Eureka Mail Office Seeks Postage Rates Change
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1914
Page
2
Public notice from Eureka requests subscribers to review subscription rates and changes at the post office. Details mention mail service terms and potential adjustments to billing.
The high court now allows an accused to recover improperly seized private papers before trial while excluding use of seized materials if copies exist. The shift narrows prior protections but preserves constitutional rights, with ongoing cases like the iron workers piracy dispute.
The article explains why Passover and Easter date differ. It states Jewish lunar calendars, adjusted by monthly additions, can shift a year so Easter and Passover fall on different weeks.
William Harding, 19, died at Marsh's ranch near George's Canyon about 55 miles northeast of Tonopah after eating wild parsnips he cooked without knowing the poison. He told his mother Mrs. Charles Tracey at Round Mountain before collapsing.
The Reno Journal denounces Nevada federal appointments as the Rotten Borough born from Senatorial actions. It blames U S Senators for creating and profiting from the job market, cites Newlands’ recommendations for marshal attorney and Reno postmaster, and urges state respect and accountability from its leaders.
Mrs Abbe Cowing a 62 year old Carson City resident died at the Blackwell ranch with poisoning suspected. A stomach sample was sent to San Francisco for analysis as investigators probe possible foul play involving Dr Merrill and Mrs Clayton. Blackwell said she died after violent cramps and claimed she took medicine given by Merrill and Clayton.
Western Union completes telegraph line from Wabuska to Yerington. Rev Father Meehan starts a Rochester church with a library. Prison Board approves a new auto for Ward en Dickerson. Thornton dies in Dallas aged 80. Governor Oddie names Carl Young to State Tax Commission. Winnemucca forms auto club to back northern Lincoln trail. Woodburn Jr named US District Attorney for Reno. Brisson home burned near Yerington and Wabuska. insured? No. Stubbs to retire as University of Nevada president in 1915. Tonopah election sees Socialists defeated 540 to 25. Roads reopen Hudson to Aurora for machinery delivery. Huber sentenced to life for murder. Terragini arrested over high grade ore. Burner killed unloading lumber at Pierson Mills.
Fred J. Siebert, consulting engineer for George W. Wingfield interests, says he will end his Nevada operations and move his family to South America. He will open an office in Santiago de Chile and, with Eastern backers, explore and operate mines and related transport and ore reduction ventures. The trip follows the battleship Nevada christening by Miss Siebert Virginia Enterprise.
Rumors that Justice P A McCarran would seek the Democratic U S Senate nomination were quelled by his statement that he will not be a candidate in 1914. He says his sole ambition is to fulfill his duties as the current holder of the high judicial office and earn the honors it brings.
Government reports a growing postal surplus since parcel post began and praises a fair settlement with contractors who remain loyal to the department. The January adjustments include a local bonus to carriers to offset earlier losses and increased pay for Eureka mail contractors. W C Wheeler of Elko becomes a field deputy under U S Marshal A B Gray.
Justice Dunseath of Tonopah with District Attorney Sanders and County Clerk Pohl arranged a marriage between Lillian Robinson a 20 year old colored woman and Tom Kin a 38 year old Chinese cook. The ceremony avoided formal legal rites due to miscegenation laws and followed a tradition of bending rules. The tale recalls a Goldfield case where a Los Angeles clergyman daughter married a Japanese servant, later performed in Seattle. The bride faced hardship after childbirth and returned to Carson City amid public pity.
A clipped legal style notice states that the following claimants may be allowed their respective anewaller and miney. It records a formal口venting of property or funds and names the parties involved in the allowance.
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