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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1897
Page
2
Weather Bureau report for 24 hours ending 6 PM meridian time records mean barometer 29.72 inches maximum temperature 49 degrees minimum 53 degrees mean 71 degrees wind from the west at 13 miles per hour and no precipitation. Local time 5:09 PM.-Agent Weather Bureau.Hill.
The Silver State denounces the new tariff law as a servile surrender to trusts led by the sugar trust. It argues the measure harms the public for four years, enabling monopolies to profit while debauching ballots and supporting senatorial corruption. It cites wool, borax, hides duties as national costs and urges awareness before the next four years.
The Iron Age outlines Alaska's rapid progress and shrewd value to the United States. It projects gold yields rising from 5 million to 12 million dollars this year, with 10 to 15 thousand miners expected as mining deepens. The article notes severe winters, short seasons, and advancing, more systematic work lifting production.
The article notes easier winter travel to interior mines with shortcuts and improved routes. Freight is hoisted over passes and moved by block and tackle. Three lines of steamers now ply upper Yukon routes, with more vessels than on the upper Mississippi, serving trading points and mission stations. The Yukon country hosts a dozen rivers each as large as the Ohio with big tributaries like 700 mile Preacher creek. The banks are riverbank rich with gold prospects within seventy five yards of shore.
A section foreman from Earlham New Mexico reports headaches eased after using Hood's Sarsaparilla for a week and three bottles. claims renewed appetite and sleep. The ad mentions Hood's Pills as a family cathartic and notes two stray gray horses from Blakeslee ranch Humboldt river with identifying brands and rewards for info. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for croup and whooping cough with safe relief.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Humboldt County Nevada under a 1897 order and decree to sell multiple parcels in Townships 45 and 46 NE, SE, and NW. Public sale set for August 1, 1897 at 12 noon at Winnemucca courthouse to satisfy plaintiff Marie P Hoppin executrix and the First National Bank of Winnemucca.
Notice is given that bids for building an addition to the County Hospital in Winnenoucca are opened. Specifications are on file in the County Clerk's office. Bids due by 12 o clock September 20, 107. County Commissioners reserve right to reject any or all bids. GE MILLER, Clerk of Board. Winnenmnees, Nev July 2, 17.
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