United States Smelting Company eyes Ely district smelter
United States Smelting Company officials General Manager C B Allen and consulting engineer J Fenson Smith inspect properties in the Ely Nevada area to judge the feasibility of a custom smelter. They plan to spend another week surveying geology and surface showings before deciding. Emmet Short, employed by Joho Siri of Diamond Valley, was badly injured in a Bronohy fall near Miners Hill and is hospitalized in Elko recovering. He is the son of Thomas Short, a Roby Valley rancher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Company
Ely
Nevada
C. Be, Allen
J. Fenson Smith
United States Smelting Company
Smith
Emmet Short
Miners Hill
Eureka
Joho Siri
Diamond Valley
Elko
Thomas Short
Roby Valley
Elko Colunty
Burcks
Buckhorn Correspondence and Windfall Snow Trip Notes
J D Murphy returned Friday from Palisade after a harried trip while J D McClellania at Paligate secured restaurant supplies. Fred Amigo of Loftue and Daria took a short vacation from camp last Friday. Fred J Siebert of Buckhorn mines left Saturday on a business trip to Remo. Kenyon and Seare began Buckhorn passenger arrangements at Pont Quisut et Blackburn. Windfall miners prepare five miles from Windfall to Eureka using skeps from Salt Lake. Jerry Vickers, linked to cattle and horse theft in Oregon Nevada, was brought to Winnemucca by Sheriff Kelsey and Deputy Noseinger after being located on Quinn river by a letter to his mother.
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J. D. Murphy
Palisade
J. D. McClellania
Paligate
Fred Amigo
Loftue & Daria
Fred J. Siebert
Buckhorn Mines
Remo
Kenyon & Seare
Pont Quisut Et Blackburn
Buckhorn
J M. Dull
Salt Lake
Eureka
Jerry Vickers
Frank Clark
Oregon
Nevada
Winnemucca
Oscar Kelsey
Wheeler County
Noseinger
Humboldt County
Sod House
Quinn River
Tt Iw
Vickers
Miller & Lax
Lamb
Card of Thanks and Local Public Notices
Card of thanks from mourning family extends deepest appreciation to friends neighbors Fraternal Order of Eagles and public for sympathy after death of wife mother and daughter who passed away December 9 1908 Palisade Nevada. Also notes a new employment order restricting train crews from saloons while on duty and potential adjustments by Southern Pacific to allow entry at certain counters.
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Order of Eagles
J. W. Event
Nerre Eneer
W. H. Swiesey
W. B. Sweeney
Ess Walker
Mas
Uex Covent
Palisade
Nevada
Southers Parise Company
Gsed
Truckee
Radical rail laws loom in congress this winter
A heated rail legislation clash looms in Congress as Senator Cummins of Iowa introduces a radical Interstate Commerce Act overhaul. The measure would standardize freight classifications and restrict carrier mergers while giving the Commission broad rate oversight and prohibiting noncarrier businesses after 1911. Predictions say early January will bring competing bills from Senator Burton and others.
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Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Biking
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Mending a Broken Heart in Atchison
A young Atchison girl endures a breakup as her father and mother stage a practical intervention. He cites the exiled sweetheart’s spendths and offers another supporter, claiming household duties and a rocker as moral leverage to guide her through heartache.
Utah Sheepmen Beat Nevada Authorities In Range Spillover
Utah sheepmen broke a Nevada quarantine by moving over 400000 sheep into Nevada before inspectors could act. Nevada officials relented allowing several thousand more to enter, while Utah flocks argued the move aimed to prevent monopolizing Nevada ranges and curb spread of disease.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Utah
Nevada
Mente
Severs
Togulu v Irwin trial ends in district court
Arguments in the case Togulu versus Irwin concluded in the District Court with briefs to be filed in February. Defendants Paul Irwin Mia Louise Irwin Imogene Irwin James Bach Charles De Flon and Mrs Bertha Bich attended the session and depart for home in the Duckwater district.
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Tonepal Ronanga
Togulu
Irwin
Sane
Paul Irwin
Mia
Louise Irwin
Imogene Irwi
James Bach
Charles de Flon
Bertha Bich
Bachelor Girl's Reflections on Matrimony and Love
A Chicago Journal column by Helen Rowland mocks modern courtship and marriage ideas. It satirically notes that bread is now a side dish, warns about a 30 year path to a man's character, and lampoons romance as research with cash in advance. It also mentions divorce records, class, money, and the poor odds of lasting fidelity.
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Helen Rowland
Chicago Journal
Racy Reno Society Event Fracas Involving Duncan and Romer
In Reno on December 18 a disturbance at the Colonial apartment house left Mrs. H. J. Duncan hospitalized after breaking a window to search for her husband. Mrs. Romer, removed to a Richelieu lodging, grew ill the next day after reportedly taking powders to sleep. Medical staff treated both women. Duncan was out of town but later seen, while Romer denied an intimate liaison and blamed the episode on worry.
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Reno
Nevada
H. J. Duncan
Ploride Romera
Duncan
Rail commissions cite Nevada Northern and Tonopah and Goldfield
The State Railroad Commission orders Nevada Northern Railway and Tonopah and Goldfield Railway to appear on January 15 and January 10 respectively to explain freight rates. In other news Mrs. Orrin Smith of Pioche escapes a fire from a gasoline stove explosion and suffers burns. Humboldt County towns buzz over Black Rock Desert oil discoveries suggesting vast future value. Dr. C. A. Haskell returns from Southern California pushing a Churchill County sugar beet factory with 600 tons daily capacity and a $500,000 outlay. Hinze brothers to organize the venture.
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State Railroad Commission
Nevada Northern Railway
Tonopah and Goldfield Railway
Orrin Smith
Sheriff Smith
Pioche
Winnemucca
Lovelock
Humboldt County
Black Rock Desort
California
Western Pacific
Sulphur Springs
Black Rock Desert
de. C. A. Haskell
Fallon
Churchill County
Haskell
Hinze Brothers
Michigan
Certificates of Location of Mines in Cortes District
A series of location certificates for Mar cary sed Venus Moon ght Atlas Herca tos Esther Jane Surprise Gould Hollow Jack and Backborn mines in the Cortes and Backborn mining districts. Records list multiple assignees including J B Clark P W Clark Rowland King and others with December recording dates. Deeds show transfers in Eureka town with specified lots, blocks, and improvements and recorded consideration amounts.
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Cortes
J. B Clark
P. W. Clark
Rowland King
Cortex
J. Daimpre
Atlas
Cortez
P. W. Sark
J. FP. Clark
J. B. Clark
Gould Hollow
Jack
Backborn
P. R. Keller
John Beatty
Mra. M. Delaney
Eureka
Laure E. Stinson
Daniel Morrison
McCoy
A Better Place and Laughing Through Trouble
A humorous fragment explains that pie and a second helping trigger a child’s distress and a mock spanking debate among guests. It then shifts to bits about laughter, worry, and a Glasgow roof fall where aid and a cautious onlooker keep the man safe. The piece closes with William IV’s imagined royal racing spree and a trainer’s startled obedience.
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Efe
Willing to Please at Fashionable Resort Hotel
A luxurious hotel at a chic resort boasted a grand dining room and a nightly orchestra. One off season evening only one guest was present. the manager asked the company head what to do. The reply advised engaging six more players to fill the performance.
Why He Get Married
A Washington clerk earning about 900 dollars per year was asked by a coworker if he planned to marry. He replied that he has no reason beyond the fact that he loves. The exchange reveals the frugal humor of a government employee facing marriage.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Jumior
Lippla
Nye Doane ry mine ready to prove merit at Eilendale
The Austin Reveille notes legitimate work in Nye Doane ry will let Eilendale show merit and gain statewide support. A contract has been set by the Chifflorde and Nays to Andy Plana, Joe Briccn and jothars to rank plot tunnel, estimated to intersect the vein at 275 to 280 feet deep.
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Austin Reveille
Eilendale
Nye Doanery
Chifflorde
Nays
Andy Plana
Joe Briccn
Jothars
Rank Plot Tunnel
Notice of Delinquent Nevada Tax Sale in Eureka County
Eureka Nevada notices delinquent real and personal property taxes for 1000 with amounts, penalties, and costs. Descriptions include numerous parcels, mines, improvements, and other holdings. sale to satisfy tax, penalty, and costs at courthouse door at noon, with six month redemption period and per month interest after sale. BR McHales, Treasurer. C H Gorman, Auditor.
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Eureka
Nevada
Bert
M.A. Ashim
Ginpeverty
Pinto
Gareha Gomuty
Velie
Juan Moline
McCabe
Joby
McAulwey
Charles B
Fiurg
Hamburg
Tom
Thurai
Kareke
Sureks County
Neveds
Rorner
Arnold Burvey
W. Eorung
Romlyn Furnyan
Miles
Pacilla
M. Hite
Acron
Alabama
General Lee
Wise West
Mortimer
Charleston
Colon
Pinniburg-Pallendsaltues Co
Pallante
Uvy I Mercsatile Co
Permanal
Roby
Siti. Coma
Peank Tehialdt
Prame Salon Yaihling
Ah Mill
Rocky Monntots Telephons Co
Pogsmamory
White Pine Cowty
U.S
Karoke
Mildred Asia Acros
McNeughton
Zanoll Miver
Cork
Eureka County
Seald Tegeeka
Br, Methakles
C. H. Gorman
I Simply Wasnt Dressed An Afterlife Trumperait?
A Denver Times poem recounts Gabriel’s trumpet announcing judgment as a woman fusses with hair, puffs, braids, and a vast shirtwaist of buttons. She delays, insists she was not dressed, and misses admission to the gate while others wait for the second resurrection.
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Gabriel
Bho
Denver Times
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Eurekess
A. Bh
Coding
Atchinson
Honey
Nevada State News
Recorder of
John Kendrick
Alnsteo
Slater
Glasgow
Willam IV
England
George IV
Royal Stud
John McKernan
Thomas Wren
Mount Hope
Hurts County
Warala
Pitan
New York
Cook
Neabe
Ale
Best Piro
Hotel Zadow
Ellen Tyler
Lesseo
Eureka, Nevada
A. Fraser
Nwevada
Hureea
THE
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Offiic
Ers
Oscan J. Suara
Baar L. Surra
W. E B. Gara
D. H. Gorman
H. W. Otane
John Hancock
Savings Department
Eureka Cash Store
J. B. Biale
Managersa Belegent
Giant Powder Co
Consolidated
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