Democratic ticket listed for Nevada general election
The Death Commonwealth publishes a Democratic state ticket with each candidate tied to a county: Newlands Washoe Senator, Horsey Lincoln Congressman, Ross Storey Governor, Douglass Churchill Lieutenant Governor, Gratt Mineral Secretary of State, Thatcher Nye Attorney General, Steinmetz Washoe State Treasurer, Sullivan White Pine Clerk of Supreme Court, Fowler Washoe Justice, Brandon Humboldt Superintendent, Greathouse Elko State Controller, Ryan Esmeralda State Printer, with commentary from Carson News and Carson Appeal questioning suitability and noting Ed Ryan as State Printer pick.
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Death Commonwealth
A. B. Gray
Nevada
New
United States
Reno
Humboldt
Elko
Washoe
Tom Brandon
W. G
Greathouse
Edward Ryan
Esmeralda
Carson News
Carson
Commonwealth
Ed Ryan
Joe Farnsworth
Little Royal Cuss A Tale From Royal Nursery Tales
A eight year old son of King George and Queen Mary is described as a little terror who promised to be good for Lent but argued the length of Lent with his mother. He told his nurse to go to hell and refused to apologize. He fears only his mother, a remark noted by observers as showing royal children resemble ordinary kids in behavior.
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John
King George
Queen Mary
Hell
Thetr
Salt Lake
Nevada Gold and Silver Output in 1912 Grows in Value
The United States Geological Survey reports Nevada mine outputs for 1912 valued at 38,358,732 dollars, up from 33,952,529 in 1911. Gold total produced was 650,943 ounces, with major gains in silver and copper while goldfields like Goldfield and Nye County show mixed results. silver output reached 14,369,063 ounces and copper production rose to 86,477,194 pounds amid expanded smelting capacity.
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United States Geological Survey
Nevada
W. C. Heikes
Nye County
Esmeralda County
Tonopah
Comstock
Storey County
Mason Valley
Yerington District
Steptoe
White Pine County
Lincoln and
Clark Counties
Eureka County
Clark
Lincoln
Nevada Recasts State Bond Holdings Increases Income
The state sold four per cent bonds with par value 215000 for 238000 and reinvested in New Mexico five per cent bonds of 125000. The remaining funds go to Clark and other county six per cent bonds. The move raises annual income from 8600 to 12000 dollars.
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Nevada
Carson News
New Mexico
Clark
Judge Bragg Resigns Ely Police Judge Post
Judge Allen C. Bragg resigns as Ely police judge, citing health benefits from Reno's lower altitude and stating resignation takes effect immediately upon letter to Mayor Parker. The move ends Bragg's tenure in Ely.
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Bragg
Reno
Allen C. Bragg
City of
Ely
Parker
State News Roundup From Exchanges
T F Plummer returns to Mineral Hill with a new Ford. Will Knippenger named Carson Appeal city editor. Humboldt commissioners revoke Jack Wilson’s license for illegal peaching. Currie lightning injures and kills livestock. Winnemucca hosts Labor Day drilling contest with 200 purse open to Nevada teams. Poisoning case in Six Mile Canyon near Virginia City. six people recovering. Swiss miner Charles Mayher killed at McConnell mine Yerington. Grant Moore named assistant division superintendent for Salt Lake Southern Pacific Nevada lines. C R Reeves leaves Nevada National Guard, Reno captain resigns. Paul Foster, 12, drowns at Reno University pond. swimming banned. Elko to Tuscarora auto route replaces stage coach. Coaldale coal vein 16 feet thick at 400 feet depth. good coal. Elgin volcano rumor debunked as sawdust pile. Washoe County Commissioners vote unanimously.
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Humboldt Commissioners
Jack Wilson
Mazuma
Currie
White Pine County
Winnemucca
Nevada
Charles Mayher
Goldfield
California
McConnell
Yerington
Grant H. Moore
Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Mina
Keeler
Western Nevada
Coaldale
The
Salt Lake Railroad
Elgin
Washoe County
Railroad Lands Open For Location After Federal Actions
United States Attorney in Carson says stipulations led to the Southern Pacific Railroad confessing judgment in two equity suits. Government claims fraud in non mineral affidavits. thousands of acres of mineral land are opened to miners and prospectors. Nevada cases numbered about 40. most patents cancelled and lands opened, only a few undecided.
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United States Attorney Securists
Carson
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Nevada
Carson News
Railroad Man Meets Death Near Goldfield
Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad roadmaster Joseph J. Caughlin was found dead on a Goldfield track after a southbound train passed. He had left Goldfield on a railroad bicycle earlier, and it is suspected he was thrown or struck, with his body dragged by the engine. Survived by a wife and four children in Las Vegas, his death leaves locals stunned.
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Joseph J. Caughlin
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Goldfield
Caughlin
Masters license revoked for lodging house and liquor sales
The license of H C Masters to run a lodging house and sell liquor was revoked and to take effect immediately after he faced a charge of allowing his 14 year old daughter to tend bar. Wholesale packers in major markets have bought Nevada spring lambs, with growers paid over three quarters of a million dollars. Lambs now sell at 3.50 per head.
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H. C. Masters
Kansas City
Chicago
Nevada
Washoe County
Charles P. Ferrer
Jim Russel
Juniper Jim
Superior California
NeKis
Susanville
Largest cattle shipment to New Orleans docks soon
New Orleans ferried by August 12 with 93,000 head of cattle aboard from Tampico, Mexico in the largest movement ever to a U S port. English Corralities Ranch Company fronts the deal while Mexican owners led by General Luis Terrazas and Enrique C Creel send cattle. About 3100 stock cars will haul cattle to assigned ranches nationwide amid ongoing insurrections in the southern republic.
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New Orleans
Tampico
Mexico
Corralities Ranch Company
Luis Terrazas
Enrique C. Creel
Tonopah Water Rate Held Up by Court Order
Tonopah Nevada August 9 Notice served today on the District Attorney that Judge Morraw of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order restraining the Nevada Public Service Commission from enforcing the order reducing water rates in Tonopah. This is the second time the reduction order has been set aside. The commission reaffirmed its order after a July delay for new evidence. The Nevada Board says Tonopah water rates are the highest in the world and a 30 to 60 percent cut was ordered. A mass meeting of citizens to protest the court action has been called.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Morraw
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Nevada Public Service Commission
Tonopah Water Company
Nevada Board
Reno Divorcee Life Featured In Motion Pictures
A film sequence titled The Cure depicts a Reno divorcee day by day. It shows a bungalow in the colony, a morning ride to Ricks Resort with Jack Johnson training for his boat, a downtown motor ride, lunch, a Moana Springs swim, dinner, and a cinema visit ending with a joy ride to Laughton Springs for a turkey trot dance. Filmmakers plan a nationwide release in a few months.
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Reno
Colony
Ricks Resort
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Moana Springs
Laughton Springs
Cloudburst Hits Olinghouse Canyon Damages Several Buildings
A cloudburst in Olinghouse Canyon Washoe County last week caused heavy damage. Mrs Bruce Conley was moved to higher ground before floodwaters destroyed her home. The Fish cabin Carmen saloon Barnes building and the Nevada Springfield Mining Company mill were swept or buried under silt and rocks. The blacksmith shop at the mill washed away.
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Olinghouse
Olinghouse Canyon
Washoe County
Bruce Conley
Fish Cabin
Carmen
Barnes
Nevada Springfield Mining Company
Birth notice from Tonepih area reports Kul Rvickson wife
A birth notice records the birth of a child to the wife of Kul Rvickson in Tonepih Nevall on August 9, with the father not named and limited readable details available.
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Tonepih
Nevall
MA G
Kul Rvickson
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People’s Meat Market
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