Subschaption Rates and Nevada Rail News
Clipping row reports diverse Nevada tied notices and editorials. Mentions Subschaption rates entered as Second Class Matter at Eureka and a series of quoted editorials on mining laws ice harvesting, railroad rate regulation and Harriman theory with Senator Newlands praised for seeking broader government rail oversight.
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Eureka
Harriman
Newlands
Nevada
John Hayes Hamswoud
New Yorks
Ely
Fight for Tariff on Lead in Congress
Denver reports five leaders from U S lead and zinc producers plan to set up Washington headquarters to press Congress for a tariff on all lead and zinc imports. The push follows fears of Mexican competition and possible tariff cuts from 14.5 to 1 cent per pound, risking $3,000,000 yearly losses and potential mine closures. States backing the effort include Colorado Idaho Utah Nevada Missouri Wisconsin and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
United States
Washington
Congress
American Mining Congress
Mexico
Wongeoss
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
New Appointments Made Banking Commission and Examiner
Governor Dickerson announces selections for the State Banking Board and related bodies. George T. Mille of Carson and James Clark of Reno named fish commissioners with E. B. Yerington of Carson as third member. Also named are Dayon Capt. Herman Davin and others to the Board of Visitors to the State University and the Lincoln County Experiment Farm. M. M. Van Fleet named Bank Examiner succeeding T. R. Hofer Sr. A meeting set for the 14th in Carson to organize the new commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Booker
Lincoln County
Dickerson
A. B. Witcher
Ely
Samuel W. Belford
East Ely
J. W. Adams
Carson City
Charlee
Direct Primary Not a Barrier in State Politics
The Sun rebuts White Pine Nova arguing the Direct Primary cuts campaign costs and helps poorer candidates. It cites Washington state examples where wealth did not guarantee victory, and notes successful candidates in Nye County ran with little money. It claims the primary favors merit over money and predicts a shift away from plutocracy.
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White Pine
Washington
United States Senate
Wheat Belt
Oregon
America
Nye
Tonopah San
Nevada State News Roundup Amid Reputed Silver glut and political shifts
A Nevada column reports widespread bogus silver money in Elko, a disputed governor's statement about a legislature message, and Lanier County’s sheep war settled by the Lanier County Livestock Company. For Goldfield, Florence Mining stock forgeries emerge as certificates return. Reports of suicides in Sawtelle and Goldfield, a dam project near Lovelock, and a fatal wagon accident near Sahara add to a wide array of state headlines. The piece notes political shifts, church appointment, indictments in Carson, and growing Hawthorne mining optimism along with battles over bank capital requirements and tax implications for Carlin.
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Elko
Dickerson
John Genaldine
Lanier County
Vernor Dickerson
Frank H. Winter
F. C. Riddell
Dueth
F. Fernald
Eiko
Humboldt River
Lovelock
Rogore
Henry Margrave
Goldfield
Editors Cited For Contempt In Nevada Bank Case
Judge Frank P. Langan of the First Judicial District orders citations against Geo. Graham Rice and Merill A. Teague, editors of the Mining Financial News, to appear in Carson City on April 24 to show cause why they should not be found in contempt for an open letter demanding removal of Frank Wildes from the State Bank and Trust Co. receivership, asserting Wildes is Langan’s agent and that removing Wildes would cleanse the office of scandal. The action is expected to provoke further developments in the bank affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Langan
First Judicial District of
Nevada
Geo. Graham Rice
Merill A. Teague
Mining Financial News of
Reno
Carson City
Mining Financial News
Frank Wildes
State Bank &Trust Co
Wildes
Langan
Teague
Rice
State Bank and ‘Trust Company
Caruso Faces Vocal Fatigue From Record-Maker Engagements
The famed tenor Caruso overextended himself pouring high notes into gramophones for record production. He earned up to 2000 dollars per song and reportedly over 60000 dollars in a year from such work. Friends and doctors warned that the strain could damage his voice, but he persisted through the season.
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Earico Carnes
Carnac
Caruso
Nevada Divorce Ruling Ends World Center Status
Justice Orr of Washoe District Court ruled that Milnar versus Milnar was driven to Nevada for jurisdiction and dismissed. The decision narrows Nevada as a divorce magnet, with at least 50 Reno residents seeking divorce now affected by the ruling and Virginian Harned cases possibly ending.
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Justice Orr
Washoe District
I Minar
Los Angeles
Nevada
Orr
Reno
Harned
E. H. Southern
Marriages Noted in Eureka and Linden Areas
In Eureka Nevada on April 12 1909 a child was born to the wife of Eugene Geraty. On Ruby Hill Eureka County Nevada on April 19 1908 a child was born to the wife of Thomas Kitchen. At Linden Michigan on April 15 1900 a child was born to the wife of A B Lightfoot of Eureka Nevada daughter.
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Eureka
Nevada
Eugene Geraty
Aon
Ruby Hill
Eureka County
Thomas Kitchen
Linden
Michigan
A. B. Lightfoot
James Burke Seen as Possible Knox Successor in Taft Cabinet
Congressman James Francis Burke of the Thirty first district, born 1867 in Petroleum Center, Pa, and a two term House member, is discussed as a potential successor to Senator Knox if he becomes premier of Taft's cabinet. Burke pushed a proposal requiring ocean steamship companies to equip ships with wireless telegraphy and served as a former secretary of the Republican National Committee. He married Josephine Birch Scott in 1896 and is described as a popular young legislator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Francis Burke
Senator Knox
Taft
Fie
Knox
Chicago
Burke
Congress
James ¥. Burks
Petroleum Center
Venango County
Law
University of Michigan
Republican National Committee
Josephine Birch Scott
Detroit
Mrs Fiske as a Raconteur at Luncheon
Mrs Harrison Grey Fiske, famed actress, entertains at a luncheon with a witty riff on vivisectionists. She parodies a sea anecdote with a salt sailor’s boast about a counterfeit telescope once owned by Paul Jones, remarking on the passage of time and absurd claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiske
Harrison Grey Fiske
Galt
Paul Jones
Reward for Information on Missing Thomas Rutherford
The Eureka Sentinel seeks information about Thomas Rutherford who left Eureka for San Francisco around May 17, 1908. He was about 14 years old and quite feeble at departure. Anyone providing his present address or identification with papers should contact Eureka Nevada, April 13, 1909, for a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rutherford
Eureka
Nevada
San Franciscoi
Rutherford
Eureka Sentinel
A. F. Rurartrorp
King Royal the Belgians Stallion at Duckwater Race
King Royal, a 1900 pound chestnut sorrel Beligan stallion, shipped by W B Roach of Darlington Wheelsin, touted as the best horse in Nevada. The owner announces the stallion will stand for the season at my ranch in Duckwater Nye County Nevada with pasture for mares. Further particulars and prices via address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Roach
Darlington
Nevada
Duckwater
Nye County
Peices
Promoter Impresses Cafe Crowd With Quick Scheme
A chilly morning tale follows a hooded man who cons a cafe owner and a grocery clerk into supplying sherry and eggs. After drinks are served and thanks exchanged, the stranger reveals his role as the promoter, leaving patrons both amused and baffled by the audacious ruse.
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Feruiah
Dons
Bare
Bere
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