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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
3
Eureka daily notes arrivals and departures as August Hintze sails for San Francisco for a month of visits, Mrs. Rose Biggio returns from the Bay Area, and many residents travel for business, family visits, or property plans.
Reports from Eureka County describe multiple rabid coyotes sighted near Eureka including incidents at Goodwin Canyon Ruby Hill Italian Creek and Beowawe. Local cattle calves pigs and a Basque sheep herder exposed to the disease are under observation or treatment with Pasteur therapy.
New Auditor H. E. Hunter of the Eureka Nevada Railway arrived from Palisade by Friday's train to attend to matters at this end of the line and to meet Eureka residents. He says the line expects a busy summer and that an announcement of increased service into Eureka may be expected shortly.
Palm Sunday marks Christ's triumphal entry as Holy Week opens with services across denominations. Good Friday falls on April 21 and Easter Sunday on April 23 with celebratory services and Easter eggs for children. Rev. S H Jones of Nevada Missionaries will lead Easter services at Eureka Presbyterian Church with further notices upcoming.
A telegram from Tonopah announced Ellendale resident Edward Clifford’s pneumonia illness and his transfer to Reno for treatment. A second telegram reported his death at Reno at 12:50 AM and said his remains would be taken to Tonopah for burial. Clifford, about 65, leaves eight grown children, four sons and four daughters. His eldest son Edward died in Tonopah on December 16, 1915, after pneumonia.
Mrs L Lee daughter of Mrs M G Foster of Eureka and a former president here visited her daughter Mrs Eden Carier at Currant Creek Nye County last week. Her apron caught fire from a heating stove and flames were extinguished by her grandson who threw water on her head. Her apron and waist were destroyed and she suffered severe burns to the arms and face.
The Eureka Cash Store sold twelve tons of sheep pelts to S. Daniels for the Norton Tanning Company of San Francisco. Four local railway cars carried the pelts to Palisade on today's train. A prior shipment of ten tons went to the same company and left Eureka on March 18.
A E Kimball returns from a two week trip to Eureka where he oversaw the Eureka Land and Stock Company sheep shearings. He notes lighter fleeces than last year but better quality and confirms the flock endured winter well with normal legs.
Mr and Mrs Henry Zadow of Tonopah and former Eureka residents receive news of the death of their grandson in Florida. The child, a daughter nine years old, is reported as bereaved.
Dan Morrison reports the death of Charles Sutton Greenwood at his Auburn home on April 10 after years of illness. Greenwood, 41, 10 months, 21 days, rose from Virginia City and Eureka mining to own Windfall mines, later selling for 200000 cash. Survived by widow, three children, mother Eva J Greenwood, brother John, sisters Mrs Hoffelt and Mrs Smith. burial back in Eureka with Knights of Pythias funeral service.
The Elko Free Press reports the death of Mrs. Mary Hanna Cowling wife of James Cowling near Elko on April 4. A native of England she lived on Ruby Hill Eureka County before moving with her husband to Elko in 1893. They later went to a Humboldt River homestead where she died at age 68 years 22 days. She is survived by eight grown children.
Daniel Rand and Miss Helen Smith wed at the Rand home with Rev. E. H. Price officiating. The bride, long a resident of the county northern area, won many friends with her manners. The groom, a Pine Valley rancher, has rented the Ennor ranch and will reside there with his bride.
Ore shipments sent by train to Salt Lake smelters this week included one carload of slag ore from Eureka dumps by Valsecchi & Griggbaby. One carload from Phenix mine on Ruby Hill by Jury Bros. Two carloads from California mine on Prospect Mountain by Cardanalli Bros.
Viola Carrie Carmen Piercy Burnett files in Elko district court seeking partition and sale of Wm. Dunphy estate personal property near Beowawe Eureka County. Burnett is a granddaughter of Wm. Dunphy who died in the 1890s with an estate near two million dollars.
In Goldfield Nevada on April 4 1916 a daughter was born to the wife of Thomas Spracklin.
Friday metal quotes list Silver at 63 cents per ounce Copper at 28 50 Lead at 7 87 3 00 plus poultry ads offering chicks at 10 cents each and large lots with price breaks from Newton Poultry Farm Los Gatos California Dept 23 circulates a free circular
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