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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
4
The Gentinel presents a festive Christmas message emphasizing peace, goodwill, and unselfish love as winter arrives. It urges readers to share cheer and courtesy, extending seasonal greetings and joy to all.
The Financial Review of New York reports a broad revival of mining across Nevada. Production properties accelerate output at a phenomenal rate and prospective producers near actual production, signaling growing stability and a constructive mood. Investment in Nevada outpaces Canadian optimism as development quickens in the west.
Mrs. Frank Humphrey, president of the Nevada Public Health Association, declares the 1922 Xmas seal sale a likely success. She notes the sale started December 6, optimism statewide, and a potential investment of over five thousand dollars, with campaigns aided by a Northwestern conference, press cooperation, and broad publicity to make this the largest year yet.
Angelo Florio, a Duckwater flockmaster, shipped 2700 head of lambs from East Bly. Jim Gisnopulns offered 11 cents per pound gross, but Florio declined, believing better prices in the eastern market. At that rate, lambs would fetch about $9 per head amid high wool and mutton prices, prompting many stockmen to sell cattle to enter sheep trade.
Milwaukee Sentinel reflects on how the Christmas spirit fades after the holidays yet hopes for its daily keeping. The piece urges harboring kindness and goodwill beyond Twelfth Night, without forced celebration, to brighten daily life and the world.
In Biko Nevada on December 18 a district judge ordered execution by lethal gas for Thomas Russell a Mexican man found guilty of first degree murder in the stabbing of Mamie Johnson an Indian girl during a rodeo in Elko County Russell was moved to state prison for the sentence pending.
The Portland unveiling features an 18 foot bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, titled Spirit of the West. Sculptor A Phimister Proctor of New York crafted the piece as a tribute to the former president.
Goast Live Stock Market review notes steady market for medium grade cattle with vada steers at $8.00 off cars and medium qualified kinds from $7.26 to $7.50 off cars. Stock mostly medium to good grade around 1000 pounds at $5.60 and medium at $5.40. Calves steady. veal $7.60 to $7.75 for light calves, 250-300 lb range $7.00 to $7.25. Dressed produce demand narrows. Hogs slow with bulk at $10.00 to $16.50 for 200-250 lb. heavy averages discounted. Sheep and lambs in demand for 70 lb lambs. full woolmed grades $13.50-$14.00. California lambs around 73 lb at $13.75 to $13.76 and 66 lb at $13.25 off cars.
Chicago reports that Sidney Smith, creator of The Gumps, has signed with Carl Laemmle to adapt The Gumps for the screen. Real people will portray the famed characters, with two reel semi monthly releases starting early next year and a top director guiding production. The author is expected to receive a salary on par with leading movie stars.
Carson appeal. The Gray Reid Wright Co announces closing the Carson City store after years of operation. A clearance sale begins next Monday. The company thanks customers and says goodbye like old friends.
Nevada reports cover diverse items from the mining districts and railroad shops to court sentences and public works. Notable notes include Humboldt County tractor use aiding heavy trucks on Hinckley summit, Goldfield mines nearing operation, and Frank Ctdmey’s grand larceny conviction. Also covered are hospital cases, juvenile shoplifting, a highway project linking Truckee River to Verdi, labor board rulings, and Verdi lumbermill planned improvements.
New York reports what is believed to be the first successfully arrested diabetic coma in the city. Doctors praise insulin serum, derived from pancreas extracts, as a breakthrough. A 16 year old patient, once in coma, was discharged after weeks of treatment and careful dieting with periodic injections.
A report from Federal Commissioner Haynes to the Methodist church board shows enforcement cost for the year ending June 30, 1922 at about 6.5 million while fines and seized properties totaled 14.12 million. The document cites appropriations, forfeitures, taxes, and penalties, with 50.9 million in uncollected penalties pending.
Fallon dispatch reports the Labonian Valley Sugar Company plans to finance and start Fallon sugar factory next year with F. H. Hubbard in charge. Beets from four patches tested 18.7 percent sugar, suggesting about 300 pounds sugar per ton, higher than Ohio yields. Nevada beets could outpace other states in profitability. Idaho and Colorado ranges are lower.
AP from Honolulu reports pineapples may challenge sugar cane as Hawaii's top crop. 2024 income from pineapples is about 22 million dollars versus sugar at 51.5 million. Plantings and methods are expected to boost pineapple output 60 to 100 percent in coming years. Canned pineapple production this year reaches about 6 million cases sold at about 4.25 dollars per case. Acreage is set at 36,000 and will rise as packers struggle to meet demand.
New York dispatch reports J C Penney adds 3 million to his life policy, lifting total coverage to 2 million with annual premiums of 120000. Only Wanamaker Rodman, Wanamaker John deceased, and Pierre Dupont hold higher policies among Americans. Penney began with $500 in Kemp, Wyoming, and now runs a chain across 20 states.
A courtroom exchange reveals a distressed wife asking if the spot is in her new suit. The response claims personal responsibility and notes the woman cannot bear the smell of gaac Une since the chauffeur abandoned her, as observed by the judge.
In Los Angeles California two months after quitting intoxicants a film actor known as Dex 17 Haid Atestar and Wot faces a crisis of sanity and life. Reflected by Dorothy Davenport and Mrs Alice Davenport Reid the patient is under care of male nurses using extreme methods to prevent self-destruction. The family plans to move to a guarded bungalow with no access to drink or drugs to protect him.
In Lincoln Park the curator of the Chicago Academy Sciences finishes a 96 foot long photograph. It is one of four vast images of the Lake Michigan shore at Miller Beach Indiana the Indian dunes and Grand Calumet River swamps near Chicago. The panorama could be produced for under $100 with tinting and oils adding a modest extra cost compared with costly traditional methods.
Notice to creditors in the estate of John Conway deceased. J Travers is administrator appointed by the Third Judicial District Court, Clark County. Creditors must file claims with vouchers within three months of first publication. Dates shown: December 18, 1922. publications December 23, 1932 and January 20, 1928.
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank Eureka Nevada schedules its annual stockholders meeting for Tuesday January 9 1923 with election of directors for 1938. Cosblet Rox publication December 9 192? Last publication January 6 1933.
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