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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
3
Local visitors and arrivals include B Allen from Cortez and 1B Valention from Bald Mountain. Travelers like Mra A Fletcher and Mrs O J Smith move through Eureka. apple crop seen short. Local mining and schooling news, typhoid fever in Redding, wardens in Tonopah and Carson discussed. Stolen horses reported from Dunphy estate in Beowawe.
Newark milling notes report the Newark Mining Company concentrating plant running smoothly with new mill added this week. Manager M Perry from Newark reports high activity and a need for more workers as operations continue.
A fragmented note describes a Friday afternoon prom event with a train from Palleado missing at 4 o'clock and a later sighting near Mia. The garbled ICT text indicates confusion about the train's arrival and location with unclear follow up.
Rev Mr Smithe of Elko preached morning on Moral Courage and development at St James Episcopal Bareks. Evening topic Missionaries and Their Missions with notes on foreign and home work. Miss Annie Lacey sang Calvary at offertory.
Mrs Andrew Anderson returned to Eureka from Salt Lake where she left her husband under treatment. On arrival it was found the sight of the eye injured at Palieade weeks earlier by a fragment of iron was completely destroyed. The inflammation had subsided. doctors hoped to save the remaining eye which is slightly affected. Mr Anderson rests easier and favorable signs suggest possible preservation of sight.
Dr. Barnett treated an Indian woman injured Monday when her horse stumbled and fell near an embankment west of Eureka. She was thrown 50 feet, broke a collar bone, fractured the skull above the left eye, suffered a deep 10 inch gash on the inner left thigh, and endured extensive bruising and cuts. She remained unconscious Wednesday with serious injuries and doubtful recovery. Nearby Newark Concentrating Plant visitor H R Bradley of Boston traveled to Newark for inspection of Newark Mining Company operations. He is a principal stockholder with lumber interests in Maine Minnesota Idaho and mining at Bingham Utah and California. Julius Mino teet’s older son Baptista, injured two weeks earlier by a derrick fork hitting his left calf while stacking hay, is not improving as the wound remains slow to heal and the leg troublesome.
The Sexvinetia received an invitation to Ely for rail arrival celebrations around September 6. Citizens met to plan a grand event with last spike ceremony, committees, speeches, decorations, music, and a royal reception for visiting guests.
John Williams of Hot Creek heads a 16 animal team to load ore from the Rattlesnake mine about 19 miles south of Hot Creek. He will haul to Kareke for shipment to Salt Lake smelters. The Rattlesnake mine lies roughly 100 miles south of Eureka.
Eurekan John M Haley son of Thomas Haley and Eureka native seeks the Republican nomination for County Auditor. The Prospect school trustees have elected A T Taylor for a teaching post at Prospect school amidst an election cycle in Eureka vehocle.
Reno correspondence laments speculative townsites booming at the cost of genuine development notes six camps oversaturation and misleading claims. It critiques district politics and delegate selection amid upcoming primaries and reflects on recent Nevada political maneuvers and a Tonopah Goldfield clash.
Thuraday week deal closed making Mrs William Zadow owner of the two story stone building at Main and Clark. She will remodel into a modern hotel with 19 upstairs rooms including 17 medium bedrooms, one parlor, and six baths, all outside lighted. Lower floor to house dining room and kitchen. Plans include stool ceilings and up to date plumbing and washstands with hot and cold water. Zadow will buy a full hotel outfit in San Francisco and open soon with first class service. Injured man recovering from Palisade stabbing. N F Nelson benefits at Kiko County Hospital with good prospects but lengthy recovery ahead.
Owen Porch of Mound Valley Elko County came to Eureka last week to see his four year old son who was with his wife and her family on Spring Street. Porch and his wife have been separated for a year. He took the boy out for a ride Friday afternoon returning in the evening. Saturday he took him out again but did not return with the child and the mother grew anxious. She learned Porch departed for Mound Vesley with the boy. Mrs. Porch left Eureka this week and is understood to have gone to Tonopah. What steps she will take regarding the child are not known.
An E and P engine hauling last Sunday’s train from Palledae broke down near Mineral Hill. A replacement engine was dispatched from Palledae shops, causing the Eureka bound train to arrive about six hours late at 6 p.m.
The Sparke Forum for August 13 reports the death of George Buchanan a former Karvka County resident. He died at his family home on the reserve after long illness paralyzed him for years. He moved from Wadsworth two years ago, survived by four daughters Mrs Dees Eureka Mrs Wolverton Rath and Beasie Buchanan and son William Buchanan Sparks. He was 95 and native of Prince Edward Island.
Reverend Percival Smiths of Elko announced that Lloyd B. Thomas of New York, a Boston Theological graduate, will arrive late this month to begin ministerial work in Nevada. Starting September he will lead divine services on the three successive Sabbaths at Battle Mountain Austin and at Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Eureka, with a regular service every month at each location if supported by the people.
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Notice grants limited irrigation water use from 8 to 9 am and 4 to 9 pm Mountain time. Extra charges apply based on garden size. Unpermitted use risks water shutoff with $2 reactivation fee. Eureka Water Works head G A Fixvouxa issues the notice dated July 13 1906.
James Rogaxrixt offers a ten dollar reward for information leading to the recovery of a stray animal in Eureka Nevada dated May 26 1006.
San Francisco Examiner reports Spring Valley Water Company directors set a $3 per share assessment on 290 900 shares, raising about $840000. $200000 to pay interest on bonds and $400000 for rehabilitation after the fire. Major San Francisco ownership, with foreign holders also resisting selling. Ownership details include extensive land holdings in San Francisco and the Bay Area as grounds for resilience.
An Hibernia Savings and Loan statement alleges that London and Lancashire and related insurers posed as legitimate carriers to bully policyholders into costly settlements. The London and Lancashire claims it has paid nearly 8 million dollars of its 8 million in loss, while a Reno official announced summer freight rates to Lake Tahoe, touting the area as a recuperation spot with extensive low-rate options forthcoming.
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