Oddie Sells Pine Creek Ranches to Stimler and Marsh
Nevada land deal ties Pine Creek and related ranches to Henry C Stimler and William A Marsh. The purchase expands control over 80 miles of Monitor and Ralston valleys, enabling future use of Pine Creek electric power for irrigation. New owners plan integrated operations with Hunt canyon holdings and large-scale cattle and horse interests across Nye County.
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Nevada
Tonopah
Henry C. Stimler
Goldfield
William A. Marsh
T. L. Oddie
Pine Creek
Nye County
Senator Oddie
Monitor
Ralston
Corcoran
Haystacks
John Cook
Northumberland
Panchbowl
Ike McGonigal
Sparks
France
Hunt's Canyon
Hunt
W. A. Marsh
Oddie
Marsh
Stimler
High Mountains
Ralston Valley
Suxtrvet Christmas Greeting and Earlier Press Day
The Sux Tover wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With Christmas on Friday the paper will print earlier this week to allow staff time to enjoy the holiday.
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Suxtrvet
Sux Tover
Weinze Dinner Stirs New York Society
The New York social scene recounts a lavish Weinze dinner where actresses discovered a $100 bill in English walnuts on their plates. Fritz Augustus Heinz, a copper magnate facing past financial troubles, remains reputed to have ample funds, according to attendees.
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New York
Fritz Augustus Heinz
Infamous Rector's Restaurant Dinner Ends In Frenzied Revelry
Last Saturday night an upper room dinner at Rector's restaurant, presided by an unnamed host, featured a $150 dinner coat price and $8100 in English notes placed for each woman. The event grew loud as champagne flowed, women danced with Terpsichorean displays while Heinze sat amused. After midnight the party moved by auto to a ball at Tuxedo Hall for more revelry.
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Rector's
Heinze
Tuxedo Hall
Nevada News Briefs Include Fatal Shaft Accident and Mining Notes
Nevada items report W. M. Statelar killed in Nye County when a bucket fell in a shaft at White. Secretary Garfield defers settlement for new Churchill County settlers awaiting relief legislation. Postal Telegraph expands lines to mining camps including Austin Manhattan Goldfield and Tonopah. Becker saloon proprietor Paul Glanzman found guilty of selling liquor to under 21 with $50 fine. Carl Roland commits suicide at Mina on December 19 by self-inflicted neck wound. motives unclear. Governor Dan D. Dickerson plans a December 29 labor conference in Carson City. M. M. Bentey, first Rhyolite Camp founder, dies from industry injuries followed by pneumonia. survived by widow and three.
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W. M. Statelar
White
Wolf
Nye
Churchill County
Carson‘Truckee
Garfield
Congress
Postal Telegraph Company
Nevada
Austin
Manhattan
Goldfeld
Tonopah
Alkali Springs
Columbia
Diamondfield
Horn Silver
Silver Peak
Lees
Paul Glanzman
Becker
Carsom City
Elko Independent
Carl Roland
Mina
Dan & Dickerson
Boli
Carson City
M. M. Bentey
Beatty
Macain
Akoll
Simple Smoke Puller to Cut Mine Fuel Costs
The Montgomery tunnel mouths at Rhyolite gain a new smoke extractor. A distillate burning device replaces the wood Sibley stove, drawing out powder smoke and saving about $100 a month per mine with two shifts. Inventors J Br Lane Thomas Kilker Chas Stevens and W Sisk claim broad applicability where fuel is scarce.
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Goldfield Chronicle
Montgomery
Montgomery Mountain
Sibley
J. BR. Lane
Thomas Kilker
Chas. Stevens
W. Sisk
$100 Worth of Assessment Work For $45
Complaint says some contractors bid $45 per mining claim to perform the annual labor required by law, instead of the $100 minimum. Such shortfalls risk invalidating title and harming legitimate operators. The practice could lead to contested ownership in the courts next year.
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Goldfield Chronicle
Breeding and education in society and Nevada constitutional reform
The piece argues breeding remains key across classes despite education. It notes finishing schools often aid girls more than college, then shifts to Tonopah and Goldfield from the Virginia Enterprise about convening a constitutional convention for Nevada. It notes past attempts were blocked, urges a proper convention during prosperity to update the state constitution.
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Virginia Enterprise
Tonopah
Goldfield
Supreme Court
Nevada
Elko
Silver Price Trends and World Silver Output Over Forty Years
A Mining World overview details forty years of annual silver prices and global production, noting price lows in late 1904 and 1906, highs in 1860, and India’s cost decline. It discusses future demand drivers in the United States, Europe, and China, and cites expert caution that India may stop buying silver in 1909.
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New Townon
New York
London
Government of India
Todia
United States
Europe
China
Footrot In Utah Sheep Herd Sparks Quarantine Alarm
Government inspectors report footrot found in the Brown ram herd near Grantaville Tooele County Utah The disease feared for its severity has prompted quarantine of the herd and experts aim to stamp it out before spread A few infected sheep likely arrived with other stock and spread occurred through contact The condition cripples the animal and carbolic acid troughs are used for treatment Meanwhile Ely records reports a Giroux smelter building at Ely destroyed by fire on December 18 with limited damage to machinery
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Bast Lake Tribune
Grantaville
Tooele County
Utah
Giroux
Ely
Giroux Consolidated
Giroux Company
Argo
Denver
Reno Gambling Suit Targets Palace Owners in Nevada Case
Mrs Amands W Esden of Wadsworth sues Nolan and May, owners of Reno’s Palace gambling house, for 2850 alleging her husband cashed a 9000 certificate and lost the funds at Hotel Golden roulette while intoxicated. Anti Gambling League support expected.
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Reno
Nevada
Nolan & May
Gambling Kings
Mra
Amands W. Eadaw
Wadsworth
Nevade
Mra. Esden
May
Nolan
Hotel Golden
Laa
Anti-Gambling League
Tonopah and Tide Water Rr Cuts Ore Tariff Rates
The Tonopah and Tide Water Railroad issues a tariff showing heavy ore rate reductions, effective January 24. Goldfield to Needles smelter rates drop for 20 ore from 6 to 3, 50 ore from 7 to 4.80, 100 ore from 22 to 40, 900 ore from 18 to 13.50, with Needles plant improvements and new low charges. This reshapes shipping and treatment economics for Tonopah properties toward profitability.
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Tonopah Sun
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Company
Needles
Tonopah
California Line
A Perfect Fit Guaranteed Christmas Suit Ad
Mun Bros advertises a guaranteed perfect fit for Christmas suits with a reminder to order, alongside a beer promotion for Pabst Blue Ribbon on sale at the Owl.
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Mun Bros
Pabst’s
Barber Shops Closed Sundays in Eureka Nevada
A. O. Harris and Co L Henpenson announce barber shops in Eureka Nevada will close on Sundays starting from today until further notice. Shops will remain open until 11 o'clock every Saturday night. Eureka Nevada, December 18, 1908.
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Eureka
A. O. Harris, CO. L. Henpenson
Nevada
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Sentinel
A. Seiliman
Holiday
Nevada State News
Bias Ribbos
The
Owl
Duckwater Store
Jesse Mendes
Dockwater, Nye County
Nev
People’s Meat Market
Seaton
Ruby Hill
William Zadow
Main Street
Eureka Shaving Parlor
G. L. Henderson
Eureka County Bank
Eureka, Nevada
Oscar J. Surru
Bear L. Surre
W. E. Garr
H. F. Goupmo
O. H. Gonman
John Hancock, Sr
Transsers
Savings Department
United States Smelting and Refining Co
Eureka Station
A. P. Mayberry
Eureka County
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