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the churchill county standard (fallon, nev.) 1908-1920 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1908-05-21
Location: fallon, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the churchill county standard (fallon, nev.) 1908-1920 · 1908-05-21 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1908-05-21 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... tions have the same old sulphur smell. Your very first request —“to keep hands off of railroad legislation”—smacks wonderful ly of a “corporation cormorant” squeal. If I order the house of which your chairman is president (the Simmons Hardware Co., of Si Louis) to ship me a ten-pound sash weight the charges will be 80 cents. If I should then in crease my order to 150 pounds the charges on the whole thing would be 27 cents per hundred, or 41 cents. In the face of such conditions, do you think it well to let up on railroad legislation, and "let well enough alone?” Explain these rates to me and justify them, and I will ...

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