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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1919
Page
3
The Eureka Sentinel reports on stock and farm news locally. Notable items include Eureka Live Stock Company shearing progress at Oak Station, seed distribution nearing end, and stockmen reporting grass shortages. Also noted are visits from travelers, railroad arrivals, and a four-soldier homecoming at the Eureka Theatre with a large turnout.
A large Eureka delegation met four local soldiers at the depot to welcome Will Flavin Lawrence Kautz Angelo Tognoni and Walter Hawkins home. The men, part of the 91st Division, served in France and Germany before returning to the United States aboard the Aquitania and were discharged at Fort Russell Wyoming after occupation duty in Germany.
One year ago Germany moved to launch a third Spring drive against the Allies with heavy thrusts from Lassigny to the Scarpe river while Americans counter attacked the first large German assault on Allied lines. The Eighth German war loan was floated for three billion dollars as Germany gloated over early Spring campaign victories and urged subscriptions to Victory Liberty Loan to pay for victory.
The Hope Consolidated Mining Company reports the tunnel drift at 780 feet with ground changing from pyroxenite to lime in a corner. The lime is mineralized and resembles lime around Ruby Hill ore bodies. May 2 marks the Time at Eureka.
Mr. Ferguson a sergeant of the 8th Infantry was discharged at Camp Funston Kansas after four years in regular service. He remains on the army reserve list and may be recalled within two and a half years. Joe Tognoni traveled from Duckwater to Eureka on business and noted grass growth stalled by cold dry weather, risking poor summer feed. He also visited Tonopah and Goldfield country and praised the Tonopah Divide mine as a large, promising operation with substantial tonnage reported.
A wartime appeal urges Eureka County residents to buy Victory Liberty Loan notes to fund war debts and honor fallen soldiers. It stresses patriotism, explains note terms, interest, tax status, and repayment schedule, and calls local soldiers to wear uniforms at the Victory Day celebration.
Mrs. Thomas Clifford of Eureka received a telegram announcing the death of Mrs. John Clifford formerly Minnie Martin of Ruby Hill at Tonopah Nevada early today. The message said John Clifford her husband and Richard Martin, the deceased’s brother, were very ill with influenza, the disease reported as raging there.
After eighteen months away serving his country at Camp Lewis, Charles A. Deion, a well known Tonopah lawyer, returned home on Sunday. He is a son of Mrs. Bertha Rich of Edreka. Subscribe for the Sentinel at three dollars.
A passing 91st Division soldier signs a verse at Palisade depot honoring the West and Red Cross nurses, praising Liberty Bonds and the home front. Miss Katherine Lasserno of San Francisco visits sister Mrs Tony Simi, while Walter Hawkins, son of Mrs Nat Hawkins, returns from overseas.
The County Council of Defense challenges Eureka County High School to a baseball game at Eureka on May 2 before noon. Fans pick their team colors and celebrate Germany's defeat by rooting. Admission is free and all are invited.
The Silver Connor mine on Prospect mountain’s west side tested a new compressor this week and plans drilling next week. Retimbering 700 feet of raise from the Prospect tunnel to the Connor workings above should finish in about ten days. Manager J S Bagg, ill recently, shows improvement and expects to be active again soon.
Eureka County physician and health officer Dr W H Brennen wed Marie A Black in Sacramento on April 19 1919. The couple then traveled to San Francisco before returning to Eureka by the latest train. Mrs Brennen is a trained nurse who has assisted in his practice.
G B Miglio an old Eureka resident who worked at the furnaces in the camp’s early days died Monday from age related ailments. He was 78, native of Italy, and left no known relatives, living alone for years. The Eureka County Victory Loan Committee hopes to secure H A Lemmon and Brewster Adams of Reno as speakers for May 2.
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