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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
3
Conditions for 44 hours ending at local time show mean barometer 25.03 inches. Maximum temperature 47 degrees, minimum 14 degrees, mean 0 degrees. Wind from SW at 84 mph. 24 hour precipitation 0.01 inches. Minimum temperatures listed 16 and 29 degrees. Frank RK Berian, Observer.
Mere and There costumes for the coming masquerade have arrived and are on exhibition at Diehl’s bookstore. Call and view them. George Siler, referee of the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight, left Chicago Sunday night bound for Carson. He will pass through here tomorrow. A Genoa Courier correspondent asserts Mason valley could support a population of 20,000 if farmers there could be induced to move. Negotiations are pending for purchase of the Chaintiac mine at Ely by Charlee D. Lane and W. S. Elias. Wages at the DeLamar mine in Idaho were reduced from 3.50 to 3 per day on February 1. Mining operations may face economy moves to stay running. Indian John Buster was sentenced to be hanged on March 19 for murder near Winnemucca. His case involved multiple suspects and appeals, ending in a likely commutation by governor. Stewart of Nevada, a notable financier, gains recognition for athletic and financial influence. Nevada figures discuss Corbett-Fitzsimmons plans and bets in San Francisco.
A long recap of boxing intrigue, licenses, and rumors unfolds from Reno to Carson. Edward G. Cooke, advance agent for James J. Corbett, is accused of honesty while officials demand a $1000 license for a Reno boxing event. The piece blends satire on Corbett’s camp with a fatal Union Missouri hanging case and assorted market news. A town letter from Carson warns readers to bring cash to the prize fight revelry, and a vivid tale of an Apache hunter ends in a near-violent misunderstanding at Miller and Lux’s Black Rock ranch.
A long exchange from Paradise and Lovelock discusses fundraising for a boxing event in Carson City and a public masquerade ball in Winnemucca Nevada. The note mentions poets, a trainer’s apparatus, and social invitations while promoting local remedies and a catarrh cure with endorsements from regional druggists.
Local merchants advertise hand made gloves available at A, Ruckteschler's, Winne mucca, Ed Emmons', Lovelock. Gloves are war rant ed not to rip. Mood's Sarsaparilla is touted with claims of cures and merit through great sales.
A rambling page lists overshoes and sandals from F C Ronixs and Co and mentions Union Pacific passenger service from Winnemucca to Chicago with through sleepers and fast travel times. It also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Chamberlain Cough Remedy with local testimonials and shoe agency news from Philadelphia sellers and W A Brown.
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