Eureka Local Brevities Highlight Travel and Events
Local items note Henry Wedekind, Carl Cleland, George Carter, Edgar Sadler, and Mrs. Plummer returning from trips to Elko Reno Fallon and Mineral Hill. Rev. Price to speak at Eureka Episcopal church. Main Street improvements noted. St Patrick’s ball planned by Lobster Club Band. Knights of Pythias anniversary celebration draws crowds. Sheep bands near Fish Creek valley and Pinto summit road condition report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Carter
Fallon
Nevada
Edgar Sadler
Diamond Valley
Reno
Elko
Main Street
John J. Lucey
Buckhorn
Eureka
Pinto Summit
Fish Creek Valley
Lobster Club
Eureka Opera House
Tonopah
Bonanza
Charles de Flon
Elko County
Marie
Frank Romana
Albino
J. Simcox
A. Lani
James Romano
Oakland
California
Beatific Lodge No
Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall
Knights of Pythias Order
Nostrosa
Angelo Bertolo
Pogue's
Popular Palisade Couple Wed in Palisade Home
The marriage of Wendell Phillips Jones and Madeline Mary Siri took place Saturday evening February 12 at the bride’s Palisade home. Rev. E H Price officiated in front of relatives and friends with Albina Siri Nevada Whitmore as bridesmaids and John Siri James P Whitmore as groomsmen. The couple will reside in Palisade with the bride’s family and the groom employed by the E N and S P railways.
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Wendell Phillips Jones
Madeline Mary Siri
Palisade
E. H. Price
Elko
Albina Siri
Nevada Whitmore
John Siri
James P. Whitmore
B. Siri
Eureka
J. O. Jones
E. N
5. P
Iid
Beatrice Tremont Engaged to Will H Dougherty
Miss Beatrice Tremont of Eureka, a native daughter who left the area with her parents, will wed Will H. Dougherty of Austin Nevada this spring. Dougherty mines at Wilbur Springs Colusa County and plans a home for the couple. Tremont’s family and Carson City friends toast the upcoming marriage.
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Carson News
Beatrice Tremont
Eureka
Carson
Kate Baffice
Sacramento
Miss Tremont
Will H. Dougherty
Dougherty
Austin
Nevada
Wilbur Springs
Colusa County
California
Carson City
Earl Tremont
K of P Meeting Notice at Beatific Lodge No
Beatific Lodge No 7 K of P calls all members to a regular meeting on Tuesday evening February 22. There will be work in the third degree. Frep Eatuer C C presiding.
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Diamond Rebekah Lodge No. 8
Eureka
Beatific Lodge No. 7
K. of P
Frep Eatuer
C. C
Bailey Deed Records One-Third Interest in N T and Williams Springs
R D Bailey deeded to Wallace Bailey a one third interest in the N T and Williams springs in Diamond valley for one dollar. Recorded February 17 1916 in the County Recorder's office.
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County Recorder's
R. D. Bailey
Wallace Bailey
Williams Springs
Diamond Valley
Valentines Night Dinner Brings Members Together
Comic valentines drawn from a purchased lot were chosen by those present. Games, singing and dancing followed, then a banquet, keeping members together until late. The 19 days of near perfect early spring weather contrast with frosty nights, delaying thaw and boosting stockmen and coal and wood piles despite forecasts of February stormy conditions.
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Iran
Memory of Big Sim Story Retold in Case and Comment
A Salt Lake City tale about J. B. Simpson known as Big Sim a Eureka deputy sheriff famed for footwork and pursuit across eastern Nevada. He captured Spanish Abe a horse thief after a long chase across deserts and into Utah where Sim clapped on the handcuffs in a frontier justice moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Simpson
Big Sim
Lawyer's Magazine
Salt Lake City
Eureka
Sim
Nevada
Abe
Utah
Hell
Sheepmen Endure Harsh Winter Trek to Reach Home
Elko County sheepmen Pedro Corta Manuel Olave and Victor Ahaval started from Skelton Feb 9 with a wagon and team and a saddle horse. They reached Eu reka Feb 16 through snow two to three feet deep. Their horse died food ran out and they endured eight days on the trail before reaching a ranch. They own bands wintering south of Tonopah and planned to resume southward Friday to tend their flocks.
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Pedro Corta
Manuel Olave
Victor Ahaval
Elko County
Skelton
Eureka
Newark Valley
Tonopah
Hidden Vanity Notion in Aged Fable
A brief literary remark notes that despised traits can reveal truth about worth. It contrasts social disdain for fat men with a surprising respect for those who study small details, like counting hairs on a bald head. The line suggests a paradox about value and attention.
Death by Sand Misadventure in California Miners Tale
George W. Lewis a former Bureks County miner died in a California hospital after taking two teaspoons of sand as medicine from a doctor’s home remedy book. He starved for fifteen days in Yankee gulch, suffered bowel inflammation, and passed away with sand blamed as a major cause alongside the underlying illness. He was 58, born in Virginia, with two sisters and a longtime friend Richard Willis in the area.
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George W. Lewis
Bureks County
California
Redding
Cal
George Lewis
Ruby Hill
Tower House
County Hospital
Lewis
Yankee Gulch
Virginia
White Pine
Nevada
Peter Weber
Hailey
Idaho
Mattie
Richard Willis
Cottonwood Honor Roll for January 7
The list honors students Angelo Palma Eddie Minoletti Annie Palma Mary Minoletti Marp E Poros and the teacher for perfect attendance during the month ending January 7.
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Cottonwood
Angelo Palma
Edddie Minoletti
Annie Palma
Mary Minoletti
Marp E. Poros
Suggestions From Nevada Journal For High School Graduates
Seventy applicants took the recent teachers certificates exam with about 45 percent earning some credential. Arithmetic history and elementary bookkeeping saw the most failures while theory and methods ranked strong. The Nevada Journal urges graduates with limited training to focus on these core areas, noting the value of normal training and broad knowledge for teaching. Elko Hide and Junk Co. advertisement.
High School Notes Feature Students and Events
Pleasant weather spurs play among boys and girls with balls and bats. Elizabeth Kitchen earns Underwood certificate for typing speed, second girl this year. Tickets for The Time of His Life go on sale next week at Eureka High School and local stores. Rehearsals improve as cast aims to outdo past productions. The New International Encyclopaedia in 24 volumes arrives, second edition praised as a premier reference for students.
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Elizabeth Kitchen
Underwood
Opera House
Eureka
New International Encyclopaedia
Preventive Blackleg Vaccine Demand From Austin Stockmen
A Toiyabe National Forest office record shows 28 applications for blackleg vaccine from Austin area stockmen, totaling 3400 doses. Applications go to Salt Lake City for mail delivery to applicants. Local stockmen emphasize prevention over cure.
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Toiyabe National Forest
Austin
Reveille
Bureau of Animal Industry
Salt Lake City
Supreme court denies Booth libel case relief in Tonopah
Nevada high court refuses to intervene in the Booth libel case at Tonopah, holding the verdict valid. Defendant may seek a rehearing, likely staying execution. 15 days to file. Booth expected to surrender and seek bond renewal. Legal blanks and mining locations offered for sale.
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Booth
Supreme Court of Nevada
Tonopah
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Henry Wedekind
Carl D. Cleland
Thomas Plummer
Mineral Hill
Episcopal Church
Isadore Sara
Fish Creek Ranch
Fish Greek Ranch
Wendell Jones
Madeline Siri
Hurcka
East Ely
Ely
Nevada School Journal
Reliable House
Elko Hide & ‘ Junk Company
Elko, Nev
Advt
Monogram
Rudolph Zadow
Standard Oil Company
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