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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
4
The Sentinel extends a Merry Christmas wish to readers wishing happiness peace and good will. The note recalls Christ’s birth in Bethlehem and asks readers to keep the day with reverence and joy as the civilized world celebrated.
From aide reports in Washington a secret armament conference chapter remains in the background. The focus is rehabilitation of world finances and stabilizing silver with Japan and China seen as central players. Financial authorities expect a silver basis for foreign exchange to shield credits, potentially moving silver mining securities and provoking market reaction akin to disarmament news.
Nevada reports Austin schools will stay closed December 28 to January 9 for holidays while car gas drops to 30 cents a gallon in Carson. Fallon’s new city drilled well pumps 4,000 gallons hourly. A ditching incident near Boca kills and releases cattle from seven cars. Newlands project ranchers pick straw berries up to a month ago. Rancher George Manson of Currant Creek seeks medical care in Elly. Star mine operations near Cherry Creek expected to resume. Two mail planes forced to land near Ely due to frozen radiators. Elko townsfolk donate 450 books to a new children’s library run by the Homemal Club. Elko oil excitement locates nearly twenty miles north. Elko Oil Development well at 910 feet expected to flow soon. Virginia City housing expansion raises concerns for newcomers facing winter hardships. Elko Christmas business lags ten years, with locals noting weak rural demand.
The piece traces Christmas origins from uncertain early observances to the fifth century fixing of December 25. It links the festivity with Saturnalia, Yuletide terms, and the Yule log, noting St. Nicholas’s historical role, the Santa Claus legend, and the shift from goose to turkey dinners, highlighting solstice symbolism and gift customs across Europe.
Reno Gazette notes Eastern wool dealers anticipate a strong 1922 clip as prices climb. Nevada Live Stock Association reports offers of twenty cents a pound for wool on sheep backs in Utah, with consumption for 1921 near 600 million pounds. Predictions place spring wool at 25 to 30 cents, influenced by tariff passage.
Henry Watterson, famed journalist and former owner of the Louisville Courier Journal, died at 6:15 this morning in a Jacksonville hotel. Ill for days, the veteran publisher had been wintering in Florida with his wife, son, and daughter at his bedside. death caused by heart failure with lung congestion.
Washington on December 22 Attorney General Daugherty ordered a nationwide investigation into retail prices for food fuel shoes and clothing amid reports of unconscionable retailer profits He instructed BI Director Burns to deploy agents nationwide to compare retail with wholesale prices including corn wheat beef and meats and to target price fixing by retailer organizations while aiming to adjust prices to levels compatible with lower wages and costs. findings to be shared with states for local action with federal support.
Charles J. Sadlier of Reno was elected president of the Nevada Highway Association at a Reno board meeting last Monday. He succeedsGeo A. Campbell who has resigned. Other officers remain R. Moore Tonopah F. C. Stickney Yerington R. F. Lengthlas Ely as vice presidents and W. M. David Reno la secretary. Wise sayings mix with notes on bank accounts and driving prudence in this terse item.
The Sparks Tribune reports on a recent dance at Robison hall called a Costume Ball. Attendees wore scant costumes, fights broke out after midnight, and police called the affair indecorous. Chief Walstrom vows no similar events while he serves, noting widespread drinking and mock Egyptian and cherub costumes. Five defendants faced fighting charges with $70 in fines.
Grace Abbott writes to Governor Boyle noting Nevada will receive $15,522.06 in Federal Maternity and Infancy Act funds by year end June 3, 1922. Of this, $10,000 is outright and $5,522.06 is contingent on state matching. Governors designate the agency for cooperation pending legislative action.
Reno report states Alex Stewart a 4 woman employed by the Truckee River General Electric Company was found frozen to death last night while patrolling a power line near Virginia City. An all night search recovered the body this morning two miles from Virginia City.
Goldfield Tribune reports Miss Alice M. Robertson, sole Congresswoman, defends her stance on suffrage and pacifism in a wide ranging interview. She criticizes what she calls anti suffrage agitators, notes women’s wartime memories, cites Daughters of the Revolution, and questions whether men or women will vote for whom in the coming political period.
A Tonopah dispatch reports Chief of Police and Sheriff raided the Monte Carlo saloon Saturday night accompanied by Lloyd Horton foreman and Roy Davenport member of the grand jury. Two owners were jailed in the county jail amid claims of dry law violations and alleged protection.
In Carson Nevada on December 19 a bankruptcy petition for the Frank Ranch and Cattle Company owner of the Robinson Phillips and Gibbs ranches in Churchill County and the Ryan ranch in Nye County was granted by Judge Farrington. The case was referred to referee J Poujade for adjudication. Debts total about 350000 with assets not exceeding 100000.
Former Winnemucca resident Miss Bertha Schimmel traveled to Germany in 1914 to visit relatives. War delays kept her there with family in Württemberg. Back in Winnemucca she is recalled by locals as a former resident and the town notes a local elf boom hinting at upcoming production and festive gift sending.
The new Heno-Carson concrete highway has seen numerous crashes, earning the ominous nickname Dead man's boulevard. Authorities warn drivers to slow down, citing unsafe conditions and frequent fatalities along the route.
Washington reports that a conference between Federal Prohibition Director Shelley of Montana and Commissioner Haynes led to a plan to deport foreign born bootleggers and moon shiners. Shelley will recommend deportation for violators requiring appearance at the immigration office.
Notice to shareholders of Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Eureka Nevada about the regular annual meeting at the banking office on Tuesday January 10 at 6 o clock p m. to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and conduct other business as may come before the meeting. J Travers cashier. Advt D24 3157
The teachers examination will be held December 27 to 30 1921 in Eureka Austin and Ely within the second supervision district. All teachers planning to attend must notify the deputy of their chosen site. Temporary or provisional certificate holders must take all subjects lacking approved credit. Unreported teachers without regular certificates will lose their positions after December 31 1921. Teachers must furnish paper and pen.
Classified ad offers Hellefeurs Pippins Pearmains and Winesaps at 3.00 a box with parcel post prepaid. Contact E. R. Elsley Box 242 Santa Cruz California dated October 14.
The notice lists all delinquent poll taxes for Eureka County Nevada for 1921 with deadline to pay within twenty days of publication. District Attorney warns of action to collect taxes and costs, with an official seal and signatures of Edgar Eather County Recorder and Micro Auditor, dates December 24, 1921 to January 14, 1923.
All persons are warned not to throw articles into the pond south of town and to keep away from UWese pre. M. M. LETCREE Eureka Nevada December 10 19 oe.
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