Post Office Entry Filed at Barska and Second Crsss
A note records a mailing entry at the post office located at Barska and Second Crsss Master with details readable from the fragment.
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
2
A note records a mailing entry at the post office located at Barska and Second Crsss Master with details readable from the fragment.
Local notes report Benito Napal of Winnemucca and Jose Uribarren of Reno handling estate matters for Manuel Oscar in Eurekas region. Miss Kitty Flynn returns home after influenza at Carson while serving in the Legislature. Other items cover F W Ahlers drilling near Diamond Station, Albert Biale’s skilled work on the Florio ranch at Duckwater, and Eureka dust phenomenon from alkali flats. Bernard Damele reports improved snow melt and fair roads toward his Three Bar ranch as stockmen plan early turnout and winter leases.
Lieutenant Colonel J C Scrugham is named State Engineer by Governor Boyle and designates Seymour Case as deputy. White Pine County tax rate fixed at 1 25, up 20 cents from 1918 due to state tax and bond issues. Mrs E S Farrington, wife of Federal judge, suffers a broken left leg in a Carson auto crash near the Federal building. Judge Farrington uninjured apart from shock.
John W Treloar a 24 year old mail carrier between Bingham and Copperfield Utah is believed to have died by self inflicted gunshot wound five miles from Bingham on the Salt Lake road. He had threatened suicide in recent months and had melancholia fits. Treloar born on Ruby Hill left with his parents for Utah about 20 years ago. He earned 125 dollars a month and left a family of parents three sisters and two brothers in Utah. The body was found with a revolver on the chest and a bullet wound above the right ear after being seen riding toward Salt Lake earlier that morning.
Readers press Senator Rand to explain why he opposed the Smelter bill after voter petitioning. They urge investigation into the bill’s handling, urge mining leaders to protest, and emphasize Eureka County’s past metal production and the need for a state smelter to restore industry. Eureka Theatre mails two film sets ahead of resumed rail service next week.
March report cards were distributed by the high school. Athletics dominated the week with boys and girls playing regular games. The Boys' Working Reserve enrollment proceeded with oath administered by Principal Morgan. Debates featured a victory for the negative on war by direct vote. Freshman girls to debate next week.
Twelve tanks allocated to the Twelfth Federal Reserve District will be shown in the Victory Liberty Loan drive opening April 21. Washington will receive two tanks, with Oregon Idaho Utah Nevada and both Northern and Southern California also receiving units. Two tanks go to special trophy trains touring the district. Veterans of the American Expeditionary Forces will drive during the campaign. Tanks parade in San Francisco before distribution. arrival in early April with assembly near the Southern Pacific yards.
Government reports large daily savings by shipping boneless beef to the American Expeditionary Forces. Removing bones cuts space and freight needs, enabling more meat with limited transport. The move counters claims of wartime waste while supporting Liberty Loan funding goals.
Treasury Department will award medals made from captured German cannons to volunteers in the Victory Liberty Loan drive totaling 5 billion dollars. The program begins April 21 and medals will be inscribed with each worker's name and service.
The secretary of the treasury has reopened the privilege to convert Liberty Loan bonds of the first and second issues into higher yielding later bonds for an indefinite period. Conversion applies to 4 percent bonds and requires surrender to the Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco with a mailed application blank.
The Tricolor developed during the French revolution. Paris colors blue and red were joined with white from royalty after Bastille events. Bailly and Lafayette offered the three-colored cocard to Louis XVI as a symbol of reconciliation before the king’s execution.
The article notes women wearers of silk garments unknowingly carry tin can weights in their fabrics. It cites tetrachloride derived from old tin cans used to heavy up silk to allow profit while keeping prices affordable. It claims five thousand tons of tins were used for weighting silk in 1919.
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