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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
2
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Attendance at the Eureka High School improves as a civic patriotism debate is planned for Friday. A masquerade ball set for February 20 raises funds for the United War Work drive with ticket sales tied to student participation. The February honor roll lists students across grades from Angelo Prina to Herman Bremenkampf. Subscribers suggest legislative outreach on smelter profits and rail carrier movements, including Southern Pacific workers seeking residence in California for access to alcohol.
Assembly bill No. 34 introduces penalties for gambling and related games with enforcement by the State Police. Four year term limits are proposed for county officers, and the County Assessor office would be abolished with work shifted to the Nevada Tax Commission. A sheep and cattle range conflict is addressed, and bond issues for roads in Washoe Humboldt and Elko counties face delay awaiting California matching funds.
Multiple 1920s headlines mock temperance efforts and drying trends. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes dry toast. Chicago Daily News cites clove panic. Lowell Courier-Citizen jokes about Car of Jug-or-not. Detroit News recalls Sahara as dry. Chicago Tribune targets tea and coffee bans. Cleveland Plain Dealer jokes about hearing old songs no longer.
The Eureka County Board of Commissioners met February 5 with Commissioners Reid Johnson and Fulkerson, the Clerk and District Attorney. They verified cash and bank balances, approved last minutes, and accepted township reports. Bonds for several officials were approved and new appointments set, plus pauper oath requirements and a cataract operation aid case. The board adjourned to February 15. Also notes on Tonopah gaming devices shut down and Jersey Valley quicksilver plant construction by Rosa and team.
News reports the death of Alfred Hocking a former Ruby Hill resident and mining shift boss at Richmond Eureka Company who died January 18 in Grass Valley California of miner’s consumption. He leaves seven sons and three daughters and his widow. Born in Cornwall England he was about 57 years old.
Nevada state new police chief J D Grant of Tonopah must answer to a charge of assault preferred by Frank F Garside owner and editor of the Times Tonopah Times. Bonds were fixed at 500 dollars. Suppression of illicit liquor sales gambling law violations and public official misconduct were among matters brought to Nye County's new grand jury convened Monday by Judge Averill.
A transcription of the February 5 1919 county commissioners meeting shows funds approved for named individuals and their respective amounts in a sequence of items. The legible fragment lists oxpenen and related sums authorized to individuals.
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