100 while no millionaire is recorded at that age. It promotes Allen s Foot Ease powder for foot comfort, touting easy shoe wear and curing painful feet with a trial offer and free address in Le Roy New York.
A Cleveland bank janitor replays a schoolbook tale using a large rat trapped and chained near a bell loop. After electrical jolts, the rodent reigns briefly before the rats flee the building, leaving the lone survivor as ruler of the ruined space.
London’s women workers show nearly half are employed as domestic servants. Among the female population about one in twenty is in domestic service, reflecting a large segment of the labor force concentrated in households.
A mob in Springfield Missouri tore down the county jail after taking two suspects from their cells and hanged Horace Duncan and James Copeland beneath a bonfire. The crowd dragged in another suspect later, while a Chicago incident reports a false alarm fire at St Louis Roman Catholic church causing multiple deaths and injuries.
Washington reports the battleship Kearsarge suffered a powder explosion during target practice at Guantanamo Cuba. Six sailors were killed including Lieutenant Huggins and turret officer Peter Norburg. The injured include Theodore Noogell Juliah B Poster and Hills H Athey. Minor details of the blast remain unclear.
A seed planted in Grace Barrett’s ear by a playful child grew into a sprout that blocked hearing. Doctors removed the embryotic plant Saturday and Grace, daughter of a local preacher, regained full hearing. The case highlights accidental ear growth and successful surgical extraction.
Labor union backed Commonwealth Trust and Savings bank will open May 19 in Chicago. Capital is 500000 dollars. All directors except one are members of labor organizations, though officials will not come from organized labor ranks. the staff will be practical banking men.
Kane W. Caldwell chairman of Cloud county Republican central committee forced entry into the Carson hotel basement joint on Saturday evening. He smashed the bar beer pumps and bottled goods leaving the saloon in ruins. Caldwell owns the hotel building and the joint.
Secretary Tary challenges an order altering senior staff powers, reducing the chief of staff to an advisory role. The action shifts duties to Secretary Oliver, who must advance offers within his scope or risk being dismissed by the secretary of war via the military secretary.
A violent earthquake struck southern Formosa on Saturday causing heavy casualties and widespread damage. Reports indicate 19 casualties and extensive destruction surpassing the Want quake. earlier in Formosa last month 1014 were killed, 095 injured, and 1,200 houses demolished.
A scientist claims a genuine singing tree was found in the Australian wilds. The report notes prior wonders like the upas, balloon and uneating trees, but the singing tree lacks details on its voice range and music style.
The passage discusses how clothing and appearance influence behavior, citing examples of a man in the Australian bush dressing for dinner and a woman dressing for Sunday. It also notes a claim about how uniforms or attire can transform demeanor, illustrating broader ideas about style shaping conduct. It then shifts to the origin of the word slave, tracing its roots from the Russian word for glorious to its misassociation with servility after German usage, with a note on Gibbon's reflection.
A quoted excerpt from The Bystander praises turning forty as the time when a woman gains experience and broadened viewpoints. It argues youth’s restlessness fades, while practicality grows, retaining vivacity and optimism despite lost audacity.
A dramatic defense of Grape-Nuts as pure wheat and barley product unfolds in a Manitoba style notice. The piece describes factory processes from grinding to baking and branding, asserting high wages and cleanliness while challenging bread claimants.
Editors of grocers trade papers pressuring advertising and retaliate with slander against Postum and Grape-Nuts. The piece defends not flagging brands, warns of legal action, and keeps the cattle metaphor, arguing for restraint and branding strategy.
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