Margot Asquith Tours America with Sharp Impressions
Ruth Abeling recounts Mrs. Margot Asquith's March tour notes on American society women homes prohibition jazz literature flappers courtesy drama and press. She critiques social life business women housewives and the american public while praising rhythm and theater and noting Henry Ford and family gifts and long marriage amid warnings about fires and carelessness.
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Ruth Abeling
Margot Asquith
America
Margot
Asquith
Lord Lee
British Admiralty
Crossfosds
Cascade of Nevada projects stir hope for early work
Reports from Elko and surrounding counties detail bridge work advancing despite high water on South Fork and Spring creeks. Copper Canyon placer operations resume with new dredging plant. Ely to build a $6000 municipal campground at Lincoln and Midland trail. Lincoln Highway gains secondary status to Victory Highway per Reno Chamber of Commerce. Local industry notes include Simon Silver Lead mill output and Hy Gold Mining Company nearing setup. Local officials discuss prosecutions for dereliction and water-rate reductions under Newlands project. Reductions could halve farm water bills. broad irrigation work and land clearing continue. A Carson City baseball game marks 1922 season kickoff with state prison team. A flood event near Ely from Robinson Dry Farm dam is analyzed. A silver-black fox shot near Truckee tied to Tahoe fox farm escape. Dance programs and community notices circulate in Carson City. An escapee from the Nevada Industrial School captured in Long Beach.
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Contact
Nevada
Elks Independent
South Fork
Spring Creeks
Copper Canyon Placer
Joseph M. Keeley
Pioche
San Francisco
Ely
Simon Silver Lead Company
Fallon
Austin
Eureka
Reso Chamber of Commerce
Hy Gold Mining Company
Rochester
Limerick
FR. Sprague
Quinn River
McDermitt
Wells State Bank
A. ©. Olmstead
H. H. Coryell
Elko County
Fowler
White Pine
Thos. RK. King
Newlands Irrigation Project
Department of the Interior
Ride
Belvamcqua Brothers
Reno
Lovelock
Big Five
Carson City
City Nine
Robinson Dry Farm
Robinson Creek
Millard
Southern Pacific
Truckoo
Lving
Dick Brown
Biko
Long Beach
California
Homer Mooney
State Board of Pardons and Parole Commission
Brow
Wireless service contract for trains on Chicago to St Paul line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad awarded a contract to install wireless communications on its limited trains between Chicago and St Paul. Radio news distribution under the plan will be provided, enhancing train service with real time updates.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
St. Paul
Utah and Nevada clash over highway routes and water
A Tonopah Times analysis argues Utah must be brought to sense over Wendover route plans and Colorado River issues. It accuses Nevada interests of seeking to shape Utah funds, cites arid land reclamation gains, and warns that Boulder Canyon Dam scope depends on cooperative action between states and federal bodies.
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Tonopah
Uteh
Nevada
Nevada Chamber of Commerce
A.D. Gray
Utah
Salt Lake Corela
Tooele County
Conen Tooele
Salt Lake
Colorado River
Gulf of California
Colorado River Commission
Boulder Canyon
Menace to Wild Ducks Removed
U S Department bulletin reports oil waste from Union Pacific shops fouled a five acre pool near Las Vegas Nevada prompting bird deaths. The Biological Survey proposed fixes and railroad officials funded an $1800 oil recovery plant to stop the contamination.
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U. S. Agricultural Department
Las Vegas
Nevada
Union Pacific Railway
United States Department of Agriculture
W. Nolsan
Biological Survey
W. H. Comstock
Railroad Water Wagon Sprinkles Dust From Track
The Southern Pacific trials a sprinkler system under the water tender to spray track dust as trains pass between India and Palm Springs. J. H. Dyer, the railroad's general manager, says tests are satisfactory and planners will install sprinklers on passenger locomotives in desert routes, a method said to beat prior dust-control efforts by western railroads.
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Southern Pacific
India
Piam Springs
J. H. Dyer
Western Railroads
Death of former Emperor King Charles of Austria Hungary
The exiled Charles I of Austria Hungary died at Funchal Madeira on April 1 ending a brief stormy reign begun after Franz Josef’s death. His ascent after Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s 1914 assassination helped trigger a world war and the decline of the central powers. He died poor, widowed, with three children, regarded as ordinary and unlikely to be a major historical figure.
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Chartes
Austria-Hungary
Funchal
Madeira
Charles
Frans Josef
Francis Verdinand
Sarejevo
Bosnia
William
Germany
Charles of
Alstria
Hungary
Inuven
Quip Between Judge and Lady Sparks Courtroom Banter
A witty exchange unfolds as a judge taunts a defendant with a jibe about appearance and the man replies with a backhanded compliment about not accepting compliments. The terse humor highlights courtroom banter rather than substantive legal matters.
Movie Queen Helps Stranger At Door In Tender Moment
A brief, courtroom style note recalls a scene where a distressed man at a door is aided by a compassionate film star who offers one of her photographs, described by a judge in a vignette of kindness.
The Groom Sends Regrets in Courtroom Banter
A humorous courtroom exchange centers on a bride awaiting her groom. The judge notes the groom to be failed to attend but sent regrets. The moment highlights etiquette and courtroom wit in a terse, deflating wedding inquiry.
Sleep talk and prideful past haunt a North I judge
A courtroom quip surfaces as a judge comments on a roommate's claim about sleeping talk. The exchange pivots on marriage and pride from a five year term in H C North I, reflecting a shift from poverty to pride to an uncertain present.
Henderson Banking Co. Ad Seeks Your Banking Business
Local ad notes four percent annual interest on savings deposits and invites customers to review deposit rules. Offers safety deposit boxes from 33.00 yearly with customers holding the key. Drafts available to major cities, travel tickets on Cunard Line, travel insurance and life insurance offered.
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Cunard Line
Primary Election Dates and Deadlines Noted
Nevada primaries set for September 5 and general election for November 7. Key deadlines include June 1 for registration, June 18 county conventions, August 15 registration closes, August 30 expense statements due, and August 6 last day to cancel registration or file nominations. Independent candidates may also file certificates by that date.
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Nevada
Board of County Commissioners
Water Notice for Application to Appropriate Nevada Public Water
Notice that Frits Wald of Beowawe has applied to the Nevada State Engineer for permission to appropriate public waters from Walt Springs Nos. 17 and 18 for irrigation and domestic use. The project would convey 0.1 cubic feet per second via pipes and ditches to the SW quadrant of Sec 33, T24N, R48E, running April 15 to October 15 annually, with water not returned to the stream. First published April 1, 1922. last publication April 29, 1922.
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Frits Wald
Beowawe
Eurekes
State of Nevada
Nevada
State of
Walt Springs
M. D
J. G. Scrugham
State Engineer
Bids Sought for Ten Ton Holt Tractor Purchase
Eureka County Nevada invites sealed bids for a Ten Ton Holt Tractor to be F O B shipped. Bids due April 10 1922 at 10 AM at the Clerk of the Board office in Eureka. Tractor must be in good condition and ready for use. payment after board acceptance. The Board may reject any or all bids. First publication March 11 1922. Last publication April 8 1922.
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Eureka County
Eureka
V. J. Hooper
Nevada
Board of County Commissioners
Hureka County
Clerk of Anid Board
R. McCharles
No Trespassing on Distinction Lode Claim Near Eureka Nevada
Notice restricts trespassing on the Distinction Lode Claim located near the Eureka Croesus mining property in Eureka Mining District Eureka County Nevada. Signed by J F Repetto of Eureka Nevada with dates in late 1921 and early 1922 indicating first and last publications.
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Eureka-Croesus
Eureka
State of Nevada
Boa Repetto
J. F. Repetto
Nevada
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New York World
Reynolds & Eather
Court House
W. H. Brennen
A. E. Belanger
Europa Hotel
W. M. Clute
Clarence Johnson
Pioneer Soda Factory
Keépa
P. J. Brossemer
Main and
Gold Streets
Silver State Chemical Company
Winnemucca P
H. C
North
Henderson Banking CO
Elko, Nevada
Stockgrowers and Ranchers’ Bank OF Reno, Nevada
A. H. Officer & CO
West Temple
Salt Lake City
Marco Venturino
Almont Pastorino
Elko Light Machinery Repairing Company
Adolph Biancani
Commercial
St. P
HOLT
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