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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1883
Page
1
Publication details announce the Nevada State Journal issue schedule and carrier rates. It lists publisher C Powning as proprietor, notes pricing for Reno delivery at 50 cents per month, and states mail forwarding is not provided unless paid in advance.
The text argues that perceived moral decline is overstated, noting more crimes are reported not because more occur but due to faster news. It cites widespread telegraph networks and rapid dissemination of events across vast distances, encouraging readers to weigh ages fairly rather than judge by weekly trag idies.
Senator Logan argues the Indian problem won’t be solved without allowing able bodied Indians to earn their own living. He condemns past sentimentality and misdirected policy that kept Indians on reservations with little farming support. He urges reform and guaranteed land and farming knowledge to enable self sustenance.
Samuel J. Tilden contributes 50000 dollars to the Democratic campaign in Ohio while declining to seek the Presidency through the New York Sun. Proctor Knott, a humorist, has won the Kentucky governorship.
President Arthur and his party met about five hundred Shoshone and Arapaho chiefs at Fort Washakie before setting out to Yellowstone. Washakie and Black Coat praised peaceful relations, while interpreters and Captain Clark assisted communication. A war dance with drumbeats and elaborate regalia followed, entertaining the visiting party.
A native music band is dispatched to San Francisco to provide music for the Grand Conclave. Arrival is expected in a few days. A report claims several lepers are aboard, sent to Quarantine Officers for investigation upon arrival. If true, the band may be assigned to the pesthouse instead of the grand procession.
A drove of cattle drinking at the Carson river yesterday morning stopped the Brunswick mill for nearly two hours. The Enterprise notes that mining interests on the Pacific Coast are being hindered by agricultural activity.
It has been demonstrated that by boring in any place where there are natural springs, however small, fine flowing artesian wells may be obtained. Springs are the croppings and fast rock of artesian water.
The French republic staffs naval cats as humble civil functionaries. Hundreds serve on ships during apprenticeship then work ashore in five ports to control rats and mice. They receive five centimes a day, paid to the Director of Cats for horseflesh for the crew.
Mr Parnell is idolized by Irish crowds as his name brings ringing cheers in assemblies. He arrived from London to Dublin to preside at the National League Organizing Committee meeting, receiving ovations at every stop. Michael Davitt, present at the Dublin gathering, was warmly welcomed back to the nationalist councils amid cheers.
A Sunday school clergyman pauses to draft his talk and asks for input. A back row youngster raises a hand and suggests a brief address. The brief verdict from the scholar is simple and clear: make a short speech.
The War Secretary refused an application to build a Catholic church on the Presidio Reservation, citing a case where a harmless license grew into a claim on an entire Military reservation valued at 3,000. The St. James Mission of 1866 in Washington Territory, land patents from Hudson Bay, influenced the decision. The Court later ruled in favor of the Mission after the United States authorities asserted land claims more than a decade later.
The New York Times comments on southern journalists facing trouble and cites Red Bluff editor jailed for murder who collaborates with the sheriff to edit his paper from a prison cell. He is kept secure from readers’ complaints, well cared for, and enjoys every convenience but freedom.
The Executive Committee adopts a series of excursions for visiting Knights from Aug 21 to Aug 27. Planned trips include Napa Valley wine regions with free entertainments at Yountville and St Helena, a grand Bay Area cruise to Golden Gate on yacht clubs boats and steamer Newark Ancon and San Rafael, a Santa Cruz redwoods tour with a California barbecue, and a Monterey visit to the Del Monte hotel as a tribute to the Grand Master and Grand Encampment officers.
The 1883 notice from ex Governor Geo C Perkins Grand Commander Knights Templar of California forbids Knights Templar in San Francisco from entering saloons or places selling alcohol in uniform or with emblems during the twenty second Triennial Conclave. Overseers must enforce, and sister jurisdictions are asked to issue similar orders. A separate report from Tacoma, Washington Territory notes customs officers and the revenue steamer Walcott captured a smuggling sloop while nine Chinese passengers escaped and about 100 Chinese had recently landed along the northern border, prompting a plea for more troops to curb crossings and aid the collector.
A new cave at the base of Lookout Mountain near Cadiz, opened at low water in the Tennessee River, reveals unknown depths. At the far end explorers found a vast lake with a 150 foot waterfall roaring like thunder, along with other water features and phenomena.
A ten car train at Portland Maine will be loaded with canned goods and sent to Portland Oregon once the Northern Pacific is opened. The cars will be conspicuously marked to draw attention along the route. Mme. Helen Moujesan and her husband are at Lake Tahoe.
The San Francisco Board of Health acts to prevent cholera and other infectious diseases entering the port. All African and Asiatic ports are declared infectious and arriving vessels from them face quarantine. New quarantine grounds at Mission Bay are ready and the Quarantine Officer will enforce all laws. A note mentions two members of King Kalakana's band set to perform during the Conelaga are lepers. Consul Mosby reports two quarantined vessels in Hong Kong with cholera and several deaths, while cholera has spread two thousand miles in six weeks and may reach Yokohama.
The New York Tribune reports George C Gorham and allies claim his 1881 Secretary of the Senate nomination binds Republicans in the next Senate caucus. Gorham will retire from editorial chair, causing embarrassment. A new caucus is likely as roughly one third of the incoming Republican senators were in the prior Gorham nominating group.
The Humboldt County assessor Perkins nears completion of the assessment lists and works on the roll. Central Pacific Railroad valued at 10000 per mile, up 1000 from last year, likely to avoid a suit. Total real and personal property assessment up about 250000 from last year, exclusive of railroads real estate listed higher than before.
The article notes growing attention to women's higher and general education. It asserts leaders recognize superficial knowledge is insufficient. Pope Leo XIII supports educating both elite and modest girls, arguing women can be powerful aids to humanity with development of heart and mind.
John W. Mackay, the bonanza millionaire, visited Wall Street last Friday and met Senator Kernan. Brokers in the Mising Exchange area hear reports that he and James Keene will attempt to revive stagnant mining speculation in the city. The Hareka Leader advocates a plank for cheap postal telegraphy, echoing the Nevada Republican platform on establishing a government postal telegraph service with the Post Office Department.
Parker's Ginger Tonic spread widely as invalids report renewed life and vigor when other medicines fail, boosting its popularity despite questions of merit.
Washington advices allege a powerful secret group of leading negroes aims to colonize South Carolina and other regions. Members reportedly hold government posts and Fred Douglass is said to back the plan. Meetings occur in secrecy to fix settlements and dates for a mass discussion, with proposed sites from South Carolina to Indian Territory and Texas.
Virginia seeks $73,289 from the Secretary of the Treasury as the fourth installment of public money deposit. The 1836 act directed surplus funds to be held with states, but the fourth deposit was postponed to 1839 and later never made due to treasury shortfalls. Virginia argues Sections 13 and 14 remain in force and would require repayment, possibly over $9,000,000, with attorneys preparing to press the claim.
The Grass Valley Union reports the Central Pacific Railroad Company and its leased lines will accept the new schedule of fares adopted by the Railroad Commissioners. The move is seen as a sensible act and virtual acceptance of state authority, signaling progress in the California railroad dispute.
An old advertisement pitches Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain and related ailments. It claims to relieve suffering immediately, soothe gums, regulate the stomach, and treat dysentery and diarrhoea. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle, with a note on Parker's Hair Balm for gray hair.
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