Local Notices and Social News From Eureka in 1910
Delinquent tax sale notices appear in this issue. Various residents visit Eureka, including Dan Morrison returning from Elko and William Blair from Ball Creek. Meetings include St John Chapter No 5 R A M. A junior baseball game ends 22 to 20 in favor of Eureka Juniors. Mrs A McKay, son Robert, arrive with ranch products. Educational inspections and school trustee appointments noted. Ock Hing returns from China. remarks on language. Tunneling work advances on Tenderfoot group for California parties. Teachers examinations scheduled January 9 with six anticipated applicants. A T Taylor and Grace Tra named deputy examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blair
Ball Creek
Nye County
Eureka
M. Mahoney
Tony Romano
Diamond Valley
St. John
T. J. McParlin
Roby Hill
A. McKay
Robert
Duckwater
A. B. Lightfoot
Ely
Hamilton
Ben Plummer
Mineral Hill
Ock Hing
China
R. A. Laird
Kareka
John Hancock
Laird
John West
Ruby Hill
Salt Lake
Eureka County
A. T. Taylor
Grace Tra
Granville Fletcher
Lamoille Valley
Elko County
Dave Morrow
Morrow
Fletcher
Sara Im Obersteg
Pinto
Christy Falton
Tenabo
Miss Falton
Miss Im Oberateg
Free Dance on Ruby Hill By The New Star Band
The Ruby Hill Star Band will host a free dance at Minera Union Hall in Ruby Hill on Friday evening December 23. This marks the first dance by the new organization and members extend a cordial invitation to all to attend. The event will feature music by the newly formed band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Hill
Ruby Hill Star Band
Minera’ Union Hall
Case Heard On Motions To Vacate Kimberley Con Mines Receiver
Arguments and a motion to vacate a district court order appointing a receiver in the Kimberly Consolidated Mines Co case occupied Eureka court sessions led by Judge Peter Breen. The dispute centers on stock sales to Respess & Co of Chicago, with plaintiffs opposing the motion and the Kimberley firm’s officers listed. The matter was submitted on briefs after oral arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the
Third Judicial District
Kimberly Consolidated Mines Company
Kimberley
Lander County
Battle Mountain
District Court
Eureka
Peter Breen
Charles A. Cantwell
Austin
Nevada
H. M. Faroum
Goldfield
A. J. Maestretti
O. H. Donaughey
Chicago
Kimberley Con. Mines Company
Henry Anderson
Reno
R. ©. Torrittin
J.S. Ryan
Elk Point
South Dakota
H. Duborg
Kimberly Mines
Kimberly Con Mines Co
Respess & Co
Mines
Young Nostrosa Breaks Leg After Fall at Yard
Dan Nostrosa son of Mr and Mrs D E Nostrosa of Yareka injured Friday afternoon when he jumped from a six foot embankment at the Land and Stock Company corral on Raby Hill avenue. He suffered a fracture of the lower extremity of the left leg extending into the ankle joint. Dr W F Barnett treated him, with the limb splinted and he is resting easier. The doctor estimates about two months of restricted use of the leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Nostrosa
D. E. Nostrosa
Yareka
Teka Land & Stock Company
Raby Hill Avenue
Nostross
W. F. Barnett
Install Officers At Tobigents Chapter No 8 OES
At a regular Tobigents Chapter No 8 OES meeting Thomas H Hicks installed officers for the ensuing term. Cathryn McCharles W M Thomas Dixon W P Violet Rebaleati A M Mary J Laird Secretary Sara Horn Treasurer Mary Whitmore Conductor Louise Zadow Assistant Conductor Geraldine Hancock Organist Thomas H Hicks Chaplain Robert A Laird Marshal Anna Laird Adai da Hicks Roth Sara Bray Esther Boletta Hial Martha Geraldine Hancock Electa Edward Kraus Warder M M Horver Sentinel Bangast was served after ceremonies and the gathering ended after midnight with members enjoying the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobigents Chapter No. 8
Thomas H. Hicks
Cathryn McCharles
W. M
Thomas Dixon
W. P
Violet Rebaleati
A. M
Mary J. Laird
Sara Horn
Mary Whitmore
Louise Zadow
Geraldine Hancock
Oil Substitution Planned for McGill Smelting Works
Step toe Smelting Company at McGill will switch from coal to oil in major operations. Arrangements for the new process were finalized with Standard Oil Company by General Manager B. Lakenan during a visit to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Steptoe
McGill
Standard Oil Company
B. Lakenan
San Francisco
Presbyterian Christmas Tree Program Set for December 24
The Presbyterian Sunday School will present a Christmas tree and entertainment Saturday evening December 24 at 6 30 oclock. Children will recite and perform music appropriate to the occasion. All parents and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Sunday School
Nearly Waltzes To Death At Virginia City Prize Waltz
Miss Oelia Tonkin daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Tonkin former Eureka residents competed for a prize in a Virginia City ball Friday Dec 9. She overtaxed her heart during a final waltz with Fred Nichols and nearly died. Carried to a dressing room she regained consciousness after about half an hour, and doctors fear she may never safely dance again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vella Tonkin
W. J. Tonkin
Eureka
Virginia City
Reno Gazette
Walts
Oelia Tonkin
Fred Nichols
Miss Tonkin
Mining Claim Records for Eureka District Mines by El Berryman
New documents record labor on multiple Eureka mining claims including Tornado Nellie Pearl Ruby Bell Nos 1 and 2 Jack Pot Pearl Fraction Horse Shoe Rarns Iron Blossom Victor Con Windfall Extension No 1 and Iron Blossom mines. December 10 recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Con
Eureka
el Berryman
Eureka Escapes Epidemic Scarce Toll in State
Eureka has avoided major epidemics while towns like Austin Battle Mountain and Wells faced closures from two to six weeks due to whooping cough scarlet fever and typhoid fever. McGill suffered the worst with a scarlet fever epidemic keeping schools closed from late October to January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Austin
Battle Mountain
Eiko
Palisade
Wells
McGill
Fallon
Witty Supreme Court quip and lemon pie miscue
A historical note recalls Chief Justice Waite remarking that the court does not care to hear further argument when a plaintiff in error has no case. A Wisconsin counsel, Matthew Carpenter, quips that the chief would rather give the case than listen. The item also recounts a waiter and a guest debating pie choices, ending with a foreigner asking what was wrong with the lemon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Matthew Carpenter
Wisconsin
Waite
Carpenter
Christmas Tree and Dance at Prospect School House
Christmas tree and entertainment planned at Prospect school house on Friday evening December 28 with a social dance afterward under Victor Borgna Angelo Frank and Johnnie Gibellini. All welcome. Sunday School Christmas Tree at St James Episcopal Eureka on Christmas Eve December 24 with dialogues recitations and singing. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Victor Borgna
Angelo Frank
Johnnie Gibellini
St. James
Pretty Church Wedding in Eureka Nevada
Miss Helen Whitmore of Eureka Nevada married Mr. R Hodge Locke of St Louis Missouri in a St Bartholomew s Church ceremony conducted by Rev George A Hunting. The couple will honeymoon to Louisiana Palm Beach and possibly Havana before settling in St Louis. Mrs Locke will reside eastern home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Helen Whitmore
Eureka
Nevada
R. H. Locke
St Louis
Missouri
Locke
Indy
St. Bartholomew's Church
George A. Hunting
Helen Isabelle Whitmore
I. C. O. Whitmore
Robert Hodge Love
Graham F. Putnam
Elsa
Lohenarin
Lemaire
Holy City
Gaul
Elizabeth
Tannhauser
Mendelssohn
F. E. McLacas
Edward Whitmore
I. C. 0. Whitmore
Whitmore
Murry Street
Louisana
Palm Beach
Havana
St. Louis
Taft Nominates New Supreme and Commerce Court Members
President Taft sent to the Senate nominations for Chief Justice Edward White of Louisiana and Associate Justices William Vandevanter of Wyoming and Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia. The new Court of Commerce will include Martin A. Knapp chairing, Robert Archbald, William H. Hant, John Emmett Garland, Julian W. Mack, with B. H. Meyer and C. McChord as Interstate Commerce Commission members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Edward Douglas White
Louisana
Willis Vandevanter
Wyoming
Joseph Racker Lamar
Georgia
New Court of Commerce
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert W. Archbal
Michigan
Julian W. Mack
Renewed Tonopah Mining Activity Reported by Nye County Official
Auditor Paddy Grimes says Tonopah mines show record production for the past four years. For the quarter ending September 30, 1910, output reached 107,911 tons milled. Value totaled 192,971.02 with taxes of 15,917.75 turned into Nye County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Paddy Grimes
Nye County
Death of William Pardy noted Eureka connection to San Francisco
Eureka reports the death of William Pardy at his San Francisco home from heart disease. A pioneer banker born in Liverpool, he arrived in Nevada in 1869, helped establish the White Pine County Bank, and later founded the Pacific States Savings and Loan Society in San Francisco. He left a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
San Francisco
William Pardy
John Pardy
Euareka
California
Nevada
Hamilton
White Pine County Bank
Pacific States Savings and Loan Society
Maude Sharon Pardy
Mra
Arthur Paullwey
Will Pardy
Mr. Pardy
Liverpool
England
Trampled by Wild Bull near Hawthorne
P Nicholas, a Hawthorne batcher driving cattle to Hawthorne, was gored and stamped by a wild bull. He suffered a broken leg punctured lung and three broken ribs but climbed a tree to escape. An accompanying Indian drove the herd to Salles ranch and brought help. Nicholas has a good chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerington Times
P. Nicholas
Hawthorne
Nicholas
Salles Ranch
Man faked death to cash burial funds in Nevada
Fielder Gravitt of Caddo Oklahoma wired to bury himself and obtained $100 by posing as dead. A hoax wire signed Dr John Smith spurred release of funds. Gravitt, now in jail and hospital for excessive drinking, had traveled to Goldfield Nevada weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Nevada
Fielder Gravitt
Gravitt
John Smith
Caddo
Oklahoma
County Board to hold teachers' examination in Eureka
The County Board of Examination will hold its first semi annual examination for teachers certificates in the School House in Eureka Nevada on January 9 10 and 11 1911. A B Shurroor Deputy District Supt of Public Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Examination
Eureka
Nevada
A.B. Shurroor
Eureka to Hamilton Mail Route Reopened After Change
Postmaster Bray announces sealed proposals due January 3 1911 for carrying mail from January 30 1911 to June 30 1914 on the Eureka to Hamilton route a 42 mile back and forth three times weekly Leave Eureka Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 5 am arrive Hamilton 7 pm Leave Hamilton Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturday at 6 am arrive Eureka 7 pm The old route previously discontinued about three years ago will be restored due to prior unsatisfactory service via Palisade Cobre Ely and Hamilton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bray
Washington, D. C
Eureka
Hamilton
Palisade
Cobre
Ely
Arrest Warranted Forgery Suspect Nabbed in Winne mucea
Harry H. Bronssum, sought by detectives of the American Bankers Association for two months on forgery charges, was arrested in Winne mucea Saturday by Sheriff Lamb and will be returned to Ellensburg Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Bronssum
American Bankers’ Association
Winnemucea
Sheriff Lamb
Ellensburg
Washington
Metal Market Quotations Updated in New York
The latest metal quotations list silver at 549 cents per ounce lead at 4.45 dollars per 100 pounds and copper at 12.90 dollars per hundredweight in New York reflecting current market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
An Obstinate Maid Refuses Nine Proposals
Mr Sappeigh regrets his nine marriage refusals from Miss Gabby and laments her stubbornness in a brief Baltimore American note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sappeigh
Gabby
Mr. Softleigh
Baltimore American
The Treatment Details Mrs Lapsling’s Action
Mrs Lapsling says Johnny is all right after a bite from a strange dog. She took him to a doctor and had the wound ostracized promptly to prevent infection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eureka Sentinel
Dan Morrison
Elko
Charles Minoletti
Young Dan Nostrosa
Reek Daily
A Mra
Wilbelin's
Celia Tonkin
the Recorder of
Supreme Court and
Commerce Court
NEW Today
M. Manovey
Nev
Lon
Romano
Third Judicial District Court of the
State of
Eureka County Bank
R. A. Bray
L. C. Whitmore
Notary Public
John McKer
Ruby Hill Avenue
Neva
Nob Hill Fire Company
Eureka Opera House
H. Fine
T. H. Hicks
J. Huffmaster
W. J. Harris
T. H. Hicks HL. Fine
Committee On Music
J. Harris
H. Morris
F. Kopp
Mrs. Brossemer's
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