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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
1
The 1899 State Land Office closed with 1038 contracts, a record since opening. Total 2 Million Acre Grant applications reached 68 167 92 acres. reverted lands totaled 20 261 42 acres. The office earned 187 955 46 dollars for the state school fund.
Frank the Indian murderer of Launder county faces a likely hanging in Austin on the 26th. The Sheriff has secured a rope and black cap and scaffold work is ongoing. The Times-Review notes other items including gambling in Las Vegas and mining news from Silver City, plus a charity gift for deaf aid.
A series of quips on marriage and memory jokes appear in a Tidbits item from Inland Printer noting W. H. M. Christie argues the 20th century begins January 1, 1901. The piece wittily questions names and legs while forecasting a new century.
The New York Sun reported false claims about Jamaica including drought famine and disease. Colonial Secretary Evans urged the liaison with Vice Consul Springer to counteract misrepresentations causing mischief to the colony.
A steady demand for aluminum grows in printing and lithography. Prepared sheets replace stone slabs on rotary presses, cutting weight, space, and labor. German five pound sheets serve as a litho substitute, cost about one third of stone, and withstand heavy press use. In Tennessee a trio of sisters farm and perform all work, living in near silence except at harvest. The piece notes the sisters’ notoriety and references “deaf and dumb” trips as a label in a Washington Post item.
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