Water well near Leeland boosts irrigation in Nye County
Tonopah & Tidewater railroad officials Chris Zabriskie and Frank M. Jenifer return from the Death valley region to assess interests as Leeland in Nye County advances a fourth water well near the Pittman act filings. The 16 inch bore shows strong flow with water rising to 50 feet, supporting easier lift and sustained high extraction at 260 gallons per minute over four years. A 20 acre cultivation threshold for locator work is set, and a new tractor arrives to aid exploration.
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Tonopah
Chris Zabriskie
Frank M. Jenifer
Jeaifer Ranch
Plowest Weil
Hotheld
CHAMBER PUBLICITY STUNT FOR SHOE FACTORY LAUNCHED
A Los Angeles publicity stunt by the Chamber of Commerce featured a movie star in all LA made attire to showcase local shoe production. The sequence included the maid in stocking feet at a banquet, aiming to attract shoe factories to the Pacific coast amid overwhelming interest.
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Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast
KERS SEEKING TO STOP BEEF SHIPMENT
Chicago aims to curb incoming live cattle shipments to ease a moraliszed dressed beef trade. Everett C. Brown of the National Livestock Exchange warns that high retail prices keep the public from buying, causing retailers and wholesalers to limit orders and packers to convert cattle into dressed meat. Congestion at Atlantic ports, especially New York and Philadelphia, worsens the bottleneck.
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Chicago
Commission Men
Everett C. Brown
National Livestock Exchange
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Clara Hamon Weds Move Picture Man
Clara Smith Hamon, acquitted in Ardmore Okla murder case, married motion picture director John W. Gorman in Los Angeles. They obtained a license, wedded at Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church, and plan to reside in the city. Mrs. Gorman has been making a film under his direction since April.
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Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon
Ardmore
Okla
Jake L. Hamon
John W. Gorman
Los Angeles County
M. Howard Fagan
Wilshire Boulevard
Mustache Gains In Women Warned By French Doctors
French doctors cite statistics that alcohol and smoking cause facial hair in women with 11 percent in hospitals showing heavy mustaches and 27 percent in asylums with both beard and moustache. They claim women naturally have as many hairs as men but finer. The piece notes economic and labor trends and cites living costs remaining well above prewar levels amid price fluctuations.
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Spain
America
European tourist season proves frugal due to war prices
The European tourist season is described as the poorest in years as American travelers cut costs. Prewar British expenditures reach about 50 million dollars annually, now down to 5 million this season. Even tin can tourists with portable kits protest wartime hotel prices worldwide.
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Great Britain
Europe
Utah Officials Reach Pact to Improve Lincoln Highway Route
Utah highway officials and Lincoln Highway representatives met in Salt Lake City to end biased routing of tourists. An agreement allocates fifty thousand dollars to improve a ten mile Gerlach auto route, eliminating disagreeable road conditions and smoothing travel.
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Lincoln Highway
Highway People of
Utah
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah Highway Department
Gerlach Auto
Feeding charge on road lowered in Nevada stock trade
Acting on requests from the Nevada Live Stock Association the Southern Pacific Company will cut the hay feeding rate for livestock in transit to 20 dollars per ton. Secretary Vernon Metcalf said the rate from feeding stations along the line drops from 30 dollars and 26 dollars in force at different times. The move reduces marketing expenses for stockmen and aligns costs with lower livestock prices.
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Nevada Live Stock Association
Southern Pacific Company
Vernon Metcalf
J. M. Fulton
Metcalf
Shoshone Sun Dance in Deeth Dates Set
The Shoshone announce a sun dance at Deeth on September 26 27 and 28 and a fandango at Ruby Valley on September 30 Senator Key Pittman is expected to attend the Ruby Valley event to address a U S Senate measure authorizing land purchases for Shoshone members The Wells Herald notes the Sentinel subscription offer.
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Deeth
Ruby Valley
Key Pittman
United States Senate
Wells Herald
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Dows
Cartoons Magazine
Kilborn
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James Glynn
A. Grant Miller
B. EB. Roberta
Champ
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Eureka
Nevada
United States
Federal Reserve Bank District No
Europa Hotel
Beth
Europa
Edward Herrera
Corser Main and
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Wureka, Nevada
R. C. Kelley
J. B. Rebaleati
Kelley & Rebaleati
Psigeeey
Bate
Goetivent
End
Michelin Tiree
South Main Street
Prank McBride
Eureka Garage & Supply Co
Dodge
Goodyear
Schneider Drug Store
MRS. H. M. Schneider & CO
Kers
Clara Hamon
Atlantic City
Sentinel
P. A
Jimmy
Prince Albert
Pringe Albert
Ejeke
Roxy Tebecesta
I.e
First National Bank
Winnemucca, Nevada
Ani Geo. Wingfield
J. Sheehan
W. H. Doyle
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A. D. Dean
J. G. Moore
Tors
Sheehan
Federal Reserve Banking System
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Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Federal Reserve System
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First National Bank Blke
United States Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. Sewell
A. B. Kimball
E. E. Ennor
W. L. Merithew
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Reno
OLD Pioneer Banking House
Savings Insurance Brokerage
F.C. Richmond Machinery CO
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co
Nevada Railway
J.E. Sexton
Babbitt Metal
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