Local Brevities from the Ely Sentinel August 28 1915
Ely residents from Mrs H M Schneider to Mrs A McKay are noted returning from visits in Ely California San Francisco and Reno. William Gibson and Isadore Sara travel for mining and lamb markets. A court order authorizes sale of minor interests in the Three Bar ranch. Several locals voyage to Goldfield Buckhorn and the Panama Exposition with multiple auto trips and sales of farm produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Rich
California
Eureka
Thomas Plummer
Amos Plummer
Ross
Mineral Hill
A. McKay
William McKay
San Francisco
Paul Irwin
Duckwater
Ely
John Moyle
de Sautels
W. A. Moore
Newark Valley
F. Im Obersteg
Nick Modarelli
M. E. Smithline
Jessie
W. H. Russell
Austin
Russell
Frank Winzell
Katharine
S. Cox
Adelaide Spencer
Massachusetts
Winzell Ranch
District Court
Pietrina Damele
J Guardian
Marian
Damele
Three Bar Ranch
Annie Smith
Smith Ranch
Nevada
Dan Riordan
Hylton
Thomas Hicks
Miss Gladys
Charlie
Riordan
E. R. Richards
Buckhorn Mines Company
Buckhorn
Prospect Mountain
Ruby Hill
Chick Thomas
Rodney S. Durkee
Utah
P. H. Hull
Charles Bowen
Lincoln Highway advocacy joins temperance tour by Dr Russell
Rev. Howard H. Russell of the Anti-Saloon League arrived in town on the Lincoln Highway water wagon tour from New York to San Francisco. He urged Congress to fund the road and spoke at the Presbyterian church with the rail-splitter quartet from Ohio Wesleyan University entertaining the crowd. The Lincoln-Lee division, boasting 3,400,000 members, frames the trip as both good roads promotion and temperance outreach as the party proceeds toward San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Aid Project
Howard H. Russell
Anti-Saloon League of America
Lincoln Highway
New York
San Francisco
Presbyterian Church
Russell
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Lincoln
Dr. Russell
Death of Richard Morrish Former Ruby Hill Resident
Richard Morrish, 64, a former Ruby Hill miner and brother-in-law of Mrs. J H Jory, died at his Rossland British Columbia home after a stroke. He came to Eureka in 1877, lived on Ruby Hill about 20 years, and is survived by his widow and seven children, including William Richard Frederick Ruth Minnie Samuel and Estella. A Washington hand press used for Tuscarora’s first newspaper was presented to the Nevada Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Morrish
Ruby Hill
J. H. Jory
Rossland
British Columbia
Eureka
William
Richard L
Frederick
Ruth
A. L. Acorn
Minnie
John Sherman
Samuel
Estella
Cornwall
England
Popular Young Couple Weds at Ruby Hill in Eureka
A wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eccles on Ruby Hill celebrated the marriage of their daughter Rebecca to Harry H. Stratton of Cherry Creek Nevada. Rev. Ernest H. Price officiated. The ceremony featured pink and white decor, elaborate gowns, and a reception with toasts. The bride, a former Eureka County teacher, and the groom, a rancher from Butte valley, plan a California honeymoon after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Eccles
Ruby Hill
Rebecca
Harry H. Stratton
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
Nevada
Lohengrin
A. T. Taylor
Lois Taylor
Alice Stratton
Edgar Sadler
John Eccles
Ernest H. Price
Elko
Episcopal Church
Eureka County
J. H. Stratton
Butte Valley
George Kennedy
Lamoille Valley
Elko County
Mrs. Stratton
Palisade
California
Expositions
Ore Shipments This Week From Eureka to Salt Lake
Rail users report ore shipments processed this week with Harris and Fine sending one carload from the Marne mine on Adams Hill to smelters in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Eureka
Harris and
Fine
Marne
Adams Hill
Death of Pioneer Matthias Howell Remains In California History
San Francisco Chronicle notes the death of Matthias David Howell a famed Eureka mining pioneer who arrived in 1849 via the Horn. He helped found the Plumas Eureka mine once considered the richest in the state with a $15 million output. Howell aged 85 left a large family including Eugene Howell Nevada Bank Examiner and several daughters. Also reported are brief obituaries and current metal quotes: silver 46.5 cents per ounce supper 17.50 lead 4.60 per 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Eureka
California
Matthias David Howell
Pacific Coast
Howell
New Jersey
Plumas Eureka
George Kilborn
George Crocker
Nannie Turner Howell
Eugene Howell
Nevada State Bank Examiner
John F. Morse
George H. Cabaniss
A. A. Neumann
New York
Births Reported in Eureka Nevada Area in 1915
A daughter was born at Tonkin Eureka County on August 5 1915 to the wife of Bernard Damele and in Eureka Nevada on August 28 1915 to the wife of N P Morgan a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonkin
Eureka County
Nevada
Bernard Damele
Eureka
N. P. Morgan
Typewriter Service in Sacramento Arrives August 28
C. E. Chase of the Typewriter Service Company will visit Sacramento about August 28 to repair all machines including typewriters cash registers or adding machines. He will carry ribbons carbon paper and paper. Those wishing service should call the office for prompt attention.
Fire at Buckhorn boarding house injures several workers
Passengers report a blaze destroyed the Buckhorn company bunkhouse Friday morning between nine and ten. Coal oil used to start the fire. several men severely injured, including possible broken backs and ankles. “Red” Connors aided firemen but suffered a severe wrist injury. Injured were rushed to Beovane by auto toward Reno hospitals. Further details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhorn
Sentinel
Red” Connors
Beowane
Reno
Palisade
Low Rates to Elko Rodeo and Connecting Rail Fare
Excursion rates to Elko in cooperation with Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. Eureka to Palisade and back seven dollars. Eureka to Palisade and return thirty seven dollars as a party rate for groups of 15 or more. Train leaves Eureka September 7 at 7 am. return Palisade September 10 or 13 at 8 45 am. Tickets non transferable and baggage not checked. W R Reynolds, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka-Nevada
Eureka
Palisade
Elko
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Richards Family Reunited After War Time Struggles
Old time residents learn of the Richards family long displaced by the war. William Richards, former of Raby Hill, died in Milwaukee. His second wife and a step-daughter, stranded in Belgium, endured hardships until Walter J. Richards secured their release through the State Department and brought them home in July. An article in the Milwaukee Journal details their ordeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richards
Raby Hill
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
America
Belgium
Walter J. Richards
State Department
The
Milwaukee Journal
Dangerous range fires menace Eureka area
Over the past two weeks eight fires erupted in Spanish Gulch about two miles east of Eureka. The blazes spread, burning a large stretch of range and destroying feed and sage brush. Sheriff James Mackey investigated twice but could not find the person responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Gulch
Eureka
James Mackey
Griffin and son tour regional stock ranches buying cattle
Tom Griffin from Carlin arrived Thursday in a large car with his son James and C T Arthur. Griffin is touring stock ranches in the area to purchase cattle as ranchers are ready to sell. He estimates current cattle prices will average about ten dollars per head lower than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Griffin
Carlin
James
C.T. Arthur
Mr. Griffin
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INEL
H. M. Schneider
Alec McBride
Dan Morrison
Hamilton
William Gibson
Tuscarora
Earl Cobb
Omaha
Isadore Sara
Martin Etchemeady
H. c McTerney
SBS
Teoplete
Washington Hand
Nevada Historical Society
Rebecca Eccles
Foley
Taylor
J. C. Foley
Waukeegan
Ill
Miss Donnelly
J. L. Taylor
Libertyville
14 Mile
Roberts
Sylvia Spaulding
James McHugh
M. D. Howell
Henderson Dewar
C. E. Chase
Buckhorn Mines Co
Bunkhorne
Elko Rodeo
W.R. Reynolds
Weber Richards
Belgien
University OF Nevada
State Normal School
Ford Automobiles
Goodyear
Eureka Garage
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