Fatal mining land rules clash with court rights
A Eureka 1908 notice argues Agriculture and Interior departments encroach on Congress by forbidding mining land locations on forest reserves unless strict criteria are met. It contends courts support locating lode claims with minimal prepay work, while Land Department tests block nonpaying mines and risk destroying the mining industry.
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Agriculture and Interior Departments
Congress
Land Department
Tonopah
Post Office rate rule for subscribers in arrears in effect
The Post Office Department enforces that second class or pound rates do not apply to newspapers sent to subscribers in arrears. The policy, intended to aid cheap mail order journals, has sparked protests from country weeklies and small papers nationwide. Daily subscriptions must be paid within three months, monthlies within four months, and weeklies within a year.
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Post Office Department
Beef Trust Exposed In Editorial Critique Of Prices
The Omeba World-Horsid editorial argues that between April last year and April this year packers raised wholesale prices for beef far less than the jump charged to retailers. It claims the Beef Trust gouged the public, boosting profits to $3 per 1000 pounds steers instead of 69 cents and accuses the government of failing to enforce anti trust laws. The piece condemns the government for not enforcing laws and says the Trust remains as demanding as ever.
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Omeba World-Horsid
Bee! ‘Trust
Garfield
Ias
Vigilantes drive off lot jumpers at Chafey Nevada camp
In Chafey Nevada on August 11 the Vigilance Committee, with over 100 men, expelled four alleged lot jumpers A Baldwin Tom Hogan John Carroll and William Brown from a pioneer aid camp. They were forced to leave after alarms and threats with revolvers and ropes. Chafey returned with his auto leading the group to clear tents and seize only a few belongings.
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Chafey
Nevada
A. Baldwin
Tom Hogan
Jobn Carroll
William Brown
Winmemnocs
Julapaowe
Thewr
Iroquois Club funds back Hearst backers in Taft fire loss
A Taft, California update notes the Iroquois Club, long allied with Hearst, remitted twelve dollars in sympathy with the Democratic cause. Senator Bearst, Hearst's father, serves among early members. The town suffered extensive damage from a Thursday blaze.
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Francisca
Iroquois Club
California
William K. Hearst
United States
Bearst
Nevadan's Nerve Brings Sudden Fortune In Nevada Tale
A Reno dispatch reports W A Wolf of Nevada tells how E B Chafey acquired the Chafey mine in Humboldt County after a bankrupt stint in Goldfield and a roulette win in Winnemucca. He secured a option on the Dunn Glen mine, then shipped ore worth about forty thousand dollars in the first month. Detective Thacker of Wells Fargo questions the legal right of the Nevada State Board of Pardons to parole prisoners and vows to investigate the matter.
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Reno
Dunn Glen
Chafey
Winnemucca
Thacker
Wells, Fargo & Company
Nevada State Board of Pardons
Nevada State News in Brief: elections, mines, and tragedies
A Nevada brief notes 51 applicants sat the teachers exam with about one third certified. The Silvermen of Virginia City plan to influence or challenge in the Storey County election. Tonopah’s Exploration Mercantile Co. goes to a receiver with estimated liabilities of 95 0000 and 95 000 waste. Goldfield school bonds of 50 000 for a fourth building housing 850 students. A Tonopah Tidewater Railroad washout near Shoshone Cal caused a fatal Aug 10 crash killing three men. Goldfield mine dividends total 908 100 in seven months amid labor unrest. Nevada pioneer George Marsh commits suicide at 72 near Reno. Lincoln County loses its sheriff after Phil Smith resigns amid indictments. bond 10 000. Reno suit: Grace Ruggebee seeks 16 000 damages from George Phovix after an alleged assault. A Goldfield man allegedly knocked her down in a Reno building. A Goldfield toddler drowns in a barrel of water near home. rescue too late.
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Virginia City
Storey County
Exploration Mercantile Company of
Tonopah
School Board of Goldfield
Tonopah and Tidewater
Shoshone
Cal
Engi
Hamilton
Broadwell
W. E. Moore
Georgia
Goldfield
George Frederick Marsh
Nevada
Plumb Ranch
Reno
Lincoln County
Phil Smith
Smith
Bis
Misa Grace Ruggebeo
George Phovix
Clough & Crosby
Misa Ruggebeo
Birth at Italian Ranch near Eureka Nevada 1908
At the Italian Ranch four miles north of Eureka Eureka County Nevada on August 9 1908 a daughter was born to the wife of Antone Togounl.
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Eureka
Eureka County
Nevada
Antone Togounl
Proposals For Bridge Work in Eureka County
Sealed bids are invited by the Eureka County Board of Commissioners for bridge repairs on Bateman Street near Big Ditab. Work includes replacing old jolts, placing new timber rails, tar coating ends, planking and waterproofing, and painting handrails. Bids must include bond and performance terms. completion within seven days of award. newspapers publication requirement retained.
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Board of County Commissioners
Eureka County
Bateman Street
Barak Weekly Sentinel
Eureka
Neva
Maxon Claims Nevada Primary Victory For Congress Seat
Maxon campaigns claim the Reno primary and other Nevada towns selected delegates for the Goldfield convention on August 22. Reno cast 221 votes as Maxon’s ticket, backed by Washoe County Republican leaders, won. The Gazette opposes Maxon, warning the nomination could be an empty honor and fearing Bartlett’s election if Maxon is the Republican candidate.
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Reno
Nevada
Moxon
Goldfield
Washoe County
Maxon
Republican Central Committee
the Gazette
Bartlett
Congress
Six Day Service For Gold Circle Utah Camp
Gold Circle will begin six day mail service from September 1, operated from Golconda. The contract runs 21 months and ends January 1, 1909. Gold Circle population about 2000, with 16 producing mines and 75 leases active. A $900 foot tunnel on the Gold Crows property yields 400 feet of stoping ground, tunnel now at 55 feet with a face of $19 exposed. J F Douglas of Goldfield declares Republican bid for Congress.
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Gold Circle
Salt Lake Tribune
Golconda
Uncle Sam
Midas
Gold Crows
Nevada moves to craft new banking law after bank failures
Governor Dickerson backs a comprehensive banking bill drawing from Oklahoma statutes to aid Nevada depositors. State authorities warn private banks lack supervision and stress universal protections amid recent bank failures. Also note beer on sale at the Owl as a market snippet.
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Reno
Nevada
D. & Dickerson
Bank of Austin
Dickerson
Oklahoma
Pabst's
Blue Ribbon
Horses Shipped Over the Hareka Railway to Nevada
Notice lists horses shipped from Pallmde to Platte under W. Whitney. Descriptions note numerous brands: bar over o on left shoulder, A on left jaw, F on left thigh, T triangle on left thigh, BL on right thigh, J on left shoulder, 77 on left thigh, pitchfork marks, fork on left jaw, round A on left thigh, and other marks. County official W. H. Swaewar of NyNev appears.
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Hareka
Pallmde
Segnat
Platte
W. Whitney
Eoeeetann
Jaworse
Dee Hore
Tony Hon
Erratic Philosopher Shaw Commented On Suffragist Parade
George Bernard Shaw observed Hyde Park suffragist procession with dry wit. A photographer noted him with pockets full, while a friend claimed his wife marched. Shaw quipped he did not parade because it was a parade of women, adding a sharp, satirical aside on looks and police horses.
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George Bernard Shaw
Hyde Park
London
Shaw
Shaw in Hyde Park Noted Advocate of Socialistic Ideas
In Hyde Park Mr. Shaw Orst was known as an advocate of socialistic ideas, joining Sunday orator groups and drawing a large following. He once provided a biographical sketch of himself for an English journal years earlier.
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Hyde Park
Shaw Orst
Shaw
Fragmented Abbreviated Dialogue in a Tempestuous Court Scene
An Irishman and a lecturer, described as a humorous, reformist figure, argue with a saintly woman in a quiet parlor. He reveals a past heartbreak and lingering bitterness toward romance. The scene hints at flirtation, fatigue, and a lingering temper as the man recalls a failed effort with a past lover, while the woman tempts him with patient endurance.
Town of Ripetown Burned in Mining Camp Fire
A blaze at Ripetown near Ely Nevada destroyed most of the 300 resident mining camp after a gasoline tank explosion in the Miot Saloon. Only two buildings survived and losses totaled about 256000 with no insurance. One surviving building was valued at 8000 belonging to W J Story.
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Ely
Nevada
Ripstown
Miot
W. J. Story
Miner Killed in Poker Quarrel at Seven Troughs
D. Mclaughlin a Virginia City miner was shot and killed by T. J. Longacre known as Snow Ball after a quarrel over a gambling game at Seven Troughs. The dispute followed pay day at the Fairview mine where McLaughlin had lost wages in an all night game. they struggled in the canyon and Longacre shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly.
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D. ©. McLaughlin
Virginia City
T. J. Longacre
Fairview
McLaughlin
Longacre
Metal Market Quotions From New York and Salt Lake
The latest metal quotations list Bilvee at New York two cents per unos Lead at Salt Lake four dollars and fifty seven cents per hundred posada Copper at Salt Lake thirteen conte.
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New York
Salt Lake
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Ts Pioneer
Hearst
Taft
Mos'tema
State News
NEW Today
McCharles
J. McCharles
J. F. Douglas
Lan
Eureka Lodge Directory
Fureka
Pythian Sisters
Easb
K. of P. Hall
Biate
M. BO
Evyrne Swick
HR. & OC
Eureka Lodge No
Iphigenia Chapter
Masonic Hall
Vialting
Eureka Lodge
Eureke Lodge
Or Bafora
T ‘Hs Moon
H. F. Goumsa
W. M. Joum Haxooox
St. John's
BR. A. M
J.B. Vrms
J. HL
Sunt
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
C.F
Lornia Fouvrox
N. G
Levi Strauss & Co
W. H. Swaewer, Ounty, Nev
Husk
Cpa
Hoberta
Chelna
R. Ole
Hank RB. Nicholas
Third Judicial District Court
State of
Kiva J. Shaw
Flora Grace Magee
Ki Ban Dean
Ealton
Denton
Bea
Goesmerk
Tay Spear
Angnes
Eureka Penny
Vail
Bancroft & Ballantine
Geo
Merrill
A. L. Fitsgerald
Mrs. F. Morris and Son Palace Dry Goods Store
Guent Nur
Ripetown
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Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Oscan
Savings Department
Mall
Express
Genis
Levi Straus
Mes, A. Fraser
Bureea
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