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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1898
Page
3
A historical report describes timber camps with wages largely set by employers and paid per month with board, noting 26 days work typically equals a month’s pay. It details roles from log skidding to sawyers and swampsmen, and explains how conditions, weather, and the absence of unions shape pay and duties.
A Chicago Record piece describes lumberjacks in logging camps facing brutal work and heavy danger. It details long boats and gear, harsh conditions, and the cycle of hard winters and brief, reckless springs. It notes beguiling shifts of funds, alcohol, and the precarious lifeways of river drivers and woodsmen.
The notice enumerates members and officers of county central committees across multiple Nevada counties including Humboldt Washoe Lander Nye Eureka and White Pine with chairs secretaries and members such as Thomas Nelens William Greenwood G F Tarealin Lane Well and more, naming cities like Reno Gardnerville Carson Valley and Pioche among many. It also references the state Republican League leadership with D Vanderlioth as president and Carmo as secretary.
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