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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1890
Page
2
The text notes past lenience for disturbances and deadly weapon use with little comment, and highlights a Parish case where the act of killing a man marks a further step in prosecution and punishment.
A humorous set of guidelines for engaging editors with local items, urging delays and feigned ignorance. It also notes a Chicago grooming device for horses, steam powered branches, and steam wipers, plus methods for cooling sidewalks and a pigeon egg study showing first egg is female, second male.
Readable scraps include population figures for Astoria and Salt Lake City, mining and timber notes in Montana and Idaho, wheat yields in Sutter County, fundraising for swimming baths in Sacramento, and Assembly politics in Sacramento. Reports of horse stealing near Indian Diggings, steamer traffic between Petaluma and San Francisco, railroad dispute settlements, squatters near Fort Angeles, a parachute accident at Ventura, a gold ore discovery near Sheep Mountain, and earlier life details on pioneer figure B Stanley. A Coronado ferry robbery yields minor cash, and a Louisiana senator denounces the lottery while arguing for state duties.
The piece reports rising census protests led by officials in Colorado and Portland Oregon, with the Cincinnati Gazette condemning the census as untrustworthy. Richmond Virginia officials use police to aid enumeration amid fraud claims, while Alta views warn of misrepresentation in future House actions.
An Indiana cow aged five produced eight calves revealing a record of extraordinary multiple births. At age three she had quadruplets and in the two subsequent years twins. A Missouri Penitentiary doe also birthed twins. Experts deem these events exceedingly rare in natural history. A bottle ofVribetwlil beta is mentioned as a household item.
A San Francisco advertisement touts Edwin W. Joy Company vegetable preparations with a no cure no pay guarantee and letters recount dramatic headaches relief. A London correspondent reviews lovers stationery and kissing spots on fine note paper. Literacy percentages are cited for Russia Bulgaria and Brazil.
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