Eureka News In Brief From August 1914
Eureka Sentinel reports Frank Winzell visiting from J.D. ranch and W. E. Sanders departing for California. Miss Imobersteg and Miss Smith visit Newark Valley with the Laird family. No Sunday School at St James Church. Local officials address mining, teaching jobs, politics, and property sales. Weather warms, telegraph war bulletins rise, and surveys of Eureka mines continue.
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Frank Winzell
J.D. Ranch
Lay
Eureka
W. E. Sanders
Alkali Mines Company
California
Sarah Imobersteg
Newark Valley
Annie Smith
R.A. Laird
Newark Mill
Sentinel
St. James’ Episcopal Church
C. M. Dull
Old Windfall Mining Company
R. McCharles
W. B. Linney
W. ©. Hickman
Occidental Life Insurance Company
Los Angeles
A.C. Frolich
Reno
Ella Hildebrand
Eureka County Normal Training School
Pine Valley
James Kautz
Ethel
George A. Englebright
Monitor Valley
Nye County
8. V. Moore
Frank Russell
C. T. Kontz
Austin
Elko
Commission Proceedings Set Palisade Jail and Elections
Eureka County Board approves officer reports and treasury balance. C S Walker named inspector for Palisade Primary and General Elections after H F Ebert’s resignation. A branch county jail to be built in Palisade for misdemeanors. Land tax sale set for Addie Jones tract. Measles noted in Austin. Romane post office to close August 31 1914 with rural delivery to Diamond Valley residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mining Company
Nick Ratte
Court House
Eureka
Gerald F. Laughlin
United States Geological Survey
H. C. McTerney
Grass Valley
Cortez
Diamond Valley
J. F. Laughlin
Palisade
Board of County
Otis Fulton
A. Fraser
Edgar Sadler
C. S. Walker
R. McCharles
Joseph Lehow
Buckhorn Mines Company
Eureka Sentinel
Branch County
Eureka County
Palisade Branch County
Beowawe
Paul Gaston
Doctor Wittke
Roberts
Scott Ranch
Sulphur Ranch
Eureka County Normal Training School
Newark
White Pine County
Austin
Eureka Temple No. 15
Pythian Sisters
A. J. Stinson
Ruby Hill
Death of W E Griffin in New York City
Eureka notices the death of Watson E B Griffin in New York City on July 31. The cause is reported as a hardening of the arteries. Griffin was a well known Nevada resident.
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Nevada
New York City
Eureka
Watson EB. Griffin
Death of Eureka Bank Vice President Passed Away in Reno
The former Eureka County Bank vice president, aged nearly 79, died after a period of ill health following his departure from Eureka four years ago. He had lived with his daughter in Reno, later moved East with her husband to New York, and his remains were cremated in Canada beside his wife in Hamilton, Ontario. He belonged to Eureka Lodge No. 16 F and A M and St John’s Chapter No.5 Royal Arch Masons.
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Eureka
Oscar J. Smith
Reno
Nevada
Eureka County Bank
Canada
Griffin
Hamilton
Ontario
Eureka Lodge No. 16
St. John's
Royal Arch Masons
Ben W. Coleman Nominated for Nevada Supreme Court
The notice announces Judge Ben W. Coleman as a Democratic primary candidate for Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court. He is praised as a respected West jurist with four years as White Pine County District Judge and broad county support. He backed parity of elections law and would likely serve ably on the Supreme Bench if elected.
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the Sentinel
K. J. Reid
Eureka
Assembly
Reed Coleman
Ely
Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Charley Minoletti
Handlton
Ben W. Coleman
Supreme Court of
Coleman
West
White Pine County
White Pine
Primary nominations filed for Eureka County and Townships
A list of the August 1 filing for county and township primary nominations shows only Republican and Democrat applicants. Nominations cover Recorder, County Commissioner, District Attorney, State Senator, Sheriff, Assessor, Clerk and Treasurer, Assembly, Justice of the Peace, and Constable roles in Eureka and Buckhorn Palisade Townships.
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Eureka County
Edgar Eather
Edgar Sadler
N. P. Morgan
James Mackey
R. Mc Charles
Spencer Reynolds
Dan Johns
R. J. Reid
Eureka Township
L. W. Cromer
Buckhorn Township
Clarence A. Sage
C. C. van Laningham
Palisade Township
H. F. Ebert
Constable
N. Hawkins
D. E. Nostrosa
Winfrey Visits Eureka as Nevada State Superintendent Candidate
Edward E. Winfrey Democrat and Deputy State Superintendent for the Fourth district toured Eureka from Monday to Wednesday. The former Eureka High School principal recalled raising the four year high school course in 1902 and advocated elastic curricula, moral training, home economics where feasible, and stronger rural school supervision with longer terms.
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Edward E. Winfrey
Washoe County
Eureka
Austin
Winfrey
Douglas
Lyon
Mineral
Ormsby
Storey
Washoe
Sentinel Office
Nevada
Nevada county commissioner election rule clarified
The revised Nevada laws state that County Commissioners are elected by qualified electors of the county where they reside as other county officers are elected. The disputed point is whether each elector may vote for one Commissioner from every district regardless of where they reside.
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Nevada
William Potts Airlifted from Battle Mountain for Heart Trouble
A special Nevada Central train carried William Potts from Battle Mountain to Austin due to serious heart trouble. Conductor J. M. Hiskey, Mrs. Francis Potts, and Dr. Belanger accompanied the patient. the return train reached Battle Mountain Monday at 4 p.m. Potts was then taken to Reno that day.
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Battle Mountain
Nevada Central
Austin
William Potts
J. M. Hiskey
Francis Potts
Belanger
Potts
Reno
Eureka Club Accepts Labor Day Baseball Challenge
The Eureka Baseball Club accepts a challenge from Duckwater Baseball Club to play on Eureka grounds Labor Day September 7 for a $50 purse. The match is scheduled to be held in Eureka.
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Eureka Baseball Club
Duckwater Baseball Club
Eureka Grounds
Eureka Club
Duckwater Boys
Fureka
Open Air Meeting: Eva Martin and Mabel Vernon in Eureka
Eva Martin and Mabel Vernon of the Nevada Equal Franchise Society tour the state to advocate women’s suffrage arriving in Eureka Sunday August 9. They will address Eureka residents at 7:30 p.m. in front of the Court House. Mrs. Rudolph Zadow invites attendance. Also note Alma Crowley’s move to McCluskey Creek, Eureka County, to teach.
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Anne Martin
Mabel Vernon
Nevada Equal Franchise Society
Nevada
Eureka
Court House
Rudolph Zadow
McCluskey Creek
Austin
Marriage Notice at McCluskey Creek Eureka County Nevada
In Eureka County Nevada on July A 1914 a marriage is noted to the wife of Enil Baumann and sn. The terse entry records a union at a rural location with minimal detail.
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McCluskey Creek
Eureka County
Nevada
Enil Baumann
Elko Rodeo Talks Lobster Club Band Visit
Elko officials negotiate with Eureka based Lobster Club Band to play at the September 7 9 rodeo festivities. If inducements satisfy the band will likely return for three days of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Lobster Club
Eureka
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Tus
W. £. Griffin
Watson E. Griffin
Supreme Judgeship
State Superintendent OF Public Instruction
William Potts Seriously
Ball Club
People’s Market
Prop
Hareby
Himsllf
Kareke County
Martin Mahoney
Republicns
Kureka
Thatcher
T. F. Plummer
R J. Reid
Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. F. Bartine
Ormsby County
J. A. Ascher
Sparks, Nevada
John Edwards Bray
Washo County
B. F. Curler
Biko
Francis G. Newlands
Warhoe County
United States
Supreme Court
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