Land deal closed to divide vast Humboldt tract
Henry Pratt, longtime Humboldt County resident, returns to arrange a major sale of 65,000 acres in Clover Valley Nevada with water rights and a large stock ranch. Purchasers will subdivide into farms and colonize after water conservation canals are built, bringing Eastern farmers to the estate.
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Humboldt County
Humbolt County
Henry Pratt
Muither
Rane
Clover
Golconda
Clover Valley Ranch
Nevada
Pratt
Humboldt Star
Nevada State News Highlights Nevada Turmoil and Local Crimes
Belmont post office closed on April 1 marking Nye County shifts. George Wattles of the Giroux Hotel in Riepetown survived a suicide attempt, though unconscious. Chinaman Ab Lee pleads guilty to opium smuggling, fined $200 and 10 days in jail. opium valued at $600 to be destroyed. T L Hawkins hired to copy Mineral County records, Frank J Kingborn named supervisor. A street quarrel in Fay, Nevada ends in Sams’s death. O H Brown surrenders to the sheriff. A potato pest ear worm threatens Nevada crops as Prof S Dinsmore from the Nevada Experimental Station expedites control efforts.
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Belmont
Nye Count
George Wattles
Giroux
Riepetown
Ab Lee
Humboldt County
Farrington St Carson
T. L. Hawkins
Goldfield
Nevada
Dinsmore
Sinking Wells for Colonists in Grass Valley
B G Bates holds the contract to bore wells for settlers in Grass Valley. Water is found from nine to eighty feet deep at all sites drilled so far. Bates now uses a light band rig and plans a heavier machine to reach greater depths. Most homes on the tracts are completed and farmers prepare land for cultivation.
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B. G. Bates
Grass Valley
Mr. Bates
Eureka Mining District Maps Include Windfall and Pardy Additions
The Szxtixen has obtained a limited set of new black and white prints of the Eureka mining district. Alongside the known Pardy map, Windfall and several nearby mines in Secret Canyon are now included in the collection.
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Eureka Mining District
Secret Canyon
Three Judges to Wear Case in Goldfield Mining Suit
Goldfield Nevada April through an agreement between opposing sides and lawyers the litigation between Goldfield Consolidated Mine Company and J McKenie will be tried before three district judges sitting en banc. Judges John S Orr Peter Somers and EJ L Taber will hear the case to prevent further litigation and possible appeals. The suit accuses the Mohawk mine operation of carelessness that risked rich ore before the lease expired.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Goldfold Consolidated Mince Company
J. McKennie
John 8. Orr
Teno
Peter Somers
EJ. L. Taber
Elko
Mohawk
Goldfield Consolidated
McKensie
Tragic drowning victim Wiedman found at El Pizmo beach
Edwin Maraton Wiedman of Pony Montana aged 24 drowned at El Pizmo beach in the Channel near Stanford as companions J W Fitting K Pyle and M H Easton battled a breaker. Body recovered days later and to be shipped for burial beside a relative killed in Eureka in 1900. Wiedman studied Geology and belonged to Acacia.
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E. M. Wiedman
el Pizmo Beach
Fa Mateo County
California
Pony
Montana
Charles T. Wiedman
Eureka
Palo Alto
Stanford University
Stanford
Edwin Maraton
Wiedman
Ewinmor Jana
J. W. Fitting
Fitting
M. H. Easton
Sud K. Pyle
Pyle
Esston
The Quippy Ink Thief Tale From New Orleans Jail
A jailer recalls women prisoners stealing ink for poetry in a schoolroom. One inmate balanced a full ink thimble on her hair and even tried to swallow ink to hide the theft. The jailer notes the ongoing ink-stealing ceased only after new discipline.
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Russell
New Orleans Times
Metal market quotes with silver lead copper prices
The fatest metal quotations report silver at New York 48 cents per ounce lead at New York 445 per 100 pounds and copper at New York 1170.
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New York
Mrs Steunenberg Confronts Orchard In Prison Drama
Behind the grin walls of the Idaho penitentiary a dramatic scene unfolded as Harry Orchard faced confrontation. Reise and Tisbo report the event occurred recently, detailing tensions within the penitentiary and the involved individuals' reactions.
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Reise
Tisbo
Iiehe Penitentiary
Harry Orchard
Forgiveness Interview Aboard Orchard’s Prison Fate
A confessed killer, linked to the death of former Governor Brennenberg, faced widow Mrs. Steanenberg who forgave him. She visited the prison seeking closure, declaring divine forgiveness. Orchard, moved, expressed gratitude and pledged to realign his life, giving away most earnings to missions and family.
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Frank Brennenberg
Steneenberg
John Sno
Mra. Steananberg
Orchard
Sui
United States
Caldwell
Worie
Beer
Canada
Supreme Court Sustains Springmeyer in Election Fight
The Supreme Court upheld Attorney General Cleve H. Baker's demurrer in the contest over the attorney general election of George. Springmeyer gains access to the court while ballots previously counted for Baker may be challenged, potentially altering the outcome by recount. Springmeyer, running as a Republican for attorney general, led by about one vote.
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Atterson
Nevada
Supreme Court of the State
Cleve H. Baker
George |Oyer
Baker
Bolliays
Supreme Court
Springmayor
Speingmeyes
Baler
Bie
Springmerer
Yen
Dewurrer
Forc
Springmeier
Republic Snicke
Avorvey-General
Stent
Bryan refuses invitation to Memphis visit
At Washington Bryan told Memphis committee he could not accept their invitation to move his home or reside in Memphis. Although officials and local and national figures urged him, Bryan said it was not money but duty to the nation that guided him. He noted his Lincoln base in the center of the country and promised to visit Memphis whenever possible.
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Waashington
D. C
William J. Bryan
Memphis
Bryan Ly
James M. Greer
Hoe
Loa and
Taylor
Gordon
Teanes
Sisaga
Mississippi
Robison
Arkansas
Dake
Bowora
Bryan
Bowere
South
Lincolns
Former Mayor Johnson Dead in Cleveland at 67
Tom J. Johnson longtime Cleveland figure and four-term mayor who championed the three-cent streetcar fare and Henry George style single tax died at 8 45 p m after a long liver illness He was 67 and survived by wife and children Born July 15 1834 in Georgetown Kentucky he rose from Louisville streetcar work to lead Cleveland and briefly served in Congress His career included street railway consolidation battles and a failed bid for governor He spent summers on Nantucket before returning home in poor health
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tom J. Johnson
Henry George
Jotineon
Nastacket Island
Tom L. Jonson
Louisville Street Railway
Felf
Johnson
Georgetown
Kentucky
Thomas Loftie
Tom L
Louisville
Tadianapolia Street Railway
Albert
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Congress
Twenty-first
New York
Nassau Street
Brooklyn
Street Car Company
Cleveland Traction Lines
Municipal Traction Company
Herman C. Basher
Mr. Johnson
Democrats of
Baoler
Nantucket Island
Mr. Johnson Ia
Loftin
Mia
Bessie Mariani
Bank Foreclosure Over 50,000 Loan Secured by Reno Residence
American National Bank of San Francisco seeks foreclosure on collateral from Mesara, Golden, Raycraft, Hofer, and Regan Brothers to secure a 50,000 loan to First National Bank of Carson City. Borrowers have repaid about 39,000 with roughly 11,000 remaining. Property includes the Golden residence in Reno and remains in bank possession serving as security for the outstanding balance.
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American National Bank of
San Francisco
Mesara, Golden
Raycraft
Hofer
Regan Brothers
First National Bank of
Carson City
Golden
Reno
American National Bank
Divorced From Priest at Reno in McGinn Case
Mrs McGinn secured a decree of divorce in Judge Orr's Reno court from Louis T. McGinn a Catholic priest. She testified they married under her maiden name Louis T. Hasto and that he was a priest in New York City at the time. She claimed cruelty and that he spent $30,000 of hers. Personal service on the defendant could not be made.
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Reno
Italy
New York
Reno Gambler Hyland Dies by Poison in Willows Tragedy
Despondent Reno gambler Loke G. Hyland, penniless and out of work, killed himself Friday night near the Catholic Cemetery by swallowing strychnine. His body was found around 3 p.m. Saturday by a passerby in a clump of willows north of Reno.
Unclear Message on Smallpox Mail Carriers
Fragmentary note mentions smallpox in Carson with claims of tiny threat and no serious harm intended. Readers should dismiss dubious statements. no concrete action or official guidance is evident in the readable text.
Surety Companies Reopen in Nevada Bond Market
Nevada lawmakers pass a measure forcing surety firms to deposit proceeds from state business. After the act two years ago safety firms withdrew and halted operations, causing county officials to face bond issues. Some companies have begun returning, coordinating with local attorneys to reestablish access with agents statewide.
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Nevada
of State
Athens
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