Gambling crackdown shocks Nevada town amid governor order
Sheriff Ingalls shut ten gambling houses in Goldfield Nevada following Governor Oddie's demand to halt gambling. The move aims to quiet public outcry, with officials signaling a ten day pause before games likely resume. Local business commentary then pivots to a discussion on women in business and leadership, citing wage gaps and workplace dynamics, alongside a paraphrased Lincoln adage about persuasion.
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Oddie Goldfield
Nevada
Ingalls
Oddie
Pardon Board Criticized Over Costs and Delays
The Clark County Review cries foul as Washoe County refuses to fund bringing Attorney Schuitzer and a woman to trial on perjury indictments. It argues pardons undermine justice, citing leniency that frees criminals before serving sentences and urging statutes to be fixed rather than letting pardons thwart judges and juries.
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Washoe County
Schuitzer
Washoe
Boards of Pardons
Werderere
Commonwealth
Board of Pardons
Clark County Review
Sheep Raising Cost Statement Denied by Tariff Board
Washington Aug. 7. The tariff board repudiates a Utah attributed claim that sheep could be raised for 1.40 per head. W. C. Haines, a board investigator, had cited Ogden sources. The board states the statement is erroneous, unauthorized, and possibly not made by Barnes. Barnes, a forest service employee, is an expert on forest sheep operations and has been reviewing parts of the board’s wool inquiry.
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Washington
Tarff Board
Ogden
Utah
W. C. Haines
United States
Barnes
Forest Service
Manhattan Mines Again Producing
The Manhattan mining camp, now with nearly a dozen mines and leases in operation, has declared a second dividend within months. Directors of the Big Four Mining Company announce a payout of two cents a share, totaling $15,000, to be distributed August 10. The district, once driven by Bay City capital, shows signs of revival after a slow period following the San Francisco earthquake.
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Manhattan
Big Four Mining Company
San Francisco
Bay City
Promoters push Ely to Goldfield rail link amid stake growth
Nevada rail prospects show F M Savith and partners expanding holdings along the Ely to Goldfield route. Smith interests in Goldfield Tonopah and Ely districts deploy large forces as talks with Senator Clark hint at a Salt Lake to Los Angeles connection. Census data notes cattle and other stock values, with 2660 farms statewide and 2565 reporting domestic animals in 1910.
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Ely
F. M
Borax) Savith and Associates
Goldfield
Mr. Smith
Tounspah
Tybo
Hot Creek
Connecion
Senator Clark
Desp Creek
Salt Lake City
Clark
San Pedro
Tintio
Nevada
Falkner
New Auto For Prospectors By W H Larsen
An avenger and mining engineer from Los Angeles, W H Larsen, has built a new auto for prospectors. The machine blends motor car, Pullman coach, and office, including folding berths, a table, cooking outfit, and ore testing apparatus with a rotary flame furnace and other tools. It measures 1115 by 4 by 9 feet, is electrically lit, and travels desert roads at about 16 mph.
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W. H. Larsen
Los Angeles
Iien
Alfalfa Pest In Smith Valley Baffles Farmers
The Gardnerville Record Courier reports a recurring alfalfa pest in Smith Valley. Yellow butterflies lay eggs on the crop and worms hatch, injuring the first cut. Farmers test methods to deter the pest, with the leading tactic of drying fields after harvest to starve the larvae.
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Gardnerville Record Courier
Tifa
Taft Honest But Easily Deluded In House Burett Comments
Alabama Democrat Representative Burnett says Taft is honest but too credulous. He compares Taft’s counselors to Job’s mournful comforters and faults Cabinet choices like Wickersham Hitchcock Ballinger and Wilson. He asserts Dr. Wiley fell victim to advising influence amid ongoing clashes over policy.
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Alabama
Washington
Taft Bon
Burnett
Taft
Wicksreham
Hitchcock
Ballinger
Hornett
Wilson
Dr. Wiley
Mexican Mining Company Declares First Dividend in Years
San Francisco August 5 at a directors meeting of the Mexican Mining Company of Virginia City a dividend of ten cents was declared this morning. The first Comstock dividend in years. The treasury will be strong enough after payment to fund the construction of the mill now underway.
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San Francisco
Mexican Mining Company
Virginia City
Treasury
How Tonopah Miners Act Under Strike Spirit
Nevada town buzzes as Doane presents rock claim near Hot Springs between Stone Cabin and Twin Springs promising a gold ledge eight feet wide with a middle streak, assays cited at 120 dollars per ton and a high sample of 21000 dollars. Local interest grows. several outfits mobilize to locate the strike amid two recent reports this week.
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Nevada
Hot Springs
Stone Cabin
Twin Springs
Tonopah Benants
Doane
Deave
Southern Pacific Bars Women Clerks and Stenographers
Southern Pacific Company begins a policy forbidding women from being employed as clerks or stenographers in the passenger department. Officials cite a trend of marriage interrupting service and alleged physical incapacity to advance as reasons for the rule.
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Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
Bradley Ill With Heart Trouble In Elko
L. L. Bradley is reported seriously ill at Elko with an attack of heart trouble.
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L. L. Bradley
Elko
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Sacramento Bee
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Tate
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E. Noble
J. A. Bowell
C.F. Williams
E. B. Ennor
Asst
Ely-Goldfeld
Smith Valley
Tonopah
Eureka
Palisade
Palissade
S. G. Dye
Minoletti Bros
Scheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
General Banking Trust Company Business Exchange
Savings Department
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P. I. Hjul
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