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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1921
Page
4
Bank Endorses Mining Industry In Broad Advertisement
The Bank of California pledges support for mining in the West in a large display ad summarized by the American Mime Reporter. It notes mining as the nation’s wealth base and backbone of industry, urging Western business and individuals to face the future with confidence and seize opportunity, calling it a landmark declaration from a banking institution long tied to mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fren- Gece
Bank of California
Daily Press
West
One Way to Enforce Laws in Bike County Debate
A editorial calls for tougher law enforcement, arguing indeterminate sentences invite more crime. It cites the Ham and Bacon case where Miles and McMahon were freed after two years, and a Jarvidgs stagecoach murder case where Kuhl’s death sentence was commuted to life. The piece defends gubernatorial pardon power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Miles
McMahon
Elko
Jarbidgs
Bike County
Kuhl
Pardon Board
Mines of Death Valley Inactive
Low copper and lead prices and high freight rates force closing of many Death Valley mines in California. Pacific Coast Borax plant suspended with stock on hand while new diatomaceous earth and kaolin deposits near Hart and in the region attract development for petroleum refining insulators and power line components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balt Lake Tribune
Death Valley
California
Salt Lake Mining
Nevada
Paclfe Coast Borax Company
Death Valley Station
Standard Oil Company
San Francisco
Standard of Company
Hart
England
America
United States
New Jersey
West
Tonopah Stills Using Power Readings Spark Curiosity
The Tonopah Times reports a local man with cottages for rent challenged his electric bill claiming the meter failed to register usage. Investigation suggested a home made stove could be used to heat mash, operated discreetly from a basement to avoid detection, highlighting his suspicions about power consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Oranges Shipped East in Bushel Baskets
San Bernardino California February 22 oranges were sent to Denver in bushel baskets instead of boxes. Brokers predict a revolution in California’s orange industry as basket packing eliminates costly paper wrappings and high end boxes. Each basket holds fifty pounds net and is prewashed, peeled, and waxed with a wooden lid and corrugated paper lining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
Denver
California
Pardon Board Criticized for Abuses of Power
Advocate argues the pardon board abuses its authority and politicizes its actions. Calls to strip the board of its powers to prevent further improper use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pardon Board
The Soldier and His Girl at Camp Dix
The piece describes an army bureau of women's relations at Camp Dix New Jersey organizing hostess houses and dances to provide companionship for about 10 000 soldiers. It notes endorsements by generals and a push for Congress to fund 200 000 dollars, arguing social events reduce venereal disease and AWOL, while highlighting clubs in Philadelphia led by Mrs George W Drexel and Mrs Hapgood to host campsmen on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Ay Ord
Bureau of Women’s Relations
Wood
Edwards
Congress
Bureau of Women's Relations
Miss Phipps
Army
Hia
Philadelphia
Bureau
George W. Drexel
Nevada convict Strickland ends life in prison barber shop
George Strickland, an inmate serving 10 to 25 years for robbery, slit his throat in the prison barber shop and died minutes later. A miner by trade, he had robbed the Desert Club saloon in Tonopah, was wounded by an express messenger, and escaped briefly before recapture. He bore bullet wounds on his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
George Strickland
Strickland
Nye County
Desert Club
Tonopah
Siet
Rejected Cupid Bill in Missouri House
The Missouri House killed the McConkey bill by a 66 to 30 vote to let Notary Publics perform marriages in sparse rural areas. Proponents argued for convenience while critics, led by Rep Joyce, said only ministers should wed couples citing divorce records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
McConkey
Edwards
Joyce
Jackson County
Bil
Kansas City
Wives from Catalogues and Love Brokers Rise in Chicago
Testimony from R W Stanley, a Chicago social investigator, points to a growing practice of selecting spouses via mail order catalogues. Love brokers operate like merchants, matching clients, charging a double fee of 50 dollars per successful match, with limited risk if the match fails. The business thrives amid rising costs of date outings and social amenities, prompting a commercial shift in courting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Stanley
Chicago
Air Mail Flight Marred by Fatality in Speed Test
San Francisco February 22 fatality marks eastbound air mail speed test. Captain W. F. Lewis perished near Elko Nevada when his plane went into a tailspin during takeoff on the Reno to Salt Lake leg. Lewis served in the American air forces during the war and was engaged to Mias M. E. Bryant of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. F. Lewis
New York
Lewis
Elko
Nevada
Reno
Salt Lake
Miers
Woolen Company Sets Fall 1921 Prices Below Last Autumn
The American Woolen Company, major woolen goods producer, announced Fall 1921 price levels 45 to 50 percent below last autumn. Legal blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Woolen Company
The
Sentinel Office
Senate Feasts on Washington Birthday Fig and Date Plant
Washington Senate celebrated Washington's birthday with Senator Ashurst serving west ern figs and dates as he opened with a speech. He pushed from $61,000 to $71,000 for fig and date plant investigations, and the chamber approved the added $10,000. The discussion touched taxation methods in Mexico and land parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
House
Mexico
May Regulate Cattle Grazing in Nevada
Carsem Feb 22 report: Senate bill 68 would regulate herding and grazing of cattle in enclosed Nevada lands. A county sheriff license and owner details including name, number, and real estate value would be required. Fees of five cents per sheep and two dollars per head for cattle would be collected, offsetting owner real estate valuations. sheriff would earn six percent commission, remainder to county road fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carsem
Nevada
Scott
Topics in Brief and Policy Quips Across Papers
A collage of brief commentaries from various papers mocks political parties and postwar economics. It notes Democratic struggle for followers, German indemnities, Bryan’s influence, shipbuilders’ record, and a broad critique of U.S. foreign and domestic policy with global tensions cited as context.
Why the Editor Vanished From Town
A comical onion of a scene unfolds as the Poketown Gazette editor receives home brew and publishes a wedding notice and an auction sale. The mock sale features William Smith and Miss Luck Anderson wed in rustic flair with hay rope nuptials, farm implements, and a John Deere plow, promising a future home for friends with a baby buggy and kitchen utensils after ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poketown Gazette
Wm. Smith
Miss Luck Anderson
Jackson
John Deere
Breeding Wild Turkeys in Nye County
Ten pheasants from Ontario are housed at J. Grant Crumley’s Goldfield road residence. Nye County Fish and Game Protective Association aims to create a breeding colony to establish a southern Game breeding farm. President J. G. Thompson notes efforts to expand via incubator methods amid high pheasant prices. Three more birds expected from a New Jersey reserve and North Carolina birds en route to Tonopah. Also reports the U.S. balloon A-65 trip cost $8,740 from Rockaway to Moose Factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
J. Grant Crumley
Goldfield Road
Nye County, Fish and Game Protective Association
J. G. Thompson
Farm Wanted Seek owner of farm or land for sale
Classified ad from L. Jones box 651 Otney Ii seeking farm or land for sale at the asked price. Reader responses to Box 651.
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L. Jones
Otmey, Ii
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