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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
3
An 1860s style tale unfolds as two men, Josh and the narrator, woo Ruth with candles that burn at different rates to reveal who she prefers. Ruth orchestrates the result, claiming she knew the test and manipulated the flames so the narrator would win. Ruth and the narrator become engaged, with the ominous detail that salt slows a candle’s burn.
Two farm laborers Ben and Josh fall in love with Ruth Bathgate as long winter work continues. After a year, they propose a game to decide who leaves, choosing lit candles from the same mold to see which flame dies first. The plan foreshadows a grim turn in this tale of jealousy and fate.
A London Tatler note recounts a tale from Rev R H Barham's era where a host serves "jump short pie" made from lambs that fall into drains. The story explains the odd dish name as a consequence of lambs jumping and drowning before being retrieved for pie. Indirect commentary on Victorian dining curiosities and social mores.
Governor Dickerson bursts into the Carson News office and slaps editor George Montrose after an article accusing him of graft on the prison site. Montrose denies authoring the piece but invites trouble if the governor seeks it. Farmers protest water rights, accuse Project Engineer Cole of unfair allocations and threaten state aid petitions.
The Nevada Supreme Court sustained Judge Pike by refusing to grant writs against the Reno District Court in the long running Pittsburg Silver Peak Company case. The dispute over the Blair property involves rich silver and gold mines and has echoed through Nevadas courts since 1804.
A husband returning to his Ely residence found two Austrian friends, Nick Zookwell and G. Golovich, drinking with his wife Jos Kotwnorich. He ordered them out. they attacked him with a bottle, leaving him badly hurt and in hospital. The alleged assailants were arrested on possible assault charges.
A distressed speaker laments a death saying if he had lived one more day he would have become head of the city fire department. A kindly elderly German companion consoles him with quiet optimism that perhaps the fire chief is still alive in memory or in spirit.
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