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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1882
Page
1
One year by mail costs 260, six months 125, carrier delivery in Reno 50 cents monthly. Mail in advance requested. L. P. Fisher, Advertising Agent at 21 Merchants Exchange, San Francisco, is authorized to receive ads for this paper.
A partisan attack decries Geo C. Gorham as untrustworthy and corrupt and urges firing him from the Administration organ. The piece accuses his imperial airs and political flip flopping, calls him petty and vindictive, and warns he would disgrace the President. It ends with a demand to remove Gorham at once and to eject Black and Tan from power.
A citizen who once lived in New York writes to the Eureka Sentinel asserting that New York rumors about Nevada corruption are true. He claims Beecher’s charges about Brooklyn school licentiousness match the reality, criticizing Brooklyn hypocrites who profit from vice.
Fragmentary text hints at an investigation into a deadly event with references to blood and threats. Names, places, or dates are not readable, leaving only a rough, non-specific sense of a gala or fatal action without concrete details.
The article critiques railroad returns in Nevada for 1881, estimating net railroad profits at about 3.81 million dollars from state lines plus Central Pacific figures. It questions the $635 per person annual transport profit and warns how long residents can bear the drain while five railroads profit from freight and passenger movement.
A U S dispatch reveals one man tried to push a commercial scheme using Blaine and Minister Hurlburt to back Peruvian guano claims. Blaine warned against official influence aiding credit ventures. Shepard pressured with prominent names, but most correspondents claimed ignorance. Democrats conclude no political nest here.
Senator McPherson criticizes the United States for lacking a modern navy arguing we have no active fleet or naval officers. He says the country should abolish costly paper establishments and close naval yards to redirect funds to essential needs amid global arms progress.
A Troy New York bell founder received an order for a bell destined for Delhi Towa. Inscribed on one side is a Garfield quote about voices and achievement, stating Voices has gone before every great good. On the opposite side the inscription reads In memory of a servant of Christ, our fair loved President James A Garfield 4881.
From the Daily Journal: oyster pirates around the Rappahannock were surrounded and captured for the first time in Virginia history. Other items report a fire in Haverhill Massachusetts, dispatches on Irish land legislation, a cannel coal vein found in Iowa, and various European war and political notes.
The Carpet Trade Reviews notes Fifth Avenue palaces show that decorative work costs not just money but the combined taste skill and labor of many artists and mechanics. Rooms depict poems battles legends and fables with frescoes carved ceilings and pastoral windows, illustrating progress in interior decoration over recent years and replacing dull unartful styles.
The Stock Report quotes a critique of Blaine's South American policy arguing he refused to let the State Department aid a private scheme. After his removal from the Cabinet, schemers sparked a hornets nest and cried wolf. Blaine emerges unscathed while Shepherd and associated figures are belittled and their wealth and fame fail to counter the denigration.
A county assembly debate recreates a historic quarrel as a speaker decries a proposed move to send him to the Legislature. He notes seven years of neighborly harmony and laments being labeled as morally or financially ruined by prior legislators. The exchange recalls Reform era tensions and local political pressures.
Fragmentary notes recount Judge Snell's remarks on the Star-route cases and the Dandy court in Omaha. They reference губернатор Bliss andColonel Bliss comments on prosecutions not under his control and a Deadwood postmaster confession about contractor departures. The text also cites Rev Dr Jewell's San Francisco lecture on Mormonism linking government corruption and office scramble to broader questions.
Reports from Calais recount a giant, sinuous trail found near Chain Island and a bog site believed to be made by a sea serpent. Witnesses including Hunnewell Quimby Sewell and locals describe a creature leaving 90 plus feet of track, weighing many tons, with ongoing scrutiny through winter into next summer.
A fragmented OCR style piece discusses railroad taxation and government franchise. It argues Southern Pacific Railroad claims exemption since its franchise is federal and used for troop and military transport. It contrasts tax burdens on other carriers and cites General Skobeloff remarks on a public speech.
The San Francisco Examiner ridiculed Oscar Wilde for claiming no ruins in the United States and urged him to see the U S navy by moonlight. The piece criticizes decades of Democratic opposition to naval and military spending, cites Congressional records and Democratic speeches, and argues that republican economy led to outdated ships and wasted funds. It urges showing Wilde the supposed "ruins" of Bourbon Democracy and the failures of past naval policy.
The Ohio River rises to 547 feet, the highest since 1847, with continuous rain lowering navigation. Officials fear a record rise beyond 1890 as flood warnings grow and river conditions worsen.
Milwaukee reports a promising new industry with a glass roofing product. A local glass manufacturing firm sent a proprietor to inspect a Youngstown roof made of glass shingles. The shingles are molded with nail holes and interlock tightly, creating a durable, water tight roof option.
The Washington correspondent says the Grand Jury returned indictments in star route cases against ex-Assistant Postmaster-General Brady ex-Senator Dorsey J W Dorsey and relatives plus others. District Attorney Corkhill stayed silent as reports circulate of conspiracy to defraud the United States connected with the star-route service.
Evaporated apples, about 6,000,000 pounds annually, are cured and sliced thin then exposed to sulphur fumes to halt fermentation, followed by a hot dry air blast. The process costs about twice sun drying but preserves weight and flavor, selling for fifteen cents a pound in Europe.
A San Francisco druggist invents a weather gauge that turns purple before rain and clears during dry spells, claiming its instrument outdoes a barometer as a predictor. Cincinnati is chosen for the Brotherhood of Telegraphers National Convention on March 15, with details via Secretary Christy. Wholesale boot and shoe dealers donate 2100 dollars for Haverill fire surfers, sent to Goodrich & Porter for distribution.
The article describes chaos since Peru’s invasion by Chile and reports mobs attacking towns including Pisco. It claims four hundred foreigners resisted and three hundred were killed, with the French Consul among the dead, and about four thousand people slain overall. It calls for foreign aid to protect citizens.
In response to a House resolution, the Pension Commissioner details total funding needs for pension claims over the next twenty five years. The figure reaches 1,295,729,000 dollars, or 1,374,651,000 dollars if Mexican veterans are included, with current annual payments around 62,000,000 dollars and an expected 25 year decline to about 23,000,000 dollars per year as pensioners die.
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