Weather Bureau Report from Wolnemucca Station
Weather Bureau report for Wolnemucca Station covers 41 hours ending March 1. Measurements include mean barometer 25.2 inches maximum 40 degrees minimum 92 degrees and mean 86 degrees. Prevailing wind direction West at 5 miles per hour. gusts to 40 mph. 24 hour precipitation 0.01 inches. March 2 forecasts show minimum 21 degrees. M B Hill, Agent.
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U.S Department OF Agriculture
Wolnemucca Station
M. B. Hill
Agent Weather Bureau
Humboldt County Commissioners Set 1807 Tax Rates and Road District Actions
The Humboldt county commissioners fixed the 1807 tax rate per $100 valuation covering county, school, bond redemption, and special taxes with a five cent increase for Winnemuca school. State tax pending. total tax may reach $2.20 per $100 in Humboldt and vary in other districts. Road district petitions noted. clerk to send tax bill itemization to Lander county for disputed railroad segment. Grand jurors numbered 24. Weather and arena construction updates accompany unfolding fight preparations and railroad/telegraph work for Carson events.
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Board of County Commissioners
Weta
Rowl
Wintemurea
Winnemnners
Lake School
Humboldt
Winnenega
Lovelock
Big Meadows
Lake Road
Board of Commissioners of
Lander County
Lander
A. Westfall
Oreana
Word Play and Ladies On Fight Privileges
A Nogales Vidette item explores a letter puzzle transforming “enough” into two words and hints at a playful stance on propriety. It notes a Carson prize fights result, claiming ladies will be admitted and escorted, then shifts to glove advertisements promising durable, handmade gloves from local shops.
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Hether
Stuart
Local News Roundup From Town and Surroundings
John T. Desmond visits from Clover valley while Henry Schmidt travels to San Francisco. Mr and Mrs James Byrnes arrive from Paradise and Thomas Shone returns from San Francisco. Reports mention a Reno to Wadsworth telephone line and 50 more workers for Adelaide copper mine near Golconda. Dividends of 5 150 000 paid to Murn Bilver Mining stockholders. A church revolving chair invention gains notice. A Pancake range coal mine near White Pine eyed for development. Reapportionment bill passes Senate reassigning seats to Storey Washoe and Lincoln. Poultry movement prompts Nevada farmers to expand shipments. Petition in Winnemucca seeks commutation of Indian Johnnie Buster to life. death penalty debated. Paradise inquest finds shooting by Muffler justified. Ryan quotes New York World rumor on Bryan. Local shoe agency for Laird Reinarr & Co shoes announced. County Surveyor S J Anderson listed.
Self Defense Fatal Shooting at Paradise Valley
Paraded as self defense, William Muffley shoots Tom Burns during a confrontation over a seven year old child. Burns dies next day from a left chest wound. Muffley’s action is defended as protecting two women and four children in Cripple Creek area.
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Rice
Burns
Muffley
Denekla
Tom Burns
William Muffley
W. D. Money
Telegraphic Items From Here There Everywhere 1897 Bay Area News
McKinley left Canton for Washington. San Francisco grain merchant F A Lax killed by accidental gun discharge. Philippine battles kill over 2000 insurgents at Silang and Lasmariman. Millionaire Queckenbush dies. suit over his marriage. Julio Sanguilly freed at Tampa. Cuba independence stance. Supreme Court reverses Florida Three Friends decision, custody of steamer resumed. Japan to adopt gold standard with 8214 to 1 ratio, five yen coin start October. Mrs Jane L Stanford sues SF for $10300 taxes on late husband estate. Utica mine reportedly sold for about 15 million. City notes a fatal scalding at Battle Mountain. funeral of four year old Neta Taylor. Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised in Battle Mountain letter.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Silang
Lasmariman
Thomas Queckenbush
Mre
Nancy Ann Abebott
San Francisco
Julio Sanguilly
Tampa
Fla
Japan
Mra
Jane L. Stanford
Senator Stanford
Stanford
Bat‘the Mountain
L.h.taylor
Gov
Death
Thoreday
Bourne
J. J. Pardee
Battle Mountain
Nev
Fast Time Eastward Service From Winnemucca to Chicago
Union Pacific advertises fast eastbound passenger service from Winnemucca daily at 2 15 to Chicago in 61g hours, with significant time advantages over rivals. Stops include St. Login, Omaha, St. Paul, and Denver, offering through sleepers and dining cars. Contact S. H. Kitto in Winnemucca or D. E. Burley in Salt Lake for details.
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Union Pacific
Winnemucca
Chicago
St. Login
Omaha
St. Paul
Denver
Wienemacca
Pallinan
Ogden
S. H. Kitto
Southern Pacific Co
D. E. Burley
Union Pacific Co
Salt Lake
Notice to Box Renters and Syrup of Figs Advertisement
Notice to box renters to redeem keys within thirty days at original cost plus twenty cents each reissue. Keys not presented forfeited and money lost. By order of department Harry Warren P.M. Dated Feb 24 1807. Ladies urged to use Syrup of Figs from California Fig Syrup Company advertised as genuine and safe.
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Harry Warren
P.M
California Fig Syrup Company
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
A vintage advertisement touts Halle Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $100 reward for any failure and urges readers to send for testimonials while noting availability from druggists.
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Halle
Toledo
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Weather Bureau Report
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Carson
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Donahue
Western Union
Laly
Nogales
Arizona
A. Ruektesehler
Winne- Huse
Ed. Emmons
John T. Desmond
Clover Valley
Henry Schmidt
James Byrnes
Paradise
Sam Fook
Eureka
Joseph Lawrence
Charles Vaughan
Golconda
Thomas Shone
Reno
Wadsworth
M. E. Noble
San Jose
Adelaide
Smith
Nellie Sheehan
Jerry Sheehan
Murn Bilver Mining Company
Utah
Sentinel
Pancake Range
Hills
White Pine County
A. K. Mitchell
Paseo
Senate
Washoe
Lincoln
Nevada
Sadler
Johnnie Buster
Buster
T. A. Burna
William Maftiler
Muffler
Inatrman Ryan
Joseph R. Ryan
Democratic State Central Committee
New York World
William J. Bryan
Mr. Ryan
J. Anderson
Paradise Valley
Stover
William Maffley
Burne
Maffley
Bill
Crippie Creek
Cripple Creek
Chamberlain
G. B. Heavensoun
Daily Advertiser
W. A. Brown
Telegraphic News
McKinley
Canton
Washington
F. A. Lax
Contra Costa County
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Florida
Three Friends
Utica
Alvinaa’ Hayward
Hood
ROYA
Royal Baking Powder
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