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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
3
Eureka Sentinel reports a busy Saturday with notes on residents traveling for business and trips, a meeting planned for St. Johns Chapter 5 I A M, and updates from local officials, rail freight, and health. Weather records show subzero temperatures, ice on the Humboldt river, and thawing as week ends.
Harold A G Tookis and Martin Brown hosted guests at the Brown Hotel for a double celebration of Brown's birthday and Tookis's recent divorce decree. The evening featured wine, stories, songs, and a remark about the unlucky number thirteen affecting one guest group. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company performed nightly at the Opera House with Dr. Bigelow and Mrs Ender. A social item notes Miss Tot Malatesta's visit to De Lamar and travel plans to Tonopah, while the Lenton season and Easter dates are listed. A Eureka Mining Company report shows year receipts 31,144 39 and disbursements 31,689 06.
Denver News reports surveys and rights of way west of Salt Lake City toward San Francisco for a new Gould line. The route would pass Eureka Nevada and Walker Pass into the Tulare valley, linking with Central Pacific at Palisade and promising a mining boom with expanded rail access. The plan aligns with Utah and Nevada mineral districts, attracting capital and potentially challenging existing routes.
Mrs H Zadow at Nob Hill offers comfortably furnished rooms for rent and will nurse and care for the sick at her home. She also does plain sewing mending cleaning and pressing men s clothes.
Presester Awquaw Mollie, found frozen to death early last Sunday near Horre thief Canyon just beyond the old Jackson furnace works. The death is attributed to liquor intoxication and severe cold after she lost her bearings and wandered off in the opposite direction. She was middle aged and had worked for various Eureka families but reportedly spent earnings on drink when possible. Ragstar correspondence notes local visits by Mrs Walker and Mrs McKenzie of Gerald. AL White, the night operator, reported theft of blankets clothes and a watch from his room last Tuesday. A party at Maple ranch Pine Valley drew attendees from Pine Valley Minarsi Hill and Palisade with a special train run for the occasion.
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