Two Survey Parties Work on Western Pacific Route
Two surveying crews are active in Nevada for the proposed Western Pacific line. One group began from Salt Lake City weeks ago, quietly advancing its route. The other party moves from an opposite direction as engineers complete a preliminary survey, while promoter details remain largely undisclosed and public knowledge follows actions.
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Western Pacific
Nevada
Salt Lake City
George J. Gould
Salt Lake Tribune
State University Entrance Examinations to Start September Eight
A broad state news roundup notes entrance examinations at the State University will begin on September 8. Other items report plaster shipments to Japan from Adams gypsum plant at Empire, local court decisions, wage figures for harvest hands in Lovelock, and a series of industrial and transportation developments across Nevada.
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The
State University
Japan
Adams
Empire
Patrick Hern
Reno
William Williamson
Lyon County Times
A D CLEVELAND DEAD A Large West cattle raiser and politician dies
The sudden death of Hon Abner Cobury Cleveland at his White Pine County ranch shocks Eureka and the state. He was a founder in Nevada politics and stock business with a long career from Washoe mining to White Pine cattle ranching. Mrs Cleveland travels from San Francisco and Ely to attend the funeral in Eureka.
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Abner Cobury Cleveland
White Pine County
Eureka
Cleveland
San Francisco
Ely
W. N. McGill
Mr. Cleveland
Maine
Skowhegan
Somerset County
California
Star of the West
Pacific Coast
Tuolomne
Calaveras Counties
Plumas County
Washoe County
Blaisdel
Storey County
Hamilton
State Senate
Washington
District of Columbia
Spring Valley
West
Nevada
Salt Lake
St. Louis
Teller
Dubois
Wm. J. Bryan
United States
Wm. M. Stewart
Novada
iHe
Mail Route Scandals In Eastern Nevada
White Pine Miner reports alleged mail route abuses by the Utah and Nevada Express Company in White Pine County. Complaints claim subletting routes, pooled receipts, unpaid bills, and bribery with company stock involving postmasters. Possible special agent inquiry anticipated. a February 1902 letter is cited as corroborating evidence.
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Utah & Nevada Express Company
White Pise County
Post Office Department
Ely
Nevada and Utah Express Company
Utah and Nevada Express Company
Postoffice Department
White Pine Miner
Utica mine shuts south shaft. 200 men out of work
In Angles Camp California on August 21 the Utica mine closed its south shaft leaving about two hundred workers unemployed. California faces strong demand for teachers with all State Normal School San Francisco graduates hired for the next term. General John O Clark of Illinois was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco. The next G A R meeting will be in Boston. Henry Neustadter founder of Neustadter Brother of San Francisco died at Salzburg Austria on August 24. The old Ninth and Harrigan Streets baseball grounds may become the Western Pacific Railroad terminus pending transfer of property to Western Pacific from Otto Greenewald.
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California
State Normal School
San Francisco
John O. Clark
Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Henry Neustadter
Neustadter Brother
Europe
Salzburg
Austria
Ninth and
Harrigan Streets
Western Pacific Railroad
Otto Greenewald
Western Pacific
Will Tunnel Sierra Nevada Trains Through Crest
Southern Pacific plans forty five miles of new track including a Sierra Nevada crest tunnel. Cost estimated at 5 to 7 million dollars. The project reduces maximum grade to 65 feet and removes 40 miles of snow sheds. The line’s highest point drops 600 feet though overall length increases slightly. Engineers from Union Pacific and Southern Pacific approve plans. E H Harriman orders officials to proceed. Feldhusen Co Sacramento offers provisions at low prices via catalog.
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Southern Pacific
Sierra Nevadas
Union Pacific
Omaha
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Anthrax outbreak reported in California and Nevada herds
Reports from California and Nevada papers describe anthrax and Texas fever spreading through cattle herds in Sacramento Siskiyou Inyo counties and on the Truckee Meadows. Gov Sparks of Nevada advocates Pasteur vaccination and strict carcass burial laws while authorities plan investigations in Courtland Franklin and Courtland areas.
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California
Nevada
Sacramento
Siskiyou
Inyo
Truckee Meadows
Siskiyou County
Bremer
Inyo County
Courtland
Sacramento Union
Ward
State University
McCallum
Franklin
Sparks
Reno Journal
Reward Offered for Stolen Horses in Nye County Nevada
On Tuesday August 18 1908 eight horses and one mule were stolen from J C Tognonti’s Duckwater ranch Nye County Nevada A $100 reward is offered for the capture and return of the animals Description lists brands Anchor J O and other marks including a white faced pacing two year old horse branded J with bar and a brown saddle horse branded JO with a small star in forehead and one white foot name Toaxonti Duckwater Nye County Nevada
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J.C. Tognonti
Duckwater
Nye County
Nevada
Mala
Toaxont
Nye
Cattle for Sale at Eureka Ranch
One hundred head of cattle are gathered and ready for inspection by intending buyers at a Nevada ranch. Arrangements can be made to run cattle on a winter range or to hire hay if winter is severe. Ranch available for rent or lease by W. J. Sweener in Eureka, Nevada, August 21, 1903.
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Ay Ranch
W. J. Sweener
Eureka
Nevada
Lost memorandum book near Eu Eka Hamilton reward offered
Five dollar reward for the return of a memorandum book and its papers lost between Eu Eka and Hamilton or on the road connecting them. The book may be returned to the Box. Times office or to Pramenko's store in Hamilton, En Loossr.
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Eueka
Hamilton
Pramenko
En Loossr
Mint buys 100000 ounces silver for Phillipine coinage
Orient Washington August 4 The Director of the Mint purchased 100000 ounces of silver for account of Philippine coinage at an average price of 56.835 cents an ounce.
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Orient
Washington
Folsom Convict Escapes Elude Capture After Reno Run
Two more of the Folsom escapees were captured in Reno Nevada. Convict Murphy was seized Sunday night at the Riverside bridge entering the city with a man believed to be Miller who jumped to brush and vanished. J W Woods later jailed in Reno after barber shop recognition left eight fugitives at large.
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Folsom
Murphy
Reno
Nevada
Sheriey Maxwell
John Sharkey
Riverside
Miller
J. W. Woods
A Capes
Leeper
Wilson
Woods
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Eureka Sentinel
BT A. Seiliman
State News
Gardnerville Record
Montana-Tonopah
Tonopah
Virginia Iy
Kinkead
Carson
Wells-Fargo
Arisona
Mie Prancis Short
Jete
Sanford University
Bee
Nevada State University
Harvest Hands
Lovelock
Mary Wall Will
Dan Crawford
Sodaville
Tomopah
Ballanse
Lou Dillion
Readville
Massachusette
Crescens
A. D. Cleveland
Kate M. Peters
Carson City
Utica
Angles Camp
Cal
Sierras
Feldhusen & Co
Californi
Gov. Sparks
Miller & Lux
Oregon
Buffalo
Ancient
Order of United Workmen
International Praternal Congress
Milwackes
Workmen
NEW Today
Schneider Drug Store
Rock Hottom
Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry
University of California
Va Pte Deo
H. M Schneider & Co
Johnson Mercantile Company (Incorporated
Hiram Johnson
Hylton & Williams
South Fork
Elko County
Philip Pavoni
Eureke
the People’s Drug Company
R. A. Laird
Frank Kopp
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