Leap Year Ball headlines Eureka Opera House evening
Eureka expects a lively Leap Year Ball at the Eureka Opera House this Friday. Music and souvenirs planned, with a midnight supper at the Brown Hotel. Includes local visits, religious services, and community notices from Eureka on events, travel, and weather.
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Eureka Opera House
Brown Hotel
Imogene Irwin
Eureka
Duckwater
Frank Mathews
John Cobb
Hamilton
Eureka Lodge No. 16
Henry Zadow
Tonopah
Eb, Harris
M. McGarry
Ore Shipments Over Eureka & Palisade Railroad
Weekly ore shipment report for the Eureka & Palisade Railroad shows Misé and Pounds of Ore totals for the week ending February 20, 1904, with values around 50. The entry notes consignments and totals in pounds, indicating grading and consignment details for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka & Palisade Railroad
White Pine County appoints Dickerson to county clerk role
At a special White Pine County Commissioners meeting in Ely last Saturday D S Dickerson was chosen to replace County Clerk D S Dickerson following Dicker son’s resignation. The Board then filled the late Recorder Grandiiz seat with D S Dickerson after two candidates, M B Garaghan and D S Dickerson, vied. The Ely News notes Republican victors may not expect Democratic favors despite the Board’s actions.
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White Pine
Ely
D.S. Dickerson
Neil Munro
Recorder Grandiiz
M. B. Garaghan
Dickerson
Dickson
Commissioners Propose Action on Uncollected Poll Taxes
The Eureka County Commissioners adjourned meeting reviewed 124 names for unpaid poll taxes, finding 83 still collectible. The District Attorney will give an opinion at the next meeting on March 7, and the Assessor pledged to pursue lawful methods to recover funds. Losses totaling about $150 arose from misissued receipts by a Southern Pacific Construction Engineer in Reno, with Washoe County claiming settlements were closed.
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Eureka County
Southern Pacific
Reno
Washoe County
Resolutions of Respect for H Crouant in Eureka
Resolutions praise H Crouant for years of service to local educational interests. mourn his passing and offer sympathy to his widow and children. copies to the Eureka Public School records and family, plus publication in the Eureka Sunshine. Also notes unconfirmed report of J N Rousey’s illness and a decision by Joan Hancock not to appoint a new school trustee until urged by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuenens
H. Crouant
Wuergas
Tosa
Hum
Eureka Public School
Eureka Suntine
Thomas P. Brows
Layna B. Orn
Rosy M. McCuariss
Evgnne J. Swick
Manel M. Spinner
Serta
Joan Hancock
Sen‘line
C. H. Cronant
Eureka
Hancock
Correction on Justice of the Peace Fine for Charlie Parker
Justice of the Peace L W Cramer asks the Sentinel to correct last week’s report on Charlie Parker. Parker was fined 10 dollars plus 24 560 dollars costs, not 1 dollar and 18 dollars costs as previously stated. Officers’ fees caused Parker to pay only 19 50 in the end.
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Justice of the Peace
L. W. Cramer
The
Sentinel
Charlie Parker
Parker
Postoffice Will Not Be Moved
Postmaster Bray tells the SENTINEL he has decided to keep the Eureka post office in its present quarters in the Masonic and Odd Fellows building.
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Bray
The
Sentinel
Eureka Post Office
Masonic and Odd Fellows Building
Death of Eureka Pioneer Hank Cronant at Depot Shooting
A Eureka & Palisade Railway cashier Hank Cronant shot himself in the auditor’s room at the depot. He was mortally wounded, transported to Eureka’s Brown Hotel, and died Monday morning after autopsy. Cronant, 59, left a wife and six children, with a Reno home awaiting him. Funeral rites were held in Eureka and Reno under Odd Fellows auspices.
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Hank Cronant
Dr. Barnett
Hank
Hoe
Bureka
Eureka & Palisade Railway
Eureka
Mage Ton Te
Urodadt
John Conway
Burnett
Conway
Herman Bremenkampf
Maurice Delaney
Cronant
Wells Fargo
Hjul
Mr. Cronant
Nettin
Wade
Cors
Eureka Lodge No. 22
Rescue Hose Company
Reno
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York
School
Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall
Odd Fellows Lodge
Eureka School
Odd Fellows Hall
Decedent's Lodge
Noble
W.G. Blair
J. H. Hoegh
Rebekah Choir
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Eureka & Palisade
New Hoisting Works Ready to Start at Rocco Homestake Mine
H A Jackson returned to Eureka from the Rocco Homestake mine at Hamilton with news the company’s new hoisting works are complete and ready for operation aside from minor details. He brought samples of fine lead and silver ore from the Manila mine strike nearby. The incline at 140 feet shows four feet of ore on the west side and two feet on the east. The revival in Hamilton mining spurs many miners to prospect new and old sites. Aleck Muir and son and Fred Beck relocate the Rome mine near Treasure Hill and have started work.
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Rocco - Homestake
H. A. Jackson
Eureka
Rocco- Homestake
Hamilton
Mr. Jackson
Zoauni Brothers
Manila
Rocco-Homestake
White Pine Mountain
Jackson
Aleck Muir and
William Pearson or Bill Pierce, Eureka teamster
The Toropah Miner reports a William Pearson a Sodaville road teamster had his foot badly crushed by a wagon wheel at Crow Springs last Tuesday. Many in Eureka believe the injured man is Bill Pierce, the well known Eureka teamster who recently left town to haul ore from Reveille to the Sodaville railroad.
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Bill Pierce
William Pearson
Sodaville
Crow Springs
Eureka
Bill” Pierce
Reveille
Eureka Bank Plans Elko Branch Opens April First
The Elko Free Press reports Eureka County Bank intends to open a branch in Elko around April 1 with a savings department. Directors include Oscar J. Smith Reno Governor John Sparks Carson City and W E Griffin J H Hoegh Bert L Smith Eureka. Celia Tonkin of Cornwall England died January 9 1908 her Virginia City probate February 19 lists Storey County real estate 1700 and personal property 175 willed to son Walter J Tonkin Eureka. D J Tracy, veteran watchmaker, will be at the Hotel for a few days.
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Nevada
G. D. Abbott
O. H. Rand
Palisade
Eureka
Eugene Geraty
Auburn
Cal
J. Greenwood
J. E. Johnston
Presbyterian Church
Bert L. Smith
San Francisco
Eureka Gounty Bank
Elko
Elko’s New Bank
Elko Free Press
Eureka County Bank
Oscar J. Smith
Reno
John Sparks
Carson City
W. E. Griffin
J. H. Hoegh
Chaplin and Myers Tie The Knot In Reno Nevada
Frank N. Chaplin and Mittie U. Myers were married February 17, 1904, at the bride’s mother's home in Reno. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. F. Driver of the Baptist Church. The bride, formerly Eureka High School teacher, later taught at Olympia State University. The couple will reside in Imperial City, San Diego County, California.
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Frank N. Chaplin
Mittie U. Myers
Mary R. Myers
Reno
Nevada
Driver
The
Baptist Church
Eureka
State University
Olympia
Washington
Mr. Chaplins
Mrs. Chaplin
California
Imperial City
San Diego County
Lead Miners and American Company Renew 1903 Contract
The 1908 renewal between lead producers and the American Smelting and Refining Company of Salt Lake City keeps the price at 9.50 per 100 pounds indefinitely, after an 8.50 per 100 pounds rate under the 1908 agreement. The renewal dampens hopes tied to New York price minus 10 percent when the 1900 contract expired, with possible changes later this year.
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American Company
American Smoelting and Refining Company
Salt Lake City
Uoder
New York
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Tur
Eureka Sentinel
Burdick
Metal Market
York
Salt Lake
J. N. Rousey
Rousey
Los Angeles
Mank
Charles Henry Cronant
Buffalo
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Plains
Sacramento
Placerville
Eldorado County
Verdi
Take Wadish
W. L. Pritchard
Nevada Transportation Company
Eureka & Palisade Railroad Company
D. J. Tracy
Chaplin—Myers
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
J. J. Horgh
Bert L. Emit
A. W. EB. Griffin
F. Golding
J.B Horgh
W.e.griffin
Oscar J.smith
Western National Bank
New York City
the Crocker- Woolworth Nations Bank
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne
McCormick & Co
Kylt
George W. Hanna
J. J. Hylton
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
Biko
Eureka Gash
Express
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Main St
H. A. McKim
Anufacturer
Hureka
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