Nevada Roundup aims for all state-wide glory
The WET TE festival plans a grand Reno Roundup with ten districts electing Maids of Honor to attend Miss Dana. Nevada cowboys and bucking horses receive new prizes as organizers fund elaborate entertainments and a state-wide competition drive. Local wreck treasure hunt details mirror coastal legends with potential historical ties to the Hudson Bay fleet.
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Nevada
Reno
Miss Daga
Dana
Imore
Comstock Mines Face Heavy Assessments and Resignation
The three Comstock mines levied heavy assessments and general superintendent Alex Wise resigned. Critics say stockholders acted on advance notice before public disclosure as price declines followed. The piece cites long‑standing abuses of stockholder levies and calls for transparent financial reporting to restore public confidence.
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Comstock
Alex Wise
Wise
Nevada Mining Press
Coal mining to begin in Mineral County
Reports indicate the West Coal and Oil Company will resume work on its Coal Valley holdings in Mineral County. R Lancaster, manager, visited the site to start operations, praising the geological formation and prospects for a thriving coal project. The incorporated officers include George S. Green and George B. Thatcher, both prominent Roanoke attorneys.
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Weat Coal and Oil Company
Pembhers
Mineral County
R. Lancaster
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George 8. Green
Ay Soir
George B. Thatcher
Rono
Excavation Unearths Ancient Skeleton Near Warden's Residence
A Workman digging at the warden's residence grounds uncovered part of a human skeleton buried under rocks near the lawn north of the main BI building. The remains showed a definite dent in the bone and traces of cloth, with uncertainty whether the deceased was Indian or white. no reliable dating is available.
April Highway Expenditures Revealed by Nevada State Controller
State controller records show April outlays of 123 764 70 for the state highway department and 109 763 52 for the general fund. April total expenditures reached 348 711 49 with receipts of 517 759 13 including 120 000 from outside sources via highway bonus sales.
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Nevada
State Highway Department
Criminals Pretend Dumb to Avoid Penalty Say Doctors
May 90 London report says the National Anaesthetic Research Society warns that feigning speech will not save criminals. A murder suspect who remained silent for two weeks was proved deceitful after doctors induced anesthesia revealing he could speak.
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London
Bulletin
The
National Anaesthetic Research Society
America
Farmers Referendum on Legislation Questions Drafted
The document outlines questions for a farmers referendum including support for government regulation of the packing industry and continuation of an economic policy. It mentions possible tax provisions and exemptions and indicates a nationwide poll scope through the nation.
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Feral Bureau Organisation
Tvor
Farid Bey's World War Service and Escape Plan
The article recounts Farid Bey, son of a Cairo-born family, rising as a diamond mine superintendent and British Army captain in Palestine. It notes his four British campaign medals and a controversial account of taking five dark wives while in Zululand. He plans to flee to the United States, slipping away at night with guards unaware, aiming for Cape Town and Marseille. It also mentions railroad freight-rate reductions tied to the American Farm Bureau Federation and its effect on agricultural transport.
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Pyramids
Ministry
Dapeso
Alsol
Egypt
Farid’ Bey
Parid
George
South Africa
Cairo
Farid
Effendi
United ‘States
Pretoria
Cape ‘Town
Marseilles
American Farm Bureau Federation
Germany begins payment to Allies in June
London reports Germany starts discharging obligations to the Allies with a first payment of one milliard gold marks. The summary lists upcoming maturities including June 30 disarmament, July 1 bonds to the reparations commission, and quarterly payments totaling two milliard gold marks annually plus related deliveries and percentages.
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London
Germany
A.briot
Nevada school district petition seals consolidation plan
A contested Nevada petition seeks the consolidation of Lamoilie Consolidated School District No. 2 with Humboldt School District in Elko County. It asserts signatures are genuine and that the districts should be redrawn per a March 1921 act, detailing precise boundary lines and starting points.
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Aaid Lamoailie Consolidated School
Eaid Lamoilie Consolidated School
Humboldt
Elko County
Nevada
Aecordamce
State of
Larapille
Lands and townships outlined in Bracken County survey description
A detailed notated survey describes boundaries starting township 33 east to section 25 and shorelines across ranges 57 east. It traces lines through townships 32 and 33 north with multiple mile and fraction mile legs to reach the northwest corners of various sections and quarters in M. D. B. and M. jurisdiction.
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Nerthwest
Marthweat
Thung-row
Ramage Vifttyeeren
Maat
M.D. B&b
D. B
Mucai
Abence North Three (3) Miles To the Northwest Corner of Section . Thirtyfour
Townsship
Rabbit Creek
M. Dab
M.s
Bown to canvass petition despite unclear notation
A fragmented note indicates Bown will canvass a ceed suck petition with an unspecified hearing or date noted as May 14 but text is garbled and hard to interpret.
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Bown
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