Local Notes from Eureka 1904 Aug 27
Local items detail Bert Henderson returning from Tonopah and various Eureka residents traveling to nearby ranches, mining areas, and towns. Mentions include Mrs. T. A. Burdick receiving a Mason & Hamlin organ, several family visits to Pine Valley, Tybo property appointment, teachers and students moving between Eureka and San Mateo, and multiple overland excursions to Tonopah Elko and Diamond station. Also notes Catholic Sunday School picnic and stage road conditions after heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Ruswell
Walter Whitmore
T. A. Burdick
Mason & Hamlim
W. H. Smith
Nellie Robinson
J. P. Raine
Pine Valley
A. Farnam
Austin
Lander County
Will Harris
Roby McCharles
Eureka
Simonsen Ranch
Newark Valley
James Kautz
Tybo Mining and Reduction Company
Tybo
Nye County
Lillie Porter
Roberts Creek
Father Manion
Suanday
M. Farlinger
Cold Creek
D. Williams
Union High School
San Mateo
Cal
Jay Henderson
de Lamar
Lincoln County
Tonopah
M. Phillipini
Babydul
Will Porch
Huntington Valley
Elko County
Yonopah
Fred Esselbrugge
Edith Swick
Lamoille Valley
Elke County
Kate
Ray Swick
Peter Breen
John Depaoli
Miles McKinnon
Palisade
Eureka County
Wignemucca
al Does
Eoroke
Hicks’ Station
James B. Orr
California
Reno
Ely
Tom Bradstreet
Sioux City
Iowa
Tom Dixon
Angelo Florio
V. Lani
Diamond Station
E &P
Grand Island
Nebraska
Strike in Chivsyu and Losses Rise in Wages
The report says 2,180 workers are on strike in Chivsyu with weekly wage losses near 400 500 dollars as the stoppage continues. A tornado hit Rich Valley and Bergen Minnesota last Saturday killing four people and destroying grain, barns, and homes. Mrs Cordelia Botkin, convicted for poisoning in Dover, Del, was again sentenced to life at San Quentin with an appeal planned. The piece notes high infant mortality and grim global death rates while reporting Japanese assaults on Port Arthur with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chivsyu
Rich Valley
Bergen
Minnesota
Cordelia Botkin
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
San Francisco
California State
San Quentin
Supreme Court
Correction from Pine Valley land deal rep in Nevada
Jose Orwin, claimed Pine Valley Land and Stock Company representative in Nevada, writes Pauane Aug 23 1904 to deny plans for a Mormon settlement in Pine Valley Utah. He confirms lease on Ennor ranch and notes aim to consolidate Pine Valley ranches with capital to improve conditions. He says outcomes uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Pine Valley Land and Stock Company of
Utah
Pine Valley
Eureka County
Jose Orwin
Pine Valley Land and Stock Company
Nevada
Pauane
Nev
Eorro
Death of John McGowan at Eureka aged 81
John McGowan died in Eureka on Wednesday August 24 1904 after seven years of illness. A Vermont native aged 81 he mined in Secret Canyon eight miles south of Eureka for many years. Funeral services were held Thursday and interment was in City Cemetery. Relatives are not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGowan
Eureka
Vermont
McGowan
Secret Canyon
Bureka
Silver party candidate declares for county commissioner
Local politics note reports Eureka County resident Andy Loucks announcing as a Silver party candidate for the short term county commissioner seat after state party conventions. He has long resided in Eureka County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Loucks
Eureka County
Andrew Loucks
Silver Party
J. H. Hoegh
Nces
Presbyterian Services and Sudden Death at Reveille
Presbyterian Church holds morning service at 11 and Sabbath School at 12 16 p m with evening preaching at 7 80 p m special music by Misses Rebecca Ethel Eccles and Isabelle Mernaldo Rev J E Johnston minister in charge All are invited Sudden death at Reveille W W Morris Montana Tonopah stock holder dropped dead in the mine last Sunday night body shipped to Pony Montana for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Rebecca
Ethel Eccles
Isabelle Mernaldo
J. E. Johnston
Reveille
W. W. Morris
Montana
Tonopah
Reveille Mines
Pony
Mail Carrying Bids Sought From Eureka To Antelope
The Postoffice Department calls for sealed bids to carry the mail from Eureka to Antelope in Eureka County a 66 mile trip and back once every five weeks. Bids due Sept 20 1904. Contract runs Oct 18 1904 to Jun 30 1906. Bond with bid $1500. Cloudburst damages Frenchy Ranch 20 miles north of Cortez Eureka County injuring alfalfa fields but not the fire orchard. property part of the Dean estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Eureka
Antelope
Eureka County
Frenchy Ranch
Cortea
Dean
Metal quotations and social event notes from the era
The column lists metal prices in New York and Salt Lake City with desilverized and ore options for lead and copper, and notes a social dance hosted by Mr and Mrs E Berryman for their niece Miss Clara Tregoning of Salt Lake City at Prospect tonight. Mining location blanks for sale appear at the Sus reat offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salt Lake City
New Silver Party of Nevada Formed After Winnemucca Convention
Delegates who walked out of the Winnemucca Silver Party convention organized the Silver Party of Nevada in Silver State Hall. M. S. Bonnifield was elected chairman, Eugene Howell secretary, with a 45 member state central committee. The party endorsed Watson and Tribbles and nominated electors and key state offices, pending further candidate hearings. An executive committee arranged legal filing with the Secretary of State and will meet in Reno next week to finalize vacancies and other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxrinet
R. Sadler
Eureka
H. A Comins
Ely
Bureks
Silver Party
Winnemaces
Silver State Hall
Silver Party of
Nevada
M. 8
Hondfield
Winnemucca
Humboldt County
Eugene Howell
Reno
Elko
White Pine
Douglas
Washoe
Humboldt Counties
M. & Bonnifield
Winnemucos
R. Kirman
Will Virgin
Genoa
Thomas E. Watson
Thomas Tribbles
the Silver Party of Nevada
Silver Party of Nevada Endorses Watson Tribbles Ticket
Accredited delegates declare support for bi metalism and free coinage of silver with gold at 16 to 1. They denounce Parker and the gold standard, favoring Watson of Georgia and Tribbles of Nebraska, asserting higher wages and меньше strikes through expanded coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aasassina
United States
Silver Party
Pell
Poeseentto
William J. Bryan
Alton B Parker
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Romit
St Wallow
Cleveland, Wall Street
Georgia
Thomas Tribbles
Nebawaka
Wall Street
Death of Peter J. Dunne in San Francisco
Peter J. Dunne died suddenly of heart disease in San Francisco on August 4, 1904. A California native aged 50, he lived in Virginia City for two decades before moving to San Francisco in the early 1890s to run a saloon. In Nevada he was active in Democratic politics and served as Deputy Internal Revenue Collector under Eureka’s A. Skillman, and as Storey County Assessor. He leaves a wife, four children, and several brothers including a San Francisco Superior Court judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Dunne
San Francisco
California
Virginia City
Nevada
Cleveland
Internal Revenue
A. Skillman
Eureka
Storey County
Superior Court of
Weather Across the Nation Brings Flooding and Storms
The week saw unprecedented weather with tornadoes and cyclones nationwide causing heavy rains and property loss. In Eureka and nearby, persistent downpours flooded areas though town damage was limited. A waterspout with hail frightened residents Monday but caused no injuries. more rain threatened as presses closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Olipab
White Pine County
William Moorman
Kain Bogan
Wanted Young Man To Buy Hides In Eureka County
A notice seeking a young man to work buying hides and pelts in Eureka County. The posting requests discreet service for the Suwruxes office and invites suitable applicants to respond with details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
Dee
Suwruxes
Tonopah Divorces Multiple In Nye County Court
In Nye County District Court at Belmont Judge Peter Breen granted divorces including Thomas W Kendall from Ellen May Kendall Van D Spaulding from Lillinn Ball Spaulding George Sherwill from Nettle Sherwill Raby Mecham from James Mecham and Albert Wearing from Nellie Wearing The hearing in Tasker I Oddie versus Claire Gardner Oddie was continued on the demurrer The case Sarah J Demerse v George Demerse remains for further action Also report of Aug Skaggs injured in a Tuscarora road accident involving a freight team and horse at Cape Horn with treatment by the Tuscarora stage crew Subscribe for the Sumer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Nye County
Belmont
Peter Breen
Thomas W. Kendall
Ellen May Kendall
van D. Spaulding
Lillinn Ball Spaulding
George Sherwill
Nettle Sherwill
Raby Mecham
James Mechsi
Albert Wearing
Nellie Wearing
Tasker I. Oddie
Claire Gardner Oddie
Eiko Todependest
Skaggs
Cape Horn
Tuscarora Road
Bob
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Tut
Eureka Sentinel
Bert Henderson
Thoreday
J. B. Binlo
Aptons Ferrarais
Ibis
Port Arthur
MR. Orwin
Yours Truly
Dress Orwin
J. G. Ford
Leland
James Ford
Ford
Caroline Haebner
Villa
Mia
Mrs. Huebner
Metal Market
Susreat
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NEW Silver Party OF
J. B. McCullough
Washoe County
J. W. McCoomick
Hone
Beck
A. L. Fitzgerald
Carson City
Ormsby County
J. E. Mack
University
Richard Kirman
H. J. Lorentson
Winneconeee
Fathers of the Republic
Eureka & Palisade Railway
Rocco
George
Henderson
George Gavin
Phillip Paroni
Warrer
Vicinity
Buckingham & Hecht
H. A. McKim
Eureka County Bank
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Eureka, Nevada
J. Smith
J. H. Hoech
Bert W. E. Griffin
Golding
John Qparke
W.e.griffin
J.smith
Bert L. Smith
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