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Newspaper

Eureka Sentinel

Location

Eureka, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1916

Page

2

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Will You Be Missed

An editorial urges readers to consider how they will be remembered after death. It argues that the Creator ordains each person carves a career and leaves a record through acts. Family, friends, employees, and even pets will judge and miss you based on how you lived and what you left undone.

Whole Truth Opinion in the Las Vegas Age

The Nevada press comments on publishing the whole truth. It argues papers should highlight good acts and kindness rather than gossip and scandals, except when faults are flagrant and demand attention. The piece notes few perfect people exist locally.

Las Vegas Age

Rail repairs near Tono pah and Tidewater ready trains restart

Washouts on the line of the Tono pah and Tidewater have been repaired and trains will begin running this week. Ten miles of new track on an elevated grade have been installed and the major part of the roadbed has been gone over.

Tonopah Tidewater

Germans Smash Toward Verdun In Massive 25 Mile Breakthrough

London reports 280000 German soldiers under the Crown Prince attack along a 25 mile front toward Verdun. Haumont falls to German control as French and English observers warn this may be the war’s greatest battle. Artillery duels rage with massive losses on both sides in a dramatic push to seize the fortress.

London Crown Prince Verdun Haumont Malancourt Eaton Paris Russia Balkans Marne

Editor Booth Accepts Parole Amid Health Crisis

Bo nanza editor W W Booth who faced six months in Nye County jail for libeling District Attorney Sanders has accepted parole from the State Board of Pardons. He says his ailing wife Mrs Booth requires his care and that continued imprisonment could endanger her life and his health.

W. W. Booth Bonanza Nye County Sanders State Board of Pardons Booth Mr. Booth

Francis Accepts Ambassadorship to Russia for Wilson

David R. Francis, former Missouri governor and Secretary of the Interior, told President Wilson he would accept the post of Ambassador to Russia to succeed George T. Marye. His nomination will be sent to the Senate after a Russian acceptance inquiry. Interstate Auto Road plans advance linking Idaho and the coast. Winnemucca to Boise distance cut by over 600 miles. A shipment of 25 cattle cars and 4 sheep cars valued at 55,920 travels from Carson toward Sparks for coast sale. Elko Hided Junk Co. invites hides and furs shipments.

Francie Washington David R. Francis Cleveland Missouri Wilson Russia George T. Marye Senate Idaho Winnemucca Boise Carson Sparks

Taft Blames Railroads for Regulation and Monopolies

Former President William Howard Taft told New York’s Traffic Club that U S railroads earned blame for hampering regulations. He cited rebates, political entanglements, and delays in court challenges as factors behind the 1887 interstate law and the 1910 act now shaping regulation and possible government ownership.

New York William Howard Taft Traffic Club of United States Taft

Reno Democratic State Committee selects national delegates

The State Democratic central committee in Reno refused to elect delegates to a State convention for selecting national delegates. They named Charles A. Stout, R. W. Hesson, Francis G. Newlands, Key Pittman, J. F. Vardaman, E. W. Clark as delegates with six alternates. They backed President Wilson and endorsed Nevada Senators and Governor Boyle. a lands bill granting 7,000,000 acres was approved.

Democratic Central Committee Overland Hotel Reno S. M. Pickett W. D. McKnight Charles A. Stout Washoe County R. W. Hesson Elko County Francis G. Newlands Key Pittman J. F. Vardaman Esmeralda County E. W. Clark Lincoln Clark A. J. Melville Anthony Jurich James T. Goodwin W. R. McFadden John McGrath B. F. Baker Wilson Nevada Emrhet D. Boyle Senate

Nevada Reports Strike Near Tonopah and Local civic updates

Reports say a good ore strike is being mined from a shaft 110 feet deep seven miles north of Tonopah Nevada. W W Bocher of Elko is appointed to the Nevada Industrial School Board by Governor Boyle to replace Judge Taber. Elko Catholics buy two Court street lots ready to start a $5000 church. A crack three miles long opens near Groome silver mine in Lincoln County, possibly from an earthquake. Scrugham compares it to Kennedy and Pleasant Valley quakes.

Frazier Tonopah W. W. Bocher Elko Nevada Industrial School Board Boyle Judge Taber Catholic Church Court Street Overman Groome Timpahute Mountains Lincoln County J. G. Serugham University of Nevada Tom McCormack Piache Reno Journal Kennedy Pleasant Valley Scrugham

Bachelors Favor Wives Seek Partners in Jarbidge Club

The bachelor’s club of Jarbidge in the northern part of the state endorses marriages. A Reno letter extols local scenery and miner suitors as sober and eligible, inviting lonesome maidens to contact the club secretary.

Bachelor’s Club Jarbidge Reno

United States population tops 101 million in 1916

Census Bureau estimates the U S population on January 1 1916 at 101 208 315 and projects a daily increase of 4433 persons. States with fastest gains include Washington Oklahoma Nevada North Dakota and New Mexico while New York shows the largest yearly increase. About 10 273 375 residents are estimated to live in New York City.

United States Census Bureau Washington Oklahoma Nevada North Dakota New Mexico New York New York City

Nevada Teachers Poll on High School Military Training

In the February Nevada School Journal John Edwards Bray Superintendent of Public Instruction asks Nevada teachers for views on adopting military training in state high schools. The appeal seeks professional input to guide policy decisions.

The Nevada School Journal John Edwards Bray Nevada

Notice of Horses Shipped from Palieade Nevada to East St Louis

Notice lists horses shipped February from Palieade Nevada to East St Louis by Horton Smith. It names eight animals with brands on left thighs including three unbranded, one marked P, one mule branded hat. Inspected by Ames Sheriff of Borel County N By N Hawkins Deputy. Statement No 12.

Palieade Nevada St. Louis Horton Smith Owr Ames Borel County N. Hawkins

Mule kicks William Garber at Round Mountain

William Garber a Wittenberg Warehouse teamster was kicked by a mule Friday morning at Round Mountain suffering a broken leg. He was transported by sled to Spanish Springs and then to Tonopah County Hospital where he remains a private patient.

William Garber Wittenberg Warehouse and Forwarding Round Mountain Spanish Springs Tonopah

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Eureka Sentinel Foolished Stert B.A. Seillman Elko Hided Junk Company Elko, Nev Railroads Democratic State Committee State News Ford Automobiles Goodyear Eureka Garage and Supply CO U. S Topeka Sere Peel J.B. Biale Faoe Eureka Giant Powder Co. Consolidated F. Kopp North Main Street Eureka, Nevada
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