Eureka Residents, Visitors On Business And Travel
Local notes from Eureka recount several residents and visitors with trips to Ely and Palisade, arrivals of professional figures, a new roulette wheel at The Brows hotel, a 8:40 pm earthquake felt east to west, and disruptions to Eureka Ely telephone lines after snow. Several mining engineers and newspaper staff travelled, with pay days causing town activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boske
Eureka
Charles Chapman
Ely
Join Vittle
Raby Hill
Farrington
W. H. Sweesey
GW. Leighton
Savers Wools
Samuel Carter
Ruby Hill
San Francisco
Earl Cobb
Denver
Mra A
Henderson
Eureka Teft
Panaon
Lincoln County
Edgar Sadler
Huntington Valley Bay
Fletcher Bros
Supt
G. D. Abbott
Eureka & Palisade Railway
Vastness
Sheriff Sweeney
George
Walter Young
Palisade
J. O. Jones
Palleade
Alfred Hocking
G. W. Kyle
Salt Lake
Matt Kyle
Tursday
Metal prices and local business notices in Eureka
Metal quotations show Silver at 64 cents per ounce in New York, Lead at 1.50 dollars in New York and in Salt Lake City, and copper casting in Salt Lake City. The Weather Man notes ideal conditions with recent sun and rain and a high barometer. Watchmaker H. Dunlap from Oakland arrives Wednesday and plans permanent relocation, currently staying in Room 19 at the Brown Hotel, with a mention to see the New To-Day ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salt Lake City
LA Conte
H. Dunlap
Oakland
California
Brown Hotel
Disastrous Fire in Eureka Destroys Two-Story Brick
Eureka residents woke to a blaze at 1 am in a two story brick building housing Rossetti Bros. and lodging rooms for Sandey Capoli Ford. Firefighters from Rescue Nob Hill and Knickerbocker houses extinguished the flames after a second alarm. Damage tops $1000 with no insurance. origin suspected incendiary though no conclusive cause found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossetti Bros
Eureka
Comment Bros
William Sandey
John Capoli
Joseph Ford
Toome
Atary
Resene
Koob Hill
John Moffmaster
J. A. Rattazzi
Guilty Of Exhibiting Weapon After Accident At Fight
Eugene Norris and Charley Adderson quarreled on lower Main street where a building burned the night before. Norris drew an automatic revolver and fired twice but caused no injuries. Norris pleaded guilty to exhibiting a deadly weapon. Judge Cromer fined him fifty dollars with costs, paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Norris
Charley Adderson
Lower Main Street
Norris
Anderson
Low Haters
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting suit advances in Eureka
A district court suit filed in Eureka by B L Plummer Jr against Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company Hibbard Turner DC Turner and B M Howard seeks 3904 43 for goods and assigned claims. Angelo Florio seized furnace and equipment to satisfy the judgment. The firm had incorporated for 1 000 000 but failed to activate options by April 1 leaving workers laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Concern Incorporated
Eureka
B. L. Plummer, Jr
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company
Hibbard & Turner
D.C
Mineral Hill
Eureka County
Plummer
Boo Plummer Jr
Tragic Tybo Teacher Lole Page Dies By Despondent Poisoning
Quietly dying at Tybo after drinking blue vitriol from the assay office Miss Lole Agnes Page aged 3 years was found unconscious at 1 PM on Wednesday April 4 1906. Despondent over ill health she left Rawlins and Tybo to spend vacations in her Wyoming home. She had taught in Rawlins for eleven years and was a Wyoming State University graduate. She was a member of Coral Lodge I O O F Rawlins and daughter of Mrs T D Page of Tybo. She died at 5 PM after emetics were administered and family and neighbors mourned the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lole Page
Weil
Tybo
Lole Agnes Page
Misa Page
Tyne
Koteka
Nye
Nevada
Miss Page
Eureka
Hope
T. D. Page
Wyoming State University
Rawlins
Wyoming
Re' Tekeh
Coral Lodge
Mra. I. C
Whitmore
Walter
Goldfield
Louis Gibellini
Cifornia
Pallaade
Death of William Mayberry Pioneer Citizen of Bodie
William Mayberry died at Goldfield on April 5 from pneumonia. An old timer and Bodie pioneer, he had lived 20 years in Bodie and left three brothers and two daughters. The funeral was held in Reno and the interment was at the Odd Fellows cemetery. He was a member of the Bodie United Workmen lodge, with Reno pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie
Wilam Mayberry
Goldfield
Mr. Mayberry
Janes
Thomas Mayberry
Reno
A. P. Mayberry
Richmond- Eureka
Eureka
Nevada
Stella
Ava
Reso
Jim Orsdorff Marries Again at 71 in San Francisco
The San Francisco Examiner reports Jim Orndorff, famed for his Virgina City gambling days, wed Mia Guscio Hall, a widow two years younger, in April. The 71-year-old, once a bold figure in early mining towns, now runs a San Francisco billiard parlor while his son Harry works as a stage director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Orndorff
San Francisco Examiner
Mia
Guscio Hall
Orndorf
Harry
The
Orpheum
Orndorff
James W. Orndorff
Vir Winis City
Comstock
Noveta
California
Nob Hill
Jim" Orndorff
Virginia City
Eureka
Empire Saloon
Gus Heintze
Charley Graham
San Francisco
Wedding Planned After Lent in Bareke District
Miss Zelma Margaret Zadow of Ely announces her engagement to William O. Moorman. A post Lent wedding is set for Tuesday evening, April 24, 1906, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Louis Zadow in White Pine County Nevada. The Zadow family has long resided in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jae Hamilton
White Pine County
Nelvada
Zelma Margaret Zadow
William O. Moorman
Ely
Louis Zadow
Miss Zadow
William Zadow
Paris
Zatow
Elopement and Easter Services Spotlight Ely News
Hamilton for years Mr Zadow is established in mercantile business Zelma Miss is popular with intellect and kindness Moorman son of Captain and Mrs William Moorman of Ilipah moved to St Ely butcher business and Assembly member. They will reside in Ely at Presbyterian Church services announced for Hustar day with two Easter masses at Catholic Church and a court judgment for wages of 120.50 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Zadow
Zelma
Moorman
William Moorman
Ilipah
Eureka
Ely
St Ely
White Pine County
Nevada
H. Ajul
Presbyterian Church
Christ
Ray
A. J. Comprox
Ruby Hill Mine Boom Signals Start of Riches for Eureka
The Richmond Eureka Company advances at Ruby Hill with permanent work and new facilities. About 300 miners may join this summer as baserange redevelopment shows substantial, modern machinery, housing, and offices rising on site. Observers note improved output potential and heightened investment interest in the Eureka district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Hill
Trom
Tandy
Prescott
Sterling
Toa Horburg
Richmond Eureka
Bareks
Eureka
Eureka District
Nevada
Palieade
Salt Lake
A. P. Mayberry
Richmond- Eureka
Base Range
Death of Mrs Guilloz Former Eurekan Stricken at Tono
Mrs Catherine Gatien mother of Mrs John Gregovichs died at Tonopah Nevada on Friday April 5 1904 aged 70 after a month of illness. She was born in France and once ran a fruit and candy store on Main street Eureka. Survived by two daughters and a granddaughter, her funeral was held at the Episcopal Church Eureka and she was buried beside her husband and children at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopab
Catherine Gatien
John Grogrvidls
Towl
Tonopal
Nye County
Nevada
Franre
Guillosevan
Egreka
Malm Street
Pistober Bros
Greg
Tonopahh
Gregovich
Easter Dinner at Brown Hotel Restaurant
Easter Sunday crowd urged to follow the crowd to the Brown Hotel Restaurant for a fine dinner next Sunday. The menu includes chicken and other delicacies, offered for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Hotel
Hendersons Close Call Sparks Gas Lamp Blaze
Last Saturday around 7 pm A Henderson and his family at Spring Street narrowly averted disaster while removing a gas lamp from the ceiling. A faulty generator overheated and ignited the lamp, oil spewing onto carpets and furniture. Bert Henderson suffered hair and eyebrow burns and a burned hand, treated by Dr. Barnett. The Ruby Hill school principal was shaken but fine, two weeks of room closure anticipated. Charles Read of Diamond Mining from Prospect Mountain reported encouraging ore finds and a brighter prospect for the Diamond Company's tunnel at Berryman, suggesting improved outlook after years of struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & Henderson
George
Henidereso
Bart
Bert
Barnett
Henderson
Ruby Hill
Teastece
Buti On
Charles Read
Diamond Mining Company
Prospect Mountain
Salt Lake
Read
Berryman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tur
Eureka Sentinel
W. BE. Grifin
Karka County Bank
Bie
Dowe
Karke
Richmond
Eureka Milling Company
Ruby Hillers
M. Z. Dahl
Rano
Graham Sanford
Reno Gazette
Toomlay
Main and
Bateman Streets
W. H Graham
Bartha Pax
NY Rureka
Mau Bros
Kareka
Colonel Jones
Miseral Hill
Kareks County
Elko
Pringle Jones
Soash Charleston
Oho
William Mayberry
Eureka & Palisade
Mineral Station
Paasangora
Dorothy Tregoning
Ed Berryman
Prospect
Tomas H. Hicks
Asp
Jim Orsdorff
L. P. Tenney
W. A. Gavin
Cromer
Justice Court of
Zelma Zadow
Roreka
Richmond-Eureks
Ruble Theater
Eureka Opera House
Jay Town
Granville Fletcher
Owl Liquor Co
Main Street
Bateman and
Clark Streets
McKim
Choice
H. A. McKim
Tonopah
Oddie Avenue
Mes. Guilloz
A. $. Henderson
Spring Street
the Brown Hotel
E. L. Tippie
Bateman Sts
Eureka County Bank
Oscar J. Sucra
J. H. Horace
Benr L. Surra
W. E. Griviig
H. F. Gornie
Dinzerons
J. H. Hoegh
John Sparks
W. E. Griffin
Oscar J. Smith
Bert L. Smith
Mall
Express
ONE Paice
GITEX
A. Fraser
Eureka, Nevada
Clark and Burl Streets
John Dall
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