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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1906
Page
2
Voters must register in person before the September deadline under the new law. Registration books close earlier than in the past and no names carry forward from prior lists. Do not delay or you may lose your vote.
A critical meditation on the endless duties of a wife or mother as she washes, mends, cleans, and maintains a household. The piece contrasts her tireless labor with men’s finite jobs and questions the lack of pay or recognition for domestic service.
A Boston Slim prize of 250 dollars was awarded for the best answer to What constitutes success. The entrant defined success as living well, laughing often, loving much, earning respect, winning children’s love, filling one’s niche, improving the world, and appreciating earth’s beauty, among other ideals.
A disturbance erupted on Manhattan main street last Saturday after Deputy Sheriff Bakhouse intervened during an open air talk by a negro Socialist orator. A rioter across the street threw eggs at the speaker while Enkhouse shouted abuse at the orator and the police. Enkhouse drew his revolver as the crowd surged.
Judge Hunt of Butte notes that courts are becoming less technical and will try cases on merits rather than procedural technicalities. He predicts in twenty years the law will have progressed as litigants demand fair treatment and justice rather than form over substance.
Managers report more than a hundred women have filed applications for seats to witness the Nelson Gans boxing match in Goldfield, reflecting strong female interest in the bout.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Manchuria lies on a reef at Ratshit Island near Honolulu. Leaving San Francisco on August 14 for Honolulu and the Orient with 160 passengers and 8000 tons of freight, all passengers were landed safely. Efforts to free the vessel have failed. Manchuria is a twin screw steel steamer of 13,6239 gross tons, 600 feet long, 64 feet beam, and 81 feet depth. Built in 1894 and valued at $2,000,000.
Large crowd of delegates anticipated at the Republican State Convention in Goldfield, with coverage of local political maneuvers. Reports note a major event preceding the gathering and discuss candidate names for governor. The Reno and Tonopah press offer commentary on local politics and social conditions.
The Churchill Standard reports Lemuel Allen lieutenant governor was surprised by Sparks withdrawal from the nomination race but quickly recovered and announced his candidacy again for lieutenant governor.
Valparaiso and surrounding towns suffer massive damage after a severe quake. Reports estimate up to 2000000000 dollars in losses and about 2000 deaths. fires break out as 82 aftershocks hit the coastal region near Santiago on August 16 and 19.
Goldfield leaders condemn outside intimations of a fake Gans Nelson fight. Lary Sullivan says Goldfield sponsors the event for amusement and believes any fake claim would provoke blood at ringside. Tex Rickard supports the camp’s stance, warning trouble if the bout is not conducted squarely.
Judge Mack authorizes Carson News to report he will be a candidate for U S Senator two years hence. Collector Nevin reports nearly twenty five thousand dollars in bullion tax collected in Nye County for the quarter ended June 30, 1906. E B Clark editor of the Fairview Miner has announced candidacy for the Legislature on the Republican ticket. The Nevada Observer nominates Surveyor General E D Kelley for Governor on the Fusion ticket. Miss Nellie Burlington is ill with blood poisoning at Carson from make up paint used in an amateur show. Dennis and Warren retained to defend Patrick Dwyer who shot and killed A Williams at Austin recently. Regulars won Republican primaries at Reno by 226 to 53. outs defeated ins at Carson. George Siler agrees to referee the Gang Nelson fight in Goldfield on September 5, asking 500 dollars plus expenses.
The passage mocks financial and political practices, suggesting Mr Stens regretted leaving Chicago yet took almost everything except a safe and efficient bank. It urges a nationwide correspondence school to teach paying notes without cash, claims no high finance schools exist outside Chicago, and questions bank examiner effectiveness while praising a straight bank.
A Bodie labor organization publishes The Miner as its organ while Western Pacific pledges 50 million bonds to finish the Salt Lake to San Francisco line by Sept 2, 1908. Johnsville in Plumas County suffers a devastating August 20 fire killing two miners, Patrick Gorman and Ivan Vovich, destroying 25 buildings. Goldfield estimates 2000 voters, with 1128 registered so far as business owners dodge registration to avoid jury duty.
A Tonopah dispatch reports major businesses in Tonopah and Goldfield facing boycotts as two unions the Industrial Workers of the World and the Trades and Labor Council clash. The IWW began by boycotting workplaces that refuse to hire its members and the Trades and Labor Council retaliated against employers of IWW members, widening labor tensions across occupations from printers to bartenders and hotel staff. The IWW shows no signs of retreat while the Trades and Labor Council mobilizes support from multiple crafts.
In Eureka Nevada on August 24 1906 Hilyard Diamond is born to Frank J and Nathalia Bromsemer He is aged 6 months and 4 days and is recorded in the local obituary and birth notices.
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