Eureka Notices Highlight Local Business and Personal Moves
Local items note Dr G Gordon’s notice under New To-Day, dividend declares by People's Drug Company, and residents like Alfred Podlar moving to North Spring street. Reports cover Miss Laura Orr resuming as vice-principal, property tax readvertisement for Jose Suza, religious services, frost damage, and several Eureka residents traveling for work or health.
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G. Gordon
Otto T. Williams
Biko
Eureka
Andy Tenvoord
Ed Harmer
Tonopah
W. E. Griffin
Eureka County Bank
Elko
People's Drug Company of
Alfred Podlar
Robertson
North Spring Street
Laura Orr
Reno
Eureka Public School
Wages in Reno Eight Hours a Day Reported by Observer
The Observer cites Reno daily wages for eight hour work across trades. Painters earn 4 dollars, paper hangers 4.50, carpenters 4, brick masons 6, stone masons 6, carriers 8.50, plasterers 5, laborers 2.50, plumbers 1 per hour, shingles 1 per thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Observer
Reno
Keystone Mines to Open Spring Work at Eureka County
Peter Porter of Keystone Mining Company reports a new concentrator will go into commission as thaw begins. The Eureka County operation near Cortes expects to process 50 tons daily into a refined product, with 100 tons of high grade ore monthly and a lower tunnel soon tapping a water-fed channel.
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Eureka County
Peter Porter
Keystone Mining Company
Cortes
Salt Lake Tribune
Keystone
Salt Lake Valley
Beowawe Smallpox Prompted County Telegrams
Eureka County Commissioners received a Beowawe smallpox alert from Battle Mountain Lander County and pursued updates. A Beowawe resident with smallpox had been left by a railroad crew but traveled to Battle Mountain, with Engstrom denying active cases.
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Lander County
Eureka County
Battle Mountain
Beowawe
Porg, M. D
Alex Fraser
George Engstrom
Eureka
Engstrom
Engetrom
Annual statements for 1903 Eureka County foreign corporations
Receipts and expenditures of foreign corporations in Eureka County for 1903 are published. Eureka Consolidated Mining Company reports receipts 18722.07 and disbursements 21590.41. Eureka & Palisade Railway shows gross earnings 70661.58 including land sales, with payouts 54016.93.
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Eureka County
Eureka Consolidated Mining Company
Eureka & Palisade Railway
Certificates Granted to Eureka Teachers
The teachers' examination held in Eureka last week was successfully passed. Certificates have been granted to Mildred Moyle Rebecca Eccles Sophia Fulton for Primary and Edna Rosevear Violet J. Hancock for Grammar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Mildred Moyle
Rebecca Eccles
Sophia Fulton
Edna Rosevear
Violet J. Hancock
Ore Shipments Over the E P and Palisade Railroad
Ore shipments over the Koreha and Palisade Railroad for the week ending January 22, 1904 show Bullwhacker at 1,210 pounds of ore valued 115,660, Pig Trot at 30,990, and total ore 116,950 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koreha & Palisade
Metal market quotations from New York and Salt Lake City
The Ingest reports metal prices with silver at New York at 66 cents per ounce, lead at New York 4.50, and salts lake city copper at Salt Lake City 12 cents. The note also lists Salt Lake City lead at 3.50.
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New York
Salt Lakeity
Salt Lake City
Eureka School Reopens After Scarlet Fever Closure
Eureka public school resumed classes last Monday after a two week shutdown for scarlet fever. Attendance varied by grade with high grades strong and primary weak as many pupils suffer colds or remain home fear of infection lingers. No new fever cases were reported and affected children are recovering.
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Eureka Public School
John McCormick Struck by Smallpox Quarantine Near Inyo County
The Jim Butler family at their Inyo County ranch in California are quarantined after John McCormick, brother of Mrs. Butler, develops smallpox. He contracted the disease in Monitor Valley Nye County but it did not appear until he reached Inyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormick
Tonopah
Bonanza
Jim Butler
Inyo County
California
Butler
Monitor Valley
Nye County
Inyo
Marco Curto Dies in Accidental Fall Near Eureka Home
Marco Curto aged 64 dies in an accidental fall after wandering off a hill while searching for his way home in Eureka. Coroner’s jury rules accidental death. he resided in Eureka over 25 years and ran a charcoal and wood business. survived by a wife and six children including three in Ely Nevada. Funeral set for Sunday at 1 PM from the Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Curto
Eureka
Mr. Carto
Duak
Goodwin Canyon
Lamoureux
Cremer
Curto
Ely
White Pine County
Nevada
Death of Fred W. Lewis in Eureka Nevada
The death of Fred W. Lewis occurred at his home on North Spring street Eureka January 19 1904. He was born November 11 1866 at Folsom California and resided in Eureka since boyhood. Funeral held Thursday with Rescue Hose Company in mourning and burial beside his mother at Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Fred W. Lewis
North Spring Street
Eureka
Nevada
Folsom
Sacramento County
California
Daniel Lewis
North Main Street
Frank C. Low
J. E. Johnston
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Snowfall and cold spell sweep small Nevada towns
The report notes about two inches of snow in Eureka on Monday with three cold, squally days and intermittent light flakes. Duckwater Nye County and Ely White Pine County report two inches, while Six Mile House and up to 43 Hamilton recorded six inches of new snow and rapid melt later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Duckwater
Nye County
Ely
White Pine County
Six Mile House
Hamilton
Death of George W Mendes Notified From Chihuahua Mexico
United States Consul Leonard at Chihuahua Mexico reports the death of George W Mendes at Julimes Chia Mexico on December 5 1908. He was brother to William and Jesse Mendes of Duckwater Nye County Nevada. Mendes lived in Eureka for years and worked as a miner. About fifteen years ago he left for Arizona.
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George W. Mendes
United States
Leonard
Chihuahua
Mexico
Department of State
Washington, D. C
Julimes Chia
Mr. Mendes
William
Jesse Mendes
Duckwater
Nye County
Nevada
Eureka
Arizona
Eureka County Assessor Hooper Visits Eureka Town
William J. Hooper Eureka County Assessor arrives from Carson and spends hours in town meeting old friends. He is described as a staunch Silver man of the Base Range and well informed on Eureka County property values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Reno Journal
William J. Hooper
Eureka County
Carson
Bill
Duckwater Rancher Sees Golden Prospects Near Nye County
Joe Tognoni drove a four horse load of merchandise to his Duckwater store in Nye County after a midweek trip to Goldfield near Tonopah. He reports the new camp at Goldfield is solid and could become a permanent gold producer. Tognoni operates two claims there with four men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duckwater
Joe Tognoni
Eureka
Nye County
Mr. Tognoni
Goldfield
Tonopah
Life Insurance Opportunity From New York Life Agency
An advertising notice urges readers to secure life insurance to protect their families. B L Surry stands as agent for New York Life Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
B. L. Surry
Lost in the Iroquois disaster claims two Norton daughters
The Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago during Christmas week claimed Mattie 17 and Edith 18 Norton, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Norton of Ontonagon Michigan. Attending Evanston convent school, they rode the back balcony with Miss McAlister. Edith died soon after rescue efforts, Mattie found the next day badly mutilated.
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Chicago
D. J. Norton
Bureka
Ontonagon
Michigan
Rockland Reporter
Mattie
Edith
Evanston
Troquois
J. O. Johnson
Eureka
Eugene Geraty
Prospect
Norton
Death of Thomas Rosevear on Ruby Hill Eureka Nevada
Thomas Rosevear died at his Ruby Hill home Eureka County on January 18 1904 of miners consumption He was born in Cornwall England age 49 years 27 days He came from Missouri in 1878 to Ruby Hill where he mined for 25 years He was a church member and Sunday School superintendent He is survived by a wife and eight children The funeral was held Wednesday at the M E Church on Ruby Hill with Rev J E Johnston of the Presbyterian Church leading services and interment at the Masonic cemetery
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Jose M. Suza
Father Manion
Eureka
Granville Fletcher
Charles Kayser
Eko County
Nye County
A. E. Cheney
Reno
California
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
W.N. McGill
MecKinley Mining Company
Ely
Sam Gibson
Cherry Fork
Adama County
Ohio
Jennie Wasson
John Fitzmaurice
Butte
Montana
Fitzmaurice
M. L. Requa
Jack McKenzie
FP. W. Bradley
Sarah Donnelly and Sons
Johnson
Judd Riddle
Joseph Marsh
Austin
Nevada
W. M. Hamilton
Eureka Live Stock Company
Bull Creek
Austin Jackson
Rocco-Homestake
Hamilton
H. A. Jackson
Thomas Rosevear
Ruby Hill
Eureka County
Cornwall
England
Rosevear
Missouri
M. E
J. E. Johnston
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Cemetery
Scarlet Fever Outbreak At The Diamond
Two cases of scarlet fever at Prospect led trustees to close the school last Friday for an indefinite period as a precaution. A Eureka report of a death was unfounded though one child is very ill. More children on the mountains report colds and sore throats, raising fear of further cases.
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Diamond
Prospect
Eureka
Diamond Valley Company Sells 1000 Horses and Mules
The Diamond Valley Land and Live Stock Company of Eureka County reports selling to Paul Lane of Pine Valley Eureka County all of its horses and mules totaling about 1000 head. The transaction, branded as specified, brings $6000 in the deal.
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Diamond Valley Land and Live Stock Company
Diamond Valley
Eureka County
Paul Lane
Pine Valley
Presbyterian Services and Schedule of Worship
Preaching at 11 a m with Bible Class at 11 46 a m and Sabbath School at 12 15 p m. Evening preaching at 7 p m. Public invited. Minister J E Jouxston in charge. Also note: over fifteen New York doctors now using radium to treat cancer diphtheria blindness from paralysis and other diseases.
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J. E. Jouxston
New York
Notice to visit residents and prosecute intruders
To whom it may concern any person desiring to visit or secure any article from the Mrs B McEwen residence on Nob Hill should apply to the agent Anyone forcibly entering the above premises will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law E Kaatw Agent Feldhusen Co Sacramento makes prices on provisions far below any house in the West Write today for their big oe EL It’s mailed free
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ¥. McEwen
Nob Hill
E. Kaatw
Feldhusen & Co
Sacramento
Pre-Lenten Bon-Bon Party for Knights of Pythias
Beatific Lodge No. 7 plans a grand ball at the Eureka Opera House on Friday evening February 12 to honor the fortieth anniversary of the Order of Knights of Pythias. The event serves as a pre Lent observance with Rice's orchestra, a ball supper at the Brown Hotel, and active committee planning for a festive bonbon fair.
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Order of Knights of Pythias
Beatific Lodge
Eureka Opera House
Eureka
Rice
Brown
Nye County Commissioners Fix 1904 Tax Rate at 3.75
The Nye County commissioners set the 1904 tax rate at three dollars seventy five cents per one hundred dollars of valuation. This establishes the levy for county operations and local fiscal planning.
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Nye County
Nevada appoints thirty four ladies to aid at St. Louis Fair
Governor Sparks has named thirty four county ladies as honorary auxiliaries to represent Nevada at the St Louis World's Fair. They will manage the Nevada Building Ladies Annex under the Board of Commissioners' supervision during the Exposition. Notable appointees include Mia Raffice from Eureka, Mrs Judd from White Pine, Mrs Pittman from Nye, and Mrs Spencer from Lander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Nevada
Board of Commissioners
Exposition Grounds
Eureka County
Mia
Robert Raffice
Mina Kato Swick
White Pine County
Joseph Judd
A. A. Cleveland
Nys County
Key Pittman
George Battistt
Lander County
Sarah B. Spencer
Edith Jenkins
Elko County
EB. P. Hardesty
Alan Lids Rosell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keystone Mines
Metal Market
Eureka Res
K. of P
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Boar J. Smith
J. H. Horgh
Bert L. Smith
W. BE. Griffin
F. Golding
J. Hozgh
John Hancock
W.e.griffins
J.smith
Ransacts
Loas
Western National Bank
New York City
the Crocker- Woolworth National Bank
San Francisco
Knauth, Nachod & Kahne
McCornick & Co
Sryltt
W. Hanna
J. J. Hylton
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
Eureka Gash
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Main St
H. A. McKim
Ealer
Hureka
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