Site chosen for Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco
San Francisco selects a balanced plan for the Panama Pacific Exposition with permanent city improvements along the waterfront. Temporary structures go to Harbor View while a huge convention hall rises at Van Nest avenue and Market street. Lincoln park and a across the water front will host portions of the fair linked by permanent boulevards. In addition, a yachting course is planned near the harbor. Separately, two Whittier oil men announce a process to separate gasoline from natural gas at the Monges well in Brea canyon, boosting potential gasoline output by 80 barrels daily. a patent sale inquiry by Union Oil is noted but undecided.
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San Francisco
Harbor View
Bay Shore
Golden Gate Park
City
van Nest Avenue
Market Street
Cliff House
Ocean Shore
Lincoln Park
Golden Gate
Los Angeles
James Pickering
Alonzo Brown
Whittier Oil
Monges
Brea Canyon
Union Oi Company
Teld
Pickering and Brown
Black Bass For Humboldt River Stocking Plans
Lovelock residents petitioned the Nevada Fish Commission to plant black bass in the lower Humboldt River. The commission has no ponds for propagation and relies on Sam Wheeler of Washoe County for a supply from his private ponds. Wheeler grants access to stock streams statewide, with stocking planned for the Humboldt River and attempts to plant the fish in Clark and Lincoln counties.
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Humboldt River
Lovelock
Sam Wheeler
Washo County
Lost steel framed curling lasses in Eureka case
A pair of steel framed curling lasses in a case were lost in Eureka this week. The finder is requested to leave them at the Sentinel office.
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Eureka
Sentenel
Burbank Triumphs After Carnegie Institute Battle
California horticulturist Luther Burbank ends five years of restrictive work at the Carnegie Institution and resumes independent research. He reorganizes his business, promises new fruit and flower varieties, and unveils a Patagonia strawberry noted for a pineapple-like flavor after 26 years of breeding involving Cordish wild seeds from Chile.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Luther Barbank
Santa Ross
California
Uarangie Iostitute
Burbank
Carnegie Tostitute
Carnegie
Patagonia
John Burroughs
Chili
Arrests for gambling hit Elko Nevada on coast party
The Ocean to Ocean caravan of Eastern travelers, totaling 42 in 11 cars, halted in Elko for the night. Four visitors were arrested in a hotel gambling room during a Sheriff Harris raid. Nine arrests included a roulette operator and faro dealer, with several others using fictitious names. Bonds set at 250 dollars. Prosecutors pledge to pursue the cases amid a growing legal battle over Nevada gambling laws.
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Elko
Nevada
J. Harris
New York
Philadelphia
Jack Mayer
George Foreger
Faro
M. Johnson
Lookout
R. J. Borman
Frank Maloney
George Mooroe
Walter Smith
Uas
Justice of the Peace Klatte
L. L. Bradley
Hureka
Tabler
Harria
Dysart
Bradley
Borah Bill Bars Congress Members From Federal Jobs
Senator Borah in the Senate offers a measure denying any former congressman appointment to federal positions within two years after term expiry. The proposal aims to prevent a repeat of lame duck appointments and tighten post service employment rules.
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Borah
Idaho
Senate
Congress
Nevada Crop Statistics From the Thirteenth Census
Nevada crop data from the 1910 census summary shows hay and forage leading values at 4.1 million dollars, potatoes valued at 314 thousand, barley at 201 thousand, and oats at 19 thousand. The report notes large acreage increases for hay and forage over 30 years and details yields and values per acre, with cereals and other crops contributing to the state’s agricultural profile.
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Washington, D. C
Nevada
Falkner
le Grand Powers
Nevada State School Money Apportionment Figures Released
State Superintendent Bray outlines the July 1911 apportionment total of 11,804.85 less than 1910. Census counts rise to 12,814 from 12,311, with gains in most counties. He notes uncertain income from land funds and increasing reliance on direct taxation for school support, detailing a second semi annual appropriation based on per teacher and per census child figures.
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Bray
Washoe
Storey
Eureka
Esmeralda
Douglas
Nevada
Lunds
Ondes
Divorce Easy in Oroville Courts Hear Plea to Waive Fees
Carrie Crawford sought the court’s aid to file for divorce without charge after unable to pay court fees. The request pressed for an order admitting her papers to record without fee burden following a fee-rate search for authority.
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Oroville
California
Saya
Carrie Crawford
Hospital worker maimed during attempt to board train
Pat Conlin, a nurse at County Hospital in Winnemucca, was injured while trying to steal a ride on a Western Pacific train to Salt Lake City. He suffered both legs mashed. one was amputated below the knee and doctors were attempting to save the other.
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Pat Conlin
Winnemucca
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
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National Bank Examinera
First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
A. E. Kimball
B. Noble
J. A. Sewell
G. ¥. Williams
E. B. Ennor
Asst
Burbank Triumphant
Carnegie Institute
The
Census Bureau
Darley
John Edwards Bray
State Superintendent of Public Instruct
Palisade
Minolett! Bros. Im
Seheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno
General Banking A Trust Company Business Exchange
Savings Department
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Bataten
P. H. Hiul
Eureka, Nevada
Levi Straus
Mes
A. Fraser
Eka
Johnson Mercantile Go
Hiram Ftohnson
Hotel Zadow
A. T. Taylor
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