Local BREVITIES from Eureka 1918 New Year note
Eureka locals share New Year wishes and holiday travels from Cedar to Union and Buckhorn. Readers learn of lost dogs reward, ore shipments from Connolly mine, calendar gifts from Henderson Bank Elko, and various visits by teachers, merchants, and ranchers. An error in Alfonso Affranchino’s San Francisco trip is corrected.
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San Francisco
Alfonso Affranchino
Prospect
Sentinel
Affranchino
California
Prospect Mountain
Fletcher Bros
L. F. Ramson
Carson
Christmas in Eureka Celebrates Joyful Church Tree Festivities
Sunday School children at Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches in Eureka enjoyed ornamented trees and Santa gifts. At the Catholic church a 6 pm program featured music and recitations, followed by Santa handing out gifts and candy. The Presbyterian and Episcopal programs began later with singing, recitations, gifts, and candy. The day ended with a white Christmas after two inches of snow and a festive mood of good will and family gatherings.
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Eureka
Santa Claus
Episcopal
Miss Berlin's Father Dies In San Francisco
Miss M E Berlin Eureka County High School commercial teacher rushed to San Francisco to be with her father as illness worsened. He died after an operation and anesthetic shock. Survived by widow, a son, and a daughter, Miss Berlin plans to return to Eureka for the high school reopens on January 3.
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M. E. Berlin
Eureka County
San Francisco
Few Foreign Sheep Winter in Eastern Nevada
Eastern Nevada sees few outside sheepmen wintering flocks due to higher grazing fees set by the Legislature. The charge rises from 6 to 15 cents per head, plus the regular tax, totaling about 22 cents per head for the three month grazing period.
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Nevada
Nob Hill Fire Company Masquerade Ball at Eureka Opera House
The Nob Hill Fire Company hosts a masquerade ball at the Eureka Opera House this Friday. A black horse in a wagon race suffered a broken leg and was destroyed after a tangle near the mine. Prizes include a silk umbrella for best sustained lady character and a suitcase for best sustained gentleman character, displayed at local stores.
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Nob Hill Fire Company
Eureka Opera House
Proofs of Labor Filed for Multiple Nevada Eureka Antelope Mines
The record lists numerous Proofs of Labor filed by different claimants for mines across the Antelope and Eureka mining districts, including the Currant Run and Cyanide groups, Dawn to Sunrise, Horse Shoe, Laurel, Hidden Jewels, Point of Rocks, Alpha, Huckleberry, Pearl, Jack Pot, Barus, Tron Blossom, Victor Con, Gordon Nos 1 and 2, Blue Bird, Busy Bee, Monarch No 2, Two Mules, Safford districts, and a Canyon Mouth placer, with filing dates December 27 to 30 for the Nevada Central Copper Company and various claimants.
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Amazon
Prince of Wales
Copper King
Billings
Henry
Irving
Copper Nut
Griffin
Alexander
Antelope
W. Olney Leighton
Nevada Central Copper Company
Western Union
Aurora
Protection
Little Addie
Leonia
Eureka
J. B. McNaughton
C. F
Nick Ratto
Louis Palma
McNaughton
Alpha
Dan McNaughton
Dorothy Goss
P. Paroni
Barus
Tron Blossom
Edward Berryman
George Flavin
David Morris
Blue Bird
F. J. Repetto
Jim
John Romano
Busy Bee
Monarch
Buckhorn
E. R. Richards
Buckhorn Mines Company
Safford
R. G. Sperlich
Sub-Treasury Placer
Unknown
M. H. Kilgore
Western Pacific Railway Company
Canyon Mouth Placer
Buckhorn Mining
Robert Lee
Teachers' Examination in Eureka District
The semi annual examination for elementary teachers certificates was held in Eureka this week. Names include Eileen Breen Elsie Hooper Estella Gianoli all pupils at Eureka County High School. Also Althea Eather Eureka John Eccles Ruby Hill Nevada Johnson Eureka teaching in Diamond Valley and Anna Louise Ryan Aspen Colorado teaching Grass Valley district school. Principal Charles Priest of Eureka County High School conducted the exam from Monday to Thursday.
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Eureka
Eileen Breen
Elsie Hooper
Estella Gianoli
Eureka County High School
Althea Eather
John Eccles
Ruby Hill
Nevada Johnson
Diamond Valley
Anna Louise Ryan
Aspen
Colorado
Grass Valley
Charles Priest
Third Boy Arrives in Monitor Valley Family
A letter from Eureka reports a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. George L. Englebright in Monitor valley Nye County during Christmas week. The exact birth date is not provided.
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Eureka
George L. Englebright
Monitor Valley
Nye County
Metal Market Quotations Reported for New York
The latest metal quotations show silver at New York 54 to 54.5 cents per ounce, copper at New York 224 to 223 cents, and lead at New York 5.40 dollars offered.
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New York
Eureka Public School Christmas Exercises
The Eureka schools joint program by high and grade students featured a sequence of dialogues recitations songs and drills presented Friday afternoon in the lower rooms. Participants included Estella Gianoli Florence Morrison Thelma Breen Charlotte Laird and others with pieces such as Christmas Time is Come Again Silent Night Adeste Fideles and Cinderella.
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Eureka County
Eureka
Sentinel
Estella Gianoli
Eastella Bogantini
Paoline Hill
Santa Claus
Francis Bremenkampf
Mary
Reynolds
Ong
Little Wolff
Thelma Breen
Charlotte Laird
Florence Morrison
Winter Hardships Mark Weekly Weather Across the Region
A week of freezing cold saw temperatures reaching 18 degrees below zero on Wednesday night, with other thermometers at 14 to 15 below. By Thursday night the cold eased to 8 below. Six inches of new snow aided sleighing and coasting while losses in livestock were not yet reported. Isadore Sara visited Eureka from the south reporting heavier snow in Hot Creek and Sand Springs. A note highlights sketches by Al Dutton in Notable Nevadans in Caricature.
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Isadore Sara
Eureka
Hot Creek
Sand Springs
Death of Frederick William Loschenkohl Former Eureka Resident
Frederick William Loschenkohl a German born carpenter aged 72 years 5 months 24 days died in San Francisco on December 23. A Eureka Palisade era resident he worked in Ruby Hill mines and later for the Eureka and Palisade Railroad. Survived by son Carl Frederick and daughter Mrs H J Grunnan and was a member of Eureka Lodge No 22 I O O F.
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Eureka
Palisade
San Francisco
Frederick William Loschenkohl
Ruby Hill
Eureka & Palisade
Germany
Carl Frederick Loschenkohl
H. J. Grunnan
County Commissioners Set Monthly Meeting Date
The Board of County Commissioners will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday January 5.
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Board of County Commissioners
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the Sentinel
Olney Leighton
Cedar Monday
Angus McGillivray
Union
Baptista Minoletti
Cortez
AL Reese
Bald Mountain
J. F. McVey
William Blair
John
Antelope Valley
Louise Ryan
C.K. Clark
H. R. Talmage
Paroni & Maderelli
Connolly
Malt Lake
The
Henderson Banking Company of
Elko
J. C. Chattelle
Austin
Herman Bremenkampf
Adelaide Wilhelm
Hill Top
Lander County
Otto May
Ed Berryman
White River
White Pine County
Mia
FB. G. Goss
George Dees
Miss Alice
Strawberry
J.B. Biale
Jesse Mendes
Duckwater
Eureka Cash Store
Sulgrave Manor House
George Washington
Nevada University
Miss Berlin
Recorder of
al Dutton
Goldfield
Dutton
Out West
Los Angeles
University of Nevada
Goldfield Tribune
Pittsburg Silver Peak Mining Company
Blair
W. A. Bradley
Rawhide
Tuolumne County
T. G
Fred Loschenkohl
Nob Hill
James Kautz
Dave Morris
W. R. Reynolds
Will McBride
the— Nostrosa Orchestra
Crand
Mane Ry Amer
Zerosene Aewaliens
Monogram
Rudolph Zadow
Standard Oil Company
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