The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-04
OLD NEWSPAPER
UNCOVERED HERE

RECORD
bearing date OF February 20. 1876. wa
brought to the Record Office this weel
by Frank Berger. who Is leasing O,
the Raymond and Ely dump. Mr.. Ber
ger says the relic. which was In a fai,
eohdition or preservation. was dlscov.
cred lying under boulder on the Ray
mond and Ely dump.
The publisher of the Record at thai
time was indeed modest. his name mo-
oeihs contained in the caption on tn,
editorial page. the Inscription merel,
oeins published by the Record Pub.
fishing Company"
INDUCING In witticisms of a rare sor-
the editor informed his readers as fol.
lows:
Gentlemen guests who expect te
participate in the terpsichorean festiv.
tiles of the Cosmopolitan party this
evening are requested to come gloved
Elegant attire is easily soiled and
stained by exudation from the skin
however cleanly the hands may be,
and ends with the startling statement
that England this very day ever,
man to do his duty"
Jonas Cohn, who conducted a mer-
chandise store in Phoebe at that time
denes competition" and Continues tc
sell his stock at such low prices tha,
has astonished everybody. Being 8
pioneer in this line of business 1t Is
impossible for any new concern to un-
dersell him" He ends up with TN.
sweeping statement that your pocket
book Will be your guide" In tina,
sense, at least, conditions in Pioch,
have not changed-one's pocketbool
continues to be his guide. and probabl,
will be as long as one remains upou
this earth.
Joseph Rich. who was conducting
. clothing and furnishing store at tha
time. said in his advertisement: ''W;
to the knife! Clothing war, Dow,
with prices!" Then followed quota
tions on clothing at $12 to SIS De
suit; overcoats are offered to the "hiel
miners of Phoebe" for the muniiicent
sum Of ten bucks and beaver frock
suits are quoted at SIS cash money
plunks on the counter"
"A clipping from the Virginia Enter,
prise carried in this issue contains tn,
Following interesting statement: "a
facetlous eX-confederate of Williams
burg, Va, who signs himself rebel
or 1868, patriot of 1876 observing
that the last monthly statement fixed
the national debt at $2,244.52e. .9Sl25.
has wrtttea 70 Secretary Rristow en-
closing 20 cents ito pay the last two
ngures,' and expresses the hope that
hVe other persons as patriotic as him
self may be found who will liuuidate
the debt by each paying off two of the
remaining ten figures"
An editorial in the paper discloses
the fact that an effort was being made
about that time in the United States
congress to restore the double stand.
ard Of gold and silver, and the editor
mad the following to say regarding the
1act BY paragraph found in one of
our eastern exchanges we learn that
strong effort will be made during
the present session of congress 10
practically restore the double stand
ard for both silver and gold; also max
Ing the former legal tender for any
amount. Such measure will be well
coined as a long and effective step to-
ward the resumption of specie pay
ment, and also as IA great benefit to
Nevada. by preventing the depreciation
of its principal product We under.
stand that Senator Jones will bring
deavor to procure tho passage of the
requisite legislation. BY the absorp-
tion of the large amount which it is
also proposed to substitute for the
fractional currency and greenbacks
under s.. making silver dollars of full
value legal tender and providing a
general specific contract act, the trou-
BILE about an oversupply of silver will
ivy ,t.I~t
bered by the older inhabitants hat
specie payment Was actually resu ned
about that time and the fractional
paper currency gradually went our of
existence.
Meadow Valley mining stock was ad-
vertised In delinquent sale, and the
advertisement carried the informa ton
that the mine was located in the ely
mining district, Lincoln county, Me-
vada, and read there is delinauen on
the following described stock on ac-
count of assessment No. 10, levied on
the 18th day of December, 1875, the
several amounts set opposite the name
of respective shareholders" Then was
given a list of the names Of those pos
sessing shares of stock who had not
paid the assessment mentioned"
The loss of checks must have been a
habit with some of the residents Of
that day. for conspicuous in the col
umns of the old newspaper are two ad-
vertisements bemoaning the loss of
four checks in amounts from $46 to
5000 and notifying the general public
that payment on them had been
stopped.
The paper makes the announcement
that A. w. Geer rancher of the Pah-
ranagat valley, had arrived in Phoebe
with a load of grain.
The paper when first uncovered by
Mr. Berger was not badly damaged
but since being exposed to the atmos-
phere 1t Is rapidly turning brown and
falling to pieces