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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1897
Page
3
Weather Bureau report from Semucca Station dated February 6 records 24 hour conditions. Mean barometer 25.56 inches maximum temperature 6 degrees minimum 0 degrees mean 13 degrees wind SW at 15 mph and 0.05 inches precipitation. Observer Frank B Beaman signs off.
Read in Paradise Nevada reports the birth of a daughter to the wife of Walter Read on February 1 1897. The notice records a new arrival in the Read household and notes the event for local readers.
Thomas Nelson of Stone Home was in town yesterday. Work resumed at the state printing office in Carson. The O K mine in Campbell district Lands county holds 25000 dollars in high grade ore in sight. Secretary Carlisle plans to locate in New York after March 4 for law practice. The Utah & Nevada express company is incorporated at Salt Lake City to do business in this state and Utah. The Wadeworth Iedians were beaten by the Alameda Alerts in San Francisco by 6 to 2. Water prospects look good for irrigation next season from Humboldt headwaters. Summerfield of Washoe introduced a bill cutting mileage for public officers and jurors to 15 cents. The senate passed a bill to authorize destruction of all wild or unbranded horses on public ranges. Extradition hearing for murderer Butler proceeds in San Francisco with likely findings sent to the secretary of state. McKinley impressions stir Canton talks as Judge McKenna may join interior portfolio. Nough Dan Stuart has not yet arrived. Corbett FItzsimmons fight planned for Carson with 6000 spectators. Carson to host press and lodging demands as the pavilion work starts. A Chicago dispatch notes a block of 1000 seats for the Siler Hogan special attracting Eastern visitors. Carson residents expect a monetary gain from the visiting crowd.
Paradise chronicler Hayseed travels from Kennedy to Lovelock attending a ball, dances with Miss McFarland and Miss Agnes Reid, notes barber gossip, and reflects on local figures. Also includes resolutions from Paradise Lodge and notices for Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
A column from the Emporia Gazette rebuts St John Kansas News claim that money runs newspapers. It argues editors resemble air and dream in running papers, praising words and charity while lampooning money as corrupting. The piece humorously warns readers about editors’ supposed dependence on kind words and scorn for payments.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It promises a $100 reward for any failure and instructs readers to send for testimonials while offering the remedy through Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and local druggists. Also included is a sale notice for a hotel in Winnemucca due to sickness by Tuomas Lone.
Hand made gloves advertised at A. Rucktesehler's Winne mucca and Ed Emmons Lovelock offering durable gloves that resist tearing.
An 1897 Paradise notice highlights rubber overshoes for men women and children from Jazzset F C Ronis Co and sales pitches. It promotes Southern Pacific and Union Pacific travel times from Winnemucca to Chicago St Louis Omaha and more with through sleepers and cars. Also a photo studio advert offers cabinet photographs and a raffle, then a note on selling legal blanks such as subpoenas warrants and writs at reasonable cash prices.
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