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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1897
Page
3
Weather Bureau report from Wienkuvers Station dated January 15 1897 covers 44 hours ending 1:00 PM. It lists mean barometer 25.43 inches maximum 85F minimum 20F mean 24F wind from the west at 8 mph with gusts to 26 mph. Precipitation 0.00 inches. Observed by Frank R Beahan.
Local items report Oakland travel, typhoid illness, visits, mules shipped, cold weather, a Reno Today Club, church entertainment, floral quiz, Nevada politics, jail sentence, ink cleaning tip, John Sherman cabinet appointment, a prophecy by Professor Herschel Imber, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotion.
Telegraphic items announce Me Too Platt as the caucus nominee for New York senator. The Republican steering committee prioritizes the Nicaragua canal bill in Senate business. A Cuba purchase bill seeks 200 million dollars for the effort. News also notes Pacific cable routing via Vancouver to Fiji, Norfolk to New Zealand and Queensland.
Bliss of the Tahoe and Carson lumber company oversees a new railroad project from Truckee to Lake Tahoe with Grass Valley and Truckee merchants backing it. The line would run along the Truckee river and a California bill would grant right of way and remove obstacles while protecting prior rights. Operation would run May to October due to heavy snow and reduced winter demand.
A disjointed tale reports a profligate son who consents to be locked in a room with whiskey until his father pays off a bill, then sent to the Home for Inebriates. The piece also notes a large prosperity shock in Ohio and misstatements about the Columbus rail line solvency. Nevada politics and a Carson interview are referenced with sagebrush sentiment. A post letter unclaimed list from Winnemucca includes names and a January 16, 1807 date.
Principal Winfrey reports Winnemucca school December honor rolls across all grades with multiple named students. The page also includes a local sales ad for houses and hotels, several medical and patent medicine claims, and testimonials for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Winemuucca to Chicago runs in 6 14 and is 24 hours faster than rivals with through Pullman and family sleepers dining cars and free chair cars from Winnemucca to Chicago. Also to St Louis Omaha St Paul Denver with time saves and connections. For folders contact H. Kitto Winnemucca Southern Pacific and D. E. Burley Salt Lake Union Pacific.
Legal blanks offered at this office include summons subpoenas warrants of arrest writs of attachment commitments on imprisonment and complaints for justices of the peace at reasonable cash prices.
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