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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1897
Page
3
Weather Bureau report from January 31 1897 for Woenemucca area covers 44 hours ending 4 PM meridian time. Mean barometer 25.1 inches. Maximum 46 degrees and minimum 31 degrees. Temperature mean 40 degrees. Prevailing wind direction unknown. Precipitation 0.6 inches in four hours. Observer Frank R. Brain.
Rain persisted through last night as Senator Summerfield returned to Carson. Reports note travel from Golconda and Elko to Carson, Chinese New Year celebrations, and local shifts including a prison commissary resignation. The West sees hay surplus, sheep markets firm, and political chatter on county offices and upcoming fights between Corbett and Fitzsimmons with Nevada training sites noted.
A columnist recounts attending Paradise minstrel show at Kemler's ball with the Winnemucsa acts. The writer praises performances by Frank Gillilan and Seymour Case, notes costumes and jokes, and mentions missing Tom Melody. He travels home Sunday, references Chinatown unrest in San Francisco, and reports on police action against high binders amid New Year tensions.
Governor Sadler explains why he signed the prize fight bill in a telegram to the New York Journal. He cites a large Nevada public majority, legislative passage by decisive margin, and no constitutional veto ground. He says license of 1000 dollars curbs fake fights and gloves contests are less demoralizing than football.
Forecasts predict a sequence of weather disturbances crossing the continent from February 11 to 16 with a warm wave then a cool wave impacting the Pacific coast Rockies central valleys and eastern states. The next disturbance reaches the Pacific coast around February 11 with subsequent movement through major regions by mid February.
The piece recounts Ambrose Bierce’s critique of Senator John P. Jones’s re election and Nevada’s political culture. It targets boxing influenced praise and alleged land holdings, noting Jones’s Santa Monica ties and Huntington land interests, while mocking Nevada’s prize fighting image and public discourse.
The passage discusses a political stance on Jones, suggesting opposition as moral charity and condemning a violent, drinking culture. It contrasts a base, boozing state with a call for prudence and better nature in opposing Jones, framing the conflict as a moral issue for Nevada.
Members of Tyanhoe lodge No 18 K of P urged to attend a Monday evening meeting at 8. Visiting Knights in good standing invited. Also advertised are a syrup of figs promotion and a list of overshoes and sandals with prices from F C Rostns & Co, plus catarrh remedies Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hood's Sarsaparilla with brief testimonials and seller details.
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