20 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1904
Page
1
Carpenter, a newspaper correspondent, notes Russia’s 130 million people with over 100 million in the laboring class earning from 5 to 10 dollars per month. Girls receive 15 cents per day. He argues Russia will be America's greatest competitor in global markets.
London dispatches report conflicting accounts of the Port Arthur battle with claims that Russian officers attended a circus, Japanese torpedo boats used a ruse and sank ships, and Admiral Togo’s fleet attacked from the harbor edge. Roosevelt’s England marriage is noted along with Mesampho fortification as a strategic pivot in the Far East.
A movement in Atlanta led by Dr Joseph Jacobs and Col Harry Silverman seeks to purchase a battleship from three to five million dollars to gift Japan as a reminder of the Kishineff massacres. The plan, communicated to leading Jewish figures nationwide, pledges to mobilize funds and time to see the project through, aiming for a strong national response.
Mrs Fauvie Kelly, a long respected Reno resident aged 76, died after hanging herself last week. She was found alive but died shortly after being cut down. she had been in poor health for several months.
The Salt Lake County Public School Superintendents meeting in Salt Lake City adopted a resolution to raise teacher standards by requiring graduates from a standard Normal School or its equivalent and basing more exams on Normal School subjects. The measure, opposed by some, applies only to job seekers with no prior teaching experience and was unanimously adopted after a compromise protecting current teachers.
A drastic late week storm blanketed western Nevada, bringing heavy rain in Reno and Carson City while the Sierra Nevada mountains saw deep snow. Virginia City reported two feet, Truckee seven feet near the summit, and several snowsheds on the Southern Pacific line were crushed by the weight of the drift.
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