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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
3
Celebrations on the same day as Francis Joseph of Austria include gifts to long-serving domestic staff with eleven women receiving $62.50 each and others $41.60. The ad text also weaves in various historical notes and advertisements from early 1900s, mentioning Cure for skin disease and other unrelated items and prices.
A runaway freight crashed into a passenger train near Austin eight miles west of Helena. Three passengers died and two burned in the wreck while express messenger Jessup was burned alive during rescue attempts. Carloads of lumber and shingles fueled a terrif fire as the passenger train burned.
Washington actions approve a special commission report to overhaul 24 existing Chinese entry and residence regulations easing restrictions. The move aims to reduce friction, end anti American boycotts, and liberalize immigration rules across the board.
Berlin reports a hopeful mood from government circles about the Algoires conference though inspired German papers foresee no war risk for Germany if talks fail. They say France would not fight over Moroccan questions and warn against excessive optimism while cautious observers see failure to act could damage German strategy and worsen Franco German friction.
Marriner W. Merrill, appointee of the Mormon church and president of the Logan temple, died at his Richmond home at 11 o'clock last night after a lengthy kidney affliction. Born September 25, 1832, in Sackville New Brunswick, he was the fourth son in a thirteen child family and joined the Mormon faith as a youth before traveling across the country to Salt Lake City in 1863.
The Crofters of Parra island seize Watersay in the Hebrides after a bloodless landing. They distribute the island into small farms among themselves claiming rights to cultivate it. No police or troops are nearby, hindering government action.
Alexander Devin died after an unlicensed fight at Colma club pavilion. Fighter known as Chiefie Johnson faces manslaughter charges as San Mateo County sheriff and local police seek him. In other items Berlin headlines dispute tariff agreement with United States. War records note disputed Iowa regimental arrival times at Shiloh battlefield.
Chicago Burlington & Quincy officials plead not guilty in U S district court to charges of granting illegal rebates to United States Products Export, a subsidiary of United States Steel. Judge Bethea accepted the plea.
Mrs ET Gould of Chicago reports that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved severe backache dizziness headaches and bearing down pains caused by Bright's Disease in 1907 after long illness. She claims the pills cured her and she has remained well since. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo for 60 cents a box.
An account from Nowshera describes a soldier bitten by a snake who recovered after a series of passes or energetic contact, which reportedly reduced symptoms and blood loss. The narrator, not a medical man, notes he sent the patient to a hospital where recovery continued.
A South African household as described by Olive Schreiner features an English father, a half Dutch mother with a French name, a Scotch governess, a Zulu cook, a Hottentot housemaid, a Fair boy, and a girl who waited on table, a Bumto.
A fragmentary line suggests a devotional or polemical passage noting ignorance of idols and the inability of such images to save, reflecting a religious critique or teaching. The text mentions idolatry and futile prayers to a god that cannot deliver.
A garbled report describes Chinese troops in support of British forces, claiming bravery and unity in battle. It asserts that Chinese fighters stood shoulder to shoulder with British troops, defending a strategic position and rejecting cowardice label despite chaotic conditions.
Several young men from Circle, Pa, near Philadelphia, have organized a frog catching and shipping business for the city market. Workers report catching from 60 to 180 pounds of frogs’ legs daily, sold to Greek buyers at a dollar per pound.
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