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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
2
Publication details show Wes E Orr and Bagrar Goodrich as lessees and RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY issuing every Saturday. Subscription rates list one year by mail, six months by mail. Post office registration notes Pioche Nevada as second class matter.
Two Irish migrants find work in America. Pat and Mike face three questions about weight of the moon, number of stars, and what Pat thinks about. Mike answers by misdirection, revealing a humorous misunderstanding about the moon’s weight and the thinker’s intent.
Court heard details of a brutal incident at a reformatory where inmate Willan Haron was beaten and tortured for days. He was chained, suspended, and subjected to a cold water cure, with quart after quart poured over him until he choked. He lay on a concrete floor paralyzed with a broken back for hours before medical attention arrived.
Nevada legislature approves a policing system to quell riots in Goldfield, aiming to anticipate time and place of disorders. Union advocates clash with conservatives over the measure as Speaker Skagen left the chair, calling the act pernicious and unconstitutional and predicting political graves for its supporters.
The yard now supplies dimension boards rustic bevel siding flooring ceiling mouldings shingles Malthoid roofing windows doors building paper and related supplies. Also announced is a new policy closing the yard to business on Sundays.
In the house Representative McGavin Ud attacked the custom of American heiresses marrying European nobles. He said he had no target in mind but argued that women sacrifice their souls and honor on the altar of snobbery. He claimed bargains in New York daily offer items from ribbon to flesh.
In Washington D C Senate passage of Hayburn's leave of absence proposal to advance irrigation projects with substantial land improvements relies on water reaching canals before settlers gain homestead ties. A companion bill allocates 26000 dollars for the Washington Idaho journey. Separately San Luis Obispo California reports an oil tank fire sparked by lightning at Union Oil. four tanks belonging to Standard Oil were destroyed but no other damage occurred.
An ad warns a disease causing sudden deaths from kidney weakness and related problems. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver, and bladder issues claiming quick cures, pleasant taste, and wide availability with a sample offer and address in Binghamton New York.
Homer Folks secretary of Brute Charity Aid society of New York laments the awkwardness charity workers face in public appeals for funds. The piece cites a preacher style analogy and parodies an old tonic advertisement while highlighting complaint entries in a club book about trivial grievances and social foibles.
A testimonial extols Grape Nuts as a life saving food for a sick infant once given up by doctors. The account describes soaking and mixing grape nuts juice with milk, salt, and sugar, feeding every two hours, resulting in a recovered, laughing child. The ad promotes Grape Nuts as a perfect health food for all ages and references The Road to Wellville.
Fire at Nelson Morris & Co packing plant near the Kaw river in Kansas City Kansas started in the canning department on the second floor of a twin main building. The blaze threatened the entire plant and box factory, with losses estimated at 750000 before it was controlled. Efforts to save the main building were abandoned within a half hour after discovery.
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot testified before the House Agriculture Committee on annual estimates and provided a statement of Forest Service receipts and expenditures for the current year. Receipts from grazing, sales, and other sources total about $602,000, while expenditures exceed receipts by roughly $63,000.
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