06 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1904
Page
1
Prominent Chicago physician Dr A D Bovan declares drug treatment useless for pneumonia and urges the profession to seek a specific remedy. His startling statement provoked protest from Chicago Medical Society members while acknowledging no definite cure exists, with doctors conceding only supportive care and moral support may help patients.
One hundred eighty fat steers shipped from Mineola to Pittsburg fetch about $16,000. Sold by William Graham to White and Hensley at 5.25 per hundred pounds, averaging 1800 pounds per head. Buyers’ contracts for Pittsburg not yet known. District leaders in Washoe County raise business licenses for pawnbrokers, bankers, jewelers after reevaluating statutory rates.
A San Jose resident touts a simple alcohol and chloroform inhalation remedy for pneumonia. The plan involves a cotton ball soaked in alcohol with a drop of chloroform, inhaled fumes to expand lung cells. Dr. N. K. Foster, California health secretary, says this method may help early pneumonia but cannot cure all cases and may not clear lungs with full exudation.
Final meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger Association establishes Pacific Coast to St. Louis round trip at 67 dollars and to Chicago via St. Louis at 70 dollars. Tickets good for ten days in each month with ninety days return limit, with stopovers in transit. Chicago will host a special meeting to ratify rates and finalize tickets and regulations.
A Reno burglary theft, a deadly mine accident at Sandy, and a 4 mile long Ryndon tunnel highlight Nevada notes. East Reno coal bunkers promise 200000 ton capacity while Wells Fargo 1903 figures show express receipts near 116k with 103k expenditures. Elko's Free Press to resume daily editions with Western Pacific arrival.
The Elko Free Press on January 30 argues a Western Pacific line will avoid Eureka County but names a preferred path through Deep Creek, Dolly Varden, Speucemont and Ruby Valleys toward Elko and Paradise, with possible ties to Winnemucca and California. Smallpox hits Nye County as Austin reports six cases.
Harry Egbert alias Jack Frost, an ex convict, was hanged in Salem for the killings of John G. Saxton and John West at Wild Horse Valley on October 4, 1903. He confessed repenting on the scaffold, blamed bad upbringing and saloons, and recounted his escape and capture by Constable McCoy of Elko Nevada before trial and conviction. Also notes on a political bid for bi metalism and a 1903 world gold yield summary with top producers listed.
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