Weights and Measures law details explained for merchants
Reno journal outlines new state Weights and Measures act. Prof Dinsmore of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station to issue a public circular explaining technical points to merchants and consumers. The rule enforces accurate labeling on imported packed goods and dairy weights while targeting misrepresentation in wood coal and butter sales. Enforcement begins June 1 with extra staff funded by a six figure appropriation.
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Reno Journal
Dinsmore
Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Frank Mayers
Dewlern
Divemore
Aevistante
Bil
Experiment Station Bay
Lila Ross
Toss
Dinamore
Miles Kennedy
Pure Food and Drug Commission
Grape Culture In Nevada At Buena Vista Valley
Two carloads of grape slips were shipped to Imlay Humboldt County and planted at Buena Vista Valley where vines will be irrigated with pumped groundwater. Italian settlers from California, about 100 people, plan vineyard cultivation and wine production converting barren land into a garden. This marks an early Nevada viticulture effort near Imlay.
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Imlay
Humboldt County
Buenos Vista Valley
California
Buena Vista Valley
Malinteukure
Nevada
alfalfa root experiment ends in asparagus discovery
Louise Weinland, a Spokane valley irrigation rancher, attempted to cook alfalfa roots as a human food and claimed the result tasted like asparagus. A man who tried it asked for a second helping, declaring he did not know if he was eating asparagus. Neighbors sampled the dish, and the story ends with mixed reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise B. Weinland
Spokane
Waah
Indians Have Dread Disease Trachoma Plagues Fallon School
Dr. Murphy of the Government Indian service visited Fallon to inspect trachoma among Plates in the valley. At the Eodian school about 30 students are educated in hygiene and white civilization, with 70 percent affected. An eye specialist and Dr. Gardner will operate on affected children to prevent blindness and end traditional medicine at the reservation. Indian school superintendent W. A. Vanvorhis is credited for raising the issue.
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Fallon
Murphy
Government Indian Service
Fallon Taat
Eodian School
Thi
Gardner
W. A. Vanvorhis
Solid petrol fuels future cars and ships
A London dispatch reports a new solid petrol that lets a car travel 1200 miles without refueling, stored in a box beside the car. It resembles dirty ice and burns with a candlelike glow, removing carburetor use and promising ship bunkers worldwide. composition is secret but includes 80 percent ordinary petrol and soap matter with a foreign additive.
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London
Brighton
Adams Turns Carson Valley Farm Electric
Progressive farmer Adams in Carson Valley near Genoa installed a modern electric plant at his home farm. The system harnesses a local creek to generate 20 to 40 horsepower for lighting and powering a river pump. Most Valley farms now use electric power from their own plant or the electric company, expanding cultivation opportunities.
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Carson
Will Adams
Carson Valley
Genoa
Barber Restores Sight In Barber Shop Miracle
C. D. Cunningham a Los Angeles dining man who had been blind for ten years after a Nevada mine blast was cured in a San Francisco barber shop. An electrical facial massage revived a paralyzed nerve, allowing him to read again after trials by specialists in Vienna Berlin and New York failed. He celebrated by announcing to passersby that he could read and racing through Market Street with renewed eyesight.
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Vienna
Berlin
New York
C. D. Cunningham
Los Angeles
Fourth and
Mission Streets
Europe
East
Cunningham
Argotant Hotel
Nevada
California
Cunninghar
Tee
Sage
Argonsat Hotel
Market Street
San Francisco
The Editor's Heaven Comic Tale and Wedekind District Revival
The editor dies of starvation in a satirical tale as an angel guides him through a visit to hell before choosing to stay in heaven. In Wedekind mining district near Reno, Governor Sparks ends a stay, and Harry Ramsey and Edwin Arkell open a ledge. A new company has possession of the original Wedekind properties, signaling upcoming production.
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Wedekind
Sparks
Reno
Harry Ramsey
George Wedekind
Edwin Arkell
Elko Irrigation Plan Moves Toward Humboldt Valley Waterway
A Colorado-capital company advances an Elko County reclamation project with surveying crews at work. It will soon start building a dam on the Humboldt River to store waters for irrigating several thousand acres in the Humboldt Valley.
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Elko
Colorado
Elko County
Humboldt Valley
Nevada Representatives Prep for Extra Session and Posts
Washington dispatch notes Nevada delegation arriving ahead of the extra session. Senator Newlands returns to the coast. Representative Edward E. Roberts of Carson City studies procedures and files 20 bills. Nixon, the retiring Postmaster patronage, shares duties with Roberts. bids for Parker and Alfred post offices advance. Roop, Washoe County. Roberta seeks War Department help to capture Quebo the depredating Indian. Indian Commissioner Valentine assists in the manhunt.
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Sacramento Bea
Washington
Nevada
Newlands
Edward E. Roberts
Carson City
Sacramento
Roberts
Senator Nixon
Representative Roberts
Parker
White Pine
Alfred
Nye County
Harry Rogers
Ellen Oxbowon
Pierre Iriant
Roop
Washoe County
Roberta
War Department
Quebo
Valentine
Harriman Lines to Be Inventoried in Historic Valuation
Engineers from Harriman system railroads met in Denver to plan a vast inventory of every asset from bolts and rails to cars buildings and franchises across more than 16000 miles of track. E Holbrook of Chicago leads the effort which aims to complete over two or three years. The study seeks the physical valuation of railroads versus their capital stock and bonds.
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Denver
Colorado
Harriman
E. Holbrook
Chicago
Irrigation Venture Near Oresna Station by Pumps
James A. Davia and F. R. Shriver begin cultivating a small flat tract near Oresna station using a six horsepower engine and centrifugal pump to raise water eight feet from a well onto the land. They plan vegetables first, with future hay crops if profitable, noting Humboldt County awaits development and water could unlock valuable land.
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James A. Davia
F. R. Shriver
Oresna Station
Lovelock Tribune
Humboldt County
Jows Experiment Station Promotes Lato Ice Cream
A bulletin from the Jows Experiment Station touts a new ice cream product named Lato. Made from milk with eggs sugar and flavoring it claims to boost health by supplying lactic acid bacteria. The note says small children and those with poor digestion may safely indulge and improve well being.
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Jows
Iowa Experiment Station
Scientific American
Concrete Rooms Stay Cooler In Summer Warmer In Winter
Rooms in a well built concrete house stay cooler in summer and warmer in winter than brick houses. Concrete walls are more temperate due to non absorbent nature and slower heat transfer than brick.
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Dr. Tanner
Hades
Roberts and Nixon
Deheeline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
Business Exchange
Savincs Department Stocka
Bonde
Corporations
P. Om
P. H. Hiul
Eureka, Nevada
Levi Straus
Johnson Mercantile Co
Ince
Hiram
Hotel Zadow
Louise 8. Zadow
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