Weighing the Mails Soon To Begin In Western Division
The Post Office Department will start weighing mails for the Western Division soon. Contracts for the next four years will date from July 1 and be based on regular rates, with a complex schedule tied to acts of July 17 1878. The Southern Pacific San Francisco to Ogden route carries 99 110 pounds daily at 25.33 mph and nets the government about 926 254.46 yearly.
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Post Office Department
Country
California
Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Congress
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Ogden
Utah
Railway Post Office
San Francisco-Ogden
Sacramento Bee
California Indians Play Touch Tag Near Banning Feast
An Indian feast near Banning, California sparked a desert game like touch tag. The pursuing party converged on a cactus base while the agent slept, discovering a shack with booze and dollars. A Mexican peeped from a nearby window, guarding additional liquor and silver.
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Washington
Banning
California
Is This The Cause of High Prices Across the Land
Katherine Ledbetter of Rawhide Nevada forwards a Salt Lake Tribune letter arguing price spreads show meat cost gaps from hogs to bacon and beef. She cites Chicago market figures comparing hogs beef and porterhouse, plus a note on electric heating cost effects. Also notes Rear Admiral Evans retirement and a quip about Valparaiso. Brazil cited as top coffee producer.
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Katherine Ledbetter
Rawhide
Nevada
Salt Lake Tribune
Tribune
Meat Trust
Chicago
Porterhouse
Sheep perish in Humboldt snowstorm in Nevada
A French sheepherder arriving in Reno reports two shepherds and their dogs buried by heavy snow near Donnelly Mountain. He says nine thousand sheep owned by B. Laanga of Eagleville California perished, while Lassga holds 2000 more sheep for sale at 25 cents each. Many cattle also died as storms raged across Northern Nevada.
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Humboldt Reno
Nevada
Reno
Donnelly Mountain
Humboldt County
B. Laanga
Eagleville
Surpriss Valley
California
Lassga
Stubbs Daughter Sues For Divorce In Reno
Reno report says Mrs John Sunderland filed suit for divorce from John Sunderland Regent of the University of Nevada and Democratic National Committeeman. The complaint is sealed and grounds undisclosed. Mrs Sunderland is daughter of J O Stubbs traffic manager of the Harri son line.
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Reno
Nevada
John Sunderland
Board of Regents
University of Nevada
J. O.stubbs
The
Harri- She
Chicago
John Sanderland
San Francisco
J. O. Stubbs
Sanderland
Sunderland
Halley Comet To Pass May 19 In Celestial Display
Astronomer Frank E Seagrave from Providence explains Halley's comet will approach Earth and pass through the tail on May 19 around 9 30 p m The tail could span 10 000 miles and the dust may cause a temporary electrical disturbance but will settle slowly, offering a rare celestial event for observers.
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Frank E. Seagrave
Providence
Ganar
Halley
Lee
Earth
Snall
Mr. Seagrave
Humboldt County Oil Boom Near Sulphur Town Awakens
Humboldt Countys new oil field draws attention from L Appel and F OBrien touring from Sulphur the Western Pacific town at the heart of the discovery. Locals rush to stake claims as boom rumors spread of arrivals from East and West and a wave of development follows the initial gas indications.
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Humboldt County
L. Appel
F. O'Brien
Western Pacific
California
Ciuch
Winnemucca
Divorce case reveals secrecy in Goldfield hearing
Complaint in the divorce of Judge J P O'Brien and Thereas O O'Brien was sealed at Judge Somers request. O'Brien granted separate maintenance plus $500 cash and Tonopah home to Mrs O'Brien while community property mostly remains with him. O'Brien cites multiple assaults by Mrs O'Brien in November 1909 and suffering mental anguish. Married in San Francisco December 14 1893.
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J. P. O'Brien
Electricity as perfect anaesthetic hailed by Philadelphia specialists
A Philadelphia special reports years of research by noted surgeons into an anesthetic using electricity. The method, called electric sleep, acts on brain nerve centers to induce insensibility without heart or organ damage. Consciousness returns immediately when current is stopped, avoiding after effects of drugs.
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Philadelphia
Record
Anya
Floods Cause Suit Again at Railroad in Utah
Andrew Bing ham sues in Ogden district court seeking 4000 damages for loss of a 42 head horse shipment to Los Angeles after Salt Lake Route flood disruption. He delivered horses December 29 in Salt Lake City with 178 freight agreed. 31 died at Boyd Nevada January 1 and 11 more injured. Shipment valued 3400. crippled horses now worth 400. Mining location blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
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Salt Lake
District Court
Ogden
Utah
Andrew Bingham
Los Angeles
Binglam
Salt Lake City
California
Boyd Station
Nevada
Roosevelt wonders if Jeffries can stage a comeback
The New York Herald notes Colonel Roosevelt asks whether James J. Jeffries might return to prominence, with speculation that Jeffries also ponders a possible comeback amidst the public interest in boxing.
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Roosevelt
James J. Jeffries
Mr. Jeffries
New York Herald
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California Indians
New York Electrical Society
Evans
Navy
Santiago
Valparaiso
Hell
Brazil
Stubbs
Plymire
Laning
Nevada and
Langan
Frank Wildes
State Bank and ‘Trust Company
Sentivel
J.stowe Spencer, E
Eureka, Nevada
J, Garfield Smith Mining Engineer
U. 8
Mineral
Eureka
James A. Rattazzi
North Main Street
C. A. Coneling
L. H. Francis
South Mainstreet
Bucks
W. M. Forster
Ya Meng Aye
San Francisco, Cal
Haan Oy Bm
Henry E. Mitchell
American Smelting & Refining Company
Garfield Smelting Company
R. H. Locke
W. F. Burnett
Orrick Bours— Otolla A
Edward and Clark Streets
Nevade
C. Hamilton
Cronhemi
Fargo & Co's
Sureka
Otto T. Williams
Dotta
ELKO
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
General
Savings Department
Maller Eusrten
Schere Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
Lcos Srt
Henderson Banking Company
Hleo
Johnson Mercantile Go, Incorporated
Eiram Johnson
Horeka
J. B. Biale
Bereka
Giant Powder Co
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