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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1890
Page
2
A traveler recalls an exhibit on paper money’s making and destruction, describing a ten thousand dollar note pulped into pulp and molded into a tiny collectible water pitcher. The piece questions why artful wastage of currency exists while silver money remains vital to the poor.
State news recalls a tragic murder on January 13 1888 as the Potts and Fawcett case goes to the Board of Pardons with the couple to be executed. The report notes the victim’s dismemberment and public attention in Virginia City. It closes with miscellaneous remarks including census humor and a NY actress claim.
John B. Herrenhof of Bristol, head of a large ship-building firm, lost sight at fifteen but rebuilt his career over forty years. He oversees finances, visits yards, knows models by feel, and has contributed to famous American yachts. A petrified tree found in Osnabruck quarry was set up at the Berlin School of Mines.
At Pioche Nevada on May 1 14 by Justice of the Peace A A Young John Warwood to Martha Pattan and on June 5 14 by Justice of the Peace A A Young Jefferson stakes to Mollv Coy note sedated phrasing indicates marriage licenses and property dealings in Pioche with local official A A Young presiding over both events.
The document urges voters to support the Republican platform favoring both gold and silver as money, condemns Windom’s anti silver actions, and calls for Cadton delegates to back the party’s free coinage doctrine, arguing it protects miners and farmers and condemns demobilizing monetary policy.
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