Disparaging charges and notices from early reports
A column quotes the Utah State Journal criticizing wealth linked to Europe while Nevada endures poor telegraph links. It lists tides at Colon and Panama, Panama Canal locks need, and two solar eclipses in 1904. It notes a Carson court ruling on truth and malice in libel, and mileage allowances for Congress members and Hawaiian delegates.
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Utah State Journal
Nevada
Europe
Paris
London
Vienna
California
Hawley
United States Court At
Carson
Democratic Love Feast Launches Parker for President
Special dispatch reports Tammany leader Charles Murphy plans a Sherry’s dinner to back Judge Alton B. Parker for the Democratic nomination. Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill will speak, signaling Murphy’s entry into national politics and a possible NY man for the White House. Bourke Cochran to speak for Murphy.
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San Francisco
Call
New York
Alton B. Parker
Sherry’s
Grover Cleveland
David B. Hill
Charles F. Murphy
McClellan
Murphy
Hill
Tammany Hall
New York State
Judge Parker
Cleveland
Parker
New York Democracy
Bourke Cochran
Settlers Win Suit Over Utah Land Grant Title
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Utah settlers victory in two Toltec Ranch Company cases involving land claims under the Central Pacific railroad grant. Disputed possession for twenty to thirty years was key, with Utah and federal courts ruling in favor of the settlers. Justice McKenna authored the opinion.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Icug
Central Pacific Railroad
Utah
Toltec Ranch Company
George Cook
William Babcock
Louisa Babcock
Supreme Court of the
Supreme Court of the United States Today
McKenna
Nevada Echoes Of Snow And civic Notes From Summit To Reno
Snow blankets Summit in the Sierras as a foot falls. Attor ney Tom Wren of Reno sues for 485 in amber valued at 75 per thousand near Goldfield. Claud M. Smith named postmaster of Goldfield. Eight railway clerks added between Ogden and San Francisco. Eiko reports a building boom in six months. Nevada State University admissions raised fifteen percent. Doctors used a serum to try to save Ernest Thres who died of consumption. Smallpox quarantines in a village north of town. Jobe Della Selva, Italian wood chopper, dies near Tonopah after a Mexican attack. Dick McAlpin seeks admission to Esmeralda County Hospital. Lincoln County Republicans elect George C. Vetterman chairman and Jay Henderson secretary. Martha Ardery sails to Manila to wed A F Seymour. J M Johnson of Carson declared bankrupt with 9000 liabilities. Evelyn Harper, eight, burns when clothing catches fire in Reno. Storey County Labor Union awaits Eight Hour Law ruling from Nevada Supreme Court. Eight-inch pip carload reaches Humboldt. wells to determine water. H R Michels and partners plan an eight-stamp mill on Monte Cristo near Sweetwater. large free gold deposit reported. Frank Germain of Reno dies. former Humboldt County treasurer and Carson mint employee, born in France at 68.
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Goldfield
Tonopah
Claud M. Smith
Esmeralda County
Nevada
Ogden
San Francisco
Eiko
Nevada State University
Aevo
Ernest Thres
Biko Pree Press
Jobe Della Selva
Lons Mountain
Dick” McAlpin
Bodie
Humboldt
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Humboldt House
H. R. Michels
A. O. Pratt
Monte Cristo
Sweetwater
Canal Laborers Wages Reduced Report In The Dispatch
The Wadsworth Dispatch notes the E B A E Stone Company now uses a single steam shovel on the Government canal and has cut laborers' wages from two dollars for eight hours to one seventy five. After board deductions of sixty eight cents daily, workers net about one dollar, with a ten percent boss deduction. Workers denounce the cut as robbery and plan to seek a remedy in Washington. Diplomatic pressure from several European powers to provoke war between Colombia and the United States is reported. warnings say Colombia cannot retake Panama without risking war with the United States, a outcome those powers say Colombia must avoid.
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Wadsworth Dispatch
E. B. & A. E. Stone Company
Government Canal
Washington
Colombia
United States
Rafael Reyes
Panama
Bogota
Hersult
Bank Money Order Plan Created by ABA Committee
The Bank Money Order Committee of the American Bankers Association representing 7000 banks met in New York for three days and agreed on a plan to issue money orders by mail up to $100. Orders could be cashed by any ABA member bank. The committee will submit its report to the national Executive Council next April. The system could reduce revenues for the Post Office Department and Wells Fargo.
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American Bankers’ Association
New York
Post Office Department
Wells, Fargo Company
World’s Fair trip planned by French president
President Loobet of France intends to visit the St Louis World’s Fair next year. The Senate ratified a treaty extending commercial relations with China. A prize fight in Sacramento on December 18 left Tom Pendergast dead after a blow from Kid Williams. Over a thousand entrants signed up for a $6,100 prize for beauty at St Louis.
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Loobet
France
St. Louis
Seuate
United States
China
Sacramento
California
Tom Penderast
Kid Williams
Constitution vs Mormonism Smoot Cannot Be Apostle and Senator
Former United States Senator Frank Cannon argues that Smoot cannot be both an Apostle and a U S Senator simultaneously. He states a pledge to obey the Constitution would be apostasy and denies Smoot’s possible revelation based leadership within Mormonism. Cannon says apostles are the perpetual executors of the perfect law and leaders of the faithful.
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Smoot
United States
Frank Cannon
Cannon
Brief satirical quotes from national papers
A jumble of aphorisms and mock opinions from several newspapers including Detroit Free Press Philadelphia North American Washington Post Washington Star and Milwaukee Sentinel. Items mock political figures and figures through witty quips and imagined dialogue about politics and public life.
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Dowie
Opty
Charlie Schwab II
Detroit Free Press
Aps
Perry Heath
Republican National Committee
Heath
Philadelphia
W. B Yeats
Yeats
Congress
Washington Post
Sorghum
Washington Star
Notice of Referees Sale in Nevada Land Auction
Notice details a referees sale in the Third Judicial District of Nevada. J A Minter, referee, describes the parcels in multiple sections and townships, the sale date January 40, 1904, at the County Court Hall Austin Nevada, with cash bids and ten percent deposit. The notice lists extensive tracts including NE, SE, SW, and various fractional sections, water rights, ditches, and improvements in Lander County. It includes the property known as Rush Mine and Mineral Hill, with cattle, household items, and farming equipment tied to the estate of John Spencer. The notice dates November 12 1903 and publication December 12 1903.
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Wastxeas
J. A. Mus
J. A. Micirn
Wuennas
Aaid
Ein
Tienevone
J. A. Minaxa
Afoconald
Said
Austin
Kane
Sela
Lane County
Nevada
Steiner Canyon
Lander Goonty
Lander
Emigrant Canyon
Ler County
Nev
Hanehy
Saar
Mineral Hill
Bureks County
Cetamuly Bates
Weeto Hill
Anid Sanne
John Spencer
Hunt
Spencer
Ae Me
Jenneta
Ee Ieee
Sorel
J. A. Minter
Punishment for Wife Beating Spreads Through Nevada Clock
Humboldt justice enforces a 19th century Nevada law by sentencing Bob Thacker at Winnemucca to be strapped to a post for two to ten hours with a placard reading Wife beater. The sheriff must carry out the sentence once a county post is ready, while Thacker remains jailed awaiting transport and pending post readiness.
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Humboldt
Winnemucca
Bob Thacker
Robins
Thacker
Nevada
Hand of Law Grips John Benson
John A. Benson, a wealthy San Francisco real estate operator, was arrested in Washington on a bribery charge related to alleged land frauds across Western States. His preliminary hearing is set for December, with bail posted. the case may go before a Grand Jury.
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Washington
John A. Benson
San Francisco
Interior Department
Hitchcock
New York
Benson
San Francisco Examiner
United States
Tonopah Rail Plans Reach Details and Brass Band
Walker Sac Bulletin reports Tonopah railroad will use broad gauge at ends, with a ten mile shared section to Sodaville and Sodawater, then Porphyry Point where trains switch to Tonopah routing. A brass band will play opera music in ragtime on arrival. Santa Fe surveys a Tonopah route from Daggett, proposing a Palmetto range tunnel, silt marsh trestles, an island crossing, a second trestle, then tunnel to Paymaster mine and on to Tonopah.
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Walker Sac Bulletin
Rai
Tonopah
Tam
Sodaville
Sodawater Station
Nsrrow
Porphyry Point
Santa Fe
Daggett
Palmetto Range
Island
Paymaster
Unclaimed Letters at Eureka Post Office 1908 List
The Eureka Nevada post office advertises unclaimed letters dated December 1908. Names listed include Howard, Richard. May. B. Parks. Chas. G. Stein. Edward Wood. Mrs Ruth Wait. and others. Residents are urged to call for their mail.
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Eureka
Nevada
Perrons
Med
Howard
Richard
May
B. Parks
Chas
G. Stein
Edward Wood
Ruth Wait
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B. A. Seiliman
Colon
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Canal
Summit
Sierras
Tom Wren
Reno
Wgroles Company
Lincoln County Republican Central Committee
George C. Vetterman
Jay W.henderson
Martha Ardery
Carson City
Manila
A F. Seymour
Orient
J. M. Johnson
Richard Kirman
Evelyn
James Harper
Storey County Labor Union
Nevada Supreme Court
Frank Germain
Humboldt County
Carson Mint
St Louis
Ripley
Souta
Arigoza
New Mexico
John Hays Hammond
Salt Lake
Hammond
W. A. McKowen
Board of Regents
University of California
Oregon
Lsw
Southern Pacific Company
Alexandra
Edward
Chicago
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
Sweden
Italy
Ohio Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Far East
England
Russia
Japan
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
Colorado
Eastern
Joseph Tyson
Tyson
Pennsylvania
Vulture
Arizona
Constitution VS
Democratic Party
Willam Randolph Hearst
Publsher
New York Journal
Chicago Herald
Hearst
Milwaukee Sentinel
District Court OF the
Third Judicisl District
State of
Geonon
Srevcen
Paintiff
Sanat P
Srescen
Sous H
Srecen, Defendante
Hand OF Law
John Benson
New York Life Insurance Company
B. L. Burra
C. L. Broy
Postulater
Eureka Opera House
Arrasgersom
Fred Bowell Manuel
Robert Bek
Froom
W. J. Hoorsa
Tage
E. Hooper
J. B. Bryant
T. HL. Hooper
Invitation Commisiee
The
Brown Hotel
Johnson Mercantile Company
Hiram Johnson
ACT
Prod
Hylton & Williams
Philip Paroni
Hylton & Williams, Proprietors
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