27 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1912
Page
1
The Titanic sailed from Southampton on April 10 for her maiden voyage to New York, narrowly avoiding a collision with the New York before leaving port. She struck an iceberg at 10:25 PM on April 14, 450 miles south of Cape Race, sinking in about two hours.
A Motor News issue from Indianapolis features a graphic ocean to ocean car tour through Nevada. It includes photos of a desert transformed into a flower garden after seeds were scattered during a wreck on a railroad grade. Also notes word origins and a quip about an old bachelor.
The Nevada Equal Franchise Society restructured with an advisory board of county representatives. Officers include President Miss Anne H. Martin. Honorary Presidents Mrs. Clarence Mackay, Mrs. Alfred Hodges, Mrs. J. E. Stubbs, Mrs. Henry Robinson. Vice Presidents Mrs. F. O. Norton, Mrs. J. E. Church, Mrs. Jennie Logan, Mrs. Chas. Golling, Mrs. J. E. Bra, Mrs. Bird Wilson, Mrs. O. H. Mack. Secretaries Mrs. Burroughs Edsall and Mrs. O. J. Bridges. Treasurer Mrs. A. Chism. notable board members from Reno, Carson, Sparks, Tonopah, and other Nevada towns.
A bill in the United States Senate would repeal the apex law restricting mining locators to surface claim boundaries. The measure prompts questions on who it harms more, locators or lawyers, amid charges of vote buying and political coercion in Tennessee.
United States Smelting Refining and Mining reports 921 propositions considered in 1911 with only one taken. Sidney Jennings notes 749 rejected, 144 preliminarily examined, 28 fully sampled, yielding a single acquisition. The effort signals ongoing aggressive prospecting and industry revival post 1907 panic. An aside jokes about old bachelors and widows.
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