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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1896
Page
2
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Dispatch from Var dee notes Dr. Nansen and the Fram far north of the New Siberian islands at latitude 86 degrees 14 minutes. They drifted to 84 degrees westward toward Spitzbergen with discovered warm water below 150 meters and deep patches of water 3800 meters deep. Recovery hindered by scarce dogs and Oleneck river ice, but scientific results were valuable.
Report notes a 360 foot pendulum demonstration planned for the Paris exposition to test earth motion, referencing Foucaul t's Pantheon experiment. Details include a 350 foot length with a 180 pound steel globe at the end and a Carson Nevada dateline of July 21, 1896.
The advertisement promotes choice creamery butter delivered daily from Dutertre's creamery with a guaranteed full two pounds to the roll. It endorses No-Tox Will Cherry Phosphate as the finest summer drink and notes availability at F.C. Robins & Co and ukonany & Bon retail and commission store.
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