Steel and Harvesters Trusts Tied to Tariff Debate
Sacramento Bee reports disclosures from Washington claim the Steel Trust and its branches have faced lenient government treatment, with allegations of price undercutting for foreign markets. It notes a 1908 Justice Department report alleging a $3 per ton rebate to International Harvester on steel, linking to lower export prices for agricultural machinery. The piece advocates Bryan tariff remedies and contrasts U S and Canadian approaches to curbing abuses.
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Sacramento Bee
Washington
Steel Trust
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
International Harvester Company
Harvester Trust
Asl
Canada
Dominion
Fourth of July Ovation at Gettysburg Recalled by Gene Ware
Gene Ware, after resigning as pension commissioner and returning to Kansas, recalls a Gettysburg Fourth of July event where President Roosevelt and Cabinet members planned to attend his address. Roosevelt teased that he would listen, even inviting Root, then joked the entire Cabinet would attend. Roosevelt spoke two hours, while Ware never delivered his speech.
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Kansas
Gene Ware
National Capital
Gettysburg
Roosevelt
White House
George
Teddy
Ken Teddy
Root
Ware
United States
Funeral of Nevada Silurians Promises City Growth
Repo on Saturday night celebrated ICC decision on the Repo case with a funeral on the Plaza. A torch lit ceremony followed as crowds cheered amid speakers including Mayor Turrittin Governor Oddie and Senator Boyd. They touted a one third cut in commodity rates and a hoped-for population and industrial resurgence in the city within five years.
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Repo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Decislon
Atrects
Adam Silurian
Joshus Mossback
Turrittin
Thous
Oddie
Barting and
Moesrs
Shaughnessy and Simmons
St Railway Combassos
Cleve Baker
James T. Boyd
Ipy
Goldfield Merger Forms Largest Nevada Mining Company
Big Goldfield Mining Deal Articles filed with the Secretary of State create the Gold-Held Deep Mines Company, the largest Nevada incorporation to date, with 10 million shares at par 1 and a $1000 fee. Incorporators include O Whittimore Los Angeles J Erickson Beattle Glande M Smith C J Redmoor Goldfield and Rosa Clark Los Angeles. The firm acquires adjacent properties to the Consolidated and Florence mines at Goldfield and will launch intensive deep mining operations under the Goldfield Merger banner.
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Deep Mines Company
Nevada
Ainte
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
O. Whittemore
Los Angeles
J. Erickson
Beattle
Glande M. Smith
C. J. Redmoor
Goldfield
Sod J. Rosa Clark
Consolidated and Florencs
Goldield
Want Injunction Against Nevada Smelter
Miller & Lax of Yerington sue to block the Mason Valley Mines Company from building and operating a smelter in Mason Valley. They claim ownership of 20,000 acres and warn the smelter could destroy crops and vegetation with gases. Damages not yet sought. aim is to secure standing in court for potential future damages.
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Nevada
Miller & Lax
Yerington Times
Mason Valley Mines Company
Miller & Lox
Iande
Mason Valley
Iter
Century ago reach marked first gift to con science fund
A century ago the con science fund received its first contribution and a record has been kept of every penny. The total now stands near half a million dollars with the largest single donation of 18,669.60 from an anonymous benefactor who explained the sum as duty on goods smuggled into the country at different times.
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United States Treasury
Treasury
Government Expert Plans Desert Fruit Without Irrigation
Fallon Nevada August 2 F B Hesdley superintendent of the Government Experimental Farm reports progress from Pyramid Lake on grafting wild peach varieties to create hardy fruit that can bear without irrigation. He observed remarkable growth and some fruit set on grafts of plums prunes apricots and peaches and expects to develop a desert fruit suited to 100 foot altitude conditions. Further work is planned to confirm and extend these findings.
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Fallon
Nevada
F. B Hesdley
Pyramid Lake
Lak Towemuch
Headley
Hendrey
A Quick Change Saved the Captain From Fuss and Feathers
Los Angeles Times recounts General Winfield Scott, famed as a strict martinet nicknamed Fuss and Feathers. His temper surged after Bull Run defeat, prompting a fierce tirade before an aid, Captain C, who faced him with abrupt apology. The captain’s Irish wit defused the moment and avoided further censure.
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Winfield Scott
United States
Bull Run
Washington
Prisident
Lincoln
Guneral
Captain C
Los Angeles Times
Get Rich Quick Chicken Figures Warn of Passivity
A business doctor decries get rich quick schemes and urges action over passive planning. Using absurd poultry math to show risks, he notes many who pursue empty plans go bankrupt before a second season’s chick matures, emphasizing effort over excuses.
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Pasell
Atraham Begat
Eaane
Ivano
Jacob
Prosperity
Loge
General Fund Exhausted Forces Delay in Pay for State Workers
The General Fund of the State Treasury is exhausted per Carson reports, delaying warrants for state officers and employees for months. Proposals for a special Legislature session to transfer funds were dropped after cost estimates. Though cash exists in other funds and over a half million in the Treasurer’s office, law prevents borrowing or hypothecation pending county remittance in December.
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Carson
Carson Mint Faces Doubling Assay Charges
Washington reports the government will double assaying fees at the Carson mint effective January 1. Other federal assaying offices will raise charges too, risking quick abandonment of the Carson facility as miners send samples to larger mints. The Carson office has long been a loss, linked to early protection against assay frauds. Congressman Roberts may halt the rate increase.
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Carson
Washington, D. C
Carson Mint
Roberts
Aaking Too Much And Fooled the Butcher
A Scots Sunday mishap has a drunken man arguing with a clergyman over a runaway dog, then a curious street encounter where a bride buys porterhouse steak with sharp exchanges about portions and payment. The butcher recovers, musing that it does a man good to get what’s coming once in a while.
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Scotland
Tammas
Tamming
Nevada News Briefs on Bank Petition and Pyramid Lake Survey
Citizens of Cali ente Lincoln County present a postal savings bank petition at the Department. Government surveyors map Pyramid Lake Indian reservation for allotment into 20 acre tracts amid a 400 square mile area. Also recounted is a heat injure incident after a jail fire in Deeth where a Greek suspect was restrained by handcuffing to a telegraph pole for three hours. Arthur Weber’s wagon incident in Goldfield ends with a dramatic rescue by Deputy County Assessor Congrove after a horse drag left Weber injured and an ear torn.
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Cali Ente
Lincoln County
Roberts
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Nevada
Elku Fron
Deeth
Arthur Weber
Goldfield
Weber
Frank Cosgrove
Court House
Bread Weights in Nevada Under New Weights Law
Nevada Legislature enacted a weights and measures law to take effect June 1. Inspections found variances in bread loaves from 12 to 19 ounces across Carey, Reno, Tonopah, and Goldfield. Enforcement will begin once publicity for the requirements is ample. Also noted: Reno to host a postal savings bank opening this month.
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Nevada
Ins
Careon
Reno
Postal Savings Bank
Final spike seals Santa Fe Chicago to San Diego line
The last gap in Santa Fe railroad reconstruction from Chicago to San Diego was closed July 25 with the final spike driven at Ladrille nine miles north of San Diego. This completes a 2400 mile stretch using 85 pound steel rail replacing 65 pound rail. Track relaying took several years.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
San Diego
Ladrille
California Terminal
Pure gold slabs emerge from Winnemucca mine strike
Dispatches report slabs of almost pure gold from the Adamson and Turner mine on Winnemucca mountain. The discovery is viewed as routine, yet it has made Winnemucca one of the state’s busiest towns with shoot leases active on the mountain. Outsiders lack a claim to rival the original discovery, though large quantities of good ore are being dumped.
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Winnemacca
Nevada
Adamson & Turner
Winnemacca Mountain
Winnemucca
Winnemucca Mountain
Marriage Notice From Ely to West Buternor Arc
A fragmented notice records a marriage event at Ely Nevada on July 20, 111 between Arthur G. Short formerly of Eureka and a spouse identified with J D Arey. The garbled text also mentions a Jane married to the wife of J D Arey and references a location West Buternor Wisconsin.
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Ely
Mevada
Wits
Arthur G. Short
Eureka
West Buternor
Wisconsin
Jane 7
Will
J. D
Arey
Vannly Mofiarry
Aon
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State of Nevada
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Gret
University of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
College of Age, Cultures
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J. EB. Stubbe
Rear
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Brave
Eureka & Palisade
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