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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1897
Page
3
Weather Bureau report from March 11 1807 details 24 hour conditions ending 8 o'clock local mean barometer 25.02 inches maximum temperature 61 degrees minimum 41 degrees mean 26 degrees with wind from the west at up to 4 miles per hour and 0.06 inches of precipitation. Forecast for March 12 shows temperature at 16 degrees.
Carson dispatch notes Corbett may weigh about 185 pounds, heavier than any prior bout, as Fitwimmons stays within ten to twelve pounds. Bets run to three to one with W A Brady odds rising if Corbett falls. Town buzz grows with a special East train arriving, while supposed pre-fight quarrel denial remains. Stock and horse shipments to San Francisco and California markets outline local trade activity. The fight briefing and a new game called the Editors light add to town chatter.
Reno reports hobos and town happenings as 180 Fez workers die after the old walls collapse. Local visitors include Parry from Terrace and Montague from the Examiner. Updates cover illnesses, horse and cattle buying, mining activity, and political news from Nevada and beyond.
A Winnemucca letter recounts travel through Quin River Carson and Reno. It notes a planned wedding, a Quin River surprise party at the Vance home, dancing to polkas and muzkas, and visits to Frank Snapp and Miller Lux. It mentions Sam Davis, Governor, and a prize fight in Carson with local social details and poetry about a student and mother.
Readers are told a cure exists for catarrh with LUali's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and invite letters of testimony. Sold by Druggists and promoted by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
Indian sheep shearers Charley Hanks and Johnny Low seek arrangements for their crowd to shear this spring and summer at five cents per head and beard. Contacts: Charley Hanks and Johnny Roby Winnemucca Nevada. Also KE Reinhart Co advertises Shepherd brand sheep shears and testimonials. Public notices include sheep corrals and a sheep dip medicine, Pure Extract of Tobacco Black Leaf. An188? ad cites Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood purification.
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