Travel and ore delays plague Tonopah and Eureka mining
The Tonopah mining district shows slow development and limited ore shipments while Eureka reports higher ore traffic. Traders note that a smelting plant at Eureka could unlock Tonopah's refractory ores, boosting regional prosperity if a processing facility is built and operations improve.
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Ely
Barcks
Hawthorne
Tonopah
Lewiisex
Pew Eldorado
Nevada
Tonopsh
Eureks
Pacific
Salt Lake
Untdl
Eoreks
Eureka
Nevada flax industry could fuel new paper and stock crops
Nevada could gain from growing flax as a fiber source for paper and a multi product crop. The fiber from flax stalks enables paper production without woods, while oil from seeds yields marketable oil and oil cake for feed. The straw supports cattle feed, and all four products promise profitable diversification for landowners in arid western states.
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New York
Nevada
Farma
San Francisco
Nevads
Washoe County Gains Assembly Positions After Correction
The journal correction reveals Washoe County secured more Assembly seats than several named counties after prior reports suggested it was excluded. Eureke Lincoln White Pine and Elko had previously pooled influence, but Washoe now appears to have increased its representation in the Assembly.
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Eureke
Lincoln
White Pine
Elko
Washoe County
Virginia Enterprise
Washoe
Assembly
Important Fusion Meeting in Carson City Debates Tax Law
A major meeting in the Governor's office at Carson City gathered Fusion legislators party leaders state officers and prominent citizens. Francis G Newlands spoke on party pledges and policy while Governor Sperka and ex governor Sadler pressed for revenue law amendments to curb tax dodging. The discussion ran past five with calls to amend rather than repeal the existing Revenue Law.
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Carson
Francis G. Newlands
Sperka
Sadler
Sparks
Reno Washoe county asks for legislative items list
A Reno Gazette list previews likely requests Washoe county may seek from the Legislature, with notes some items were overlooked and will be called up later. The report references a gallery incident in the House, Mormon Church growth figures, New York City tax valuation increases, and a suggestion to Nevada lawmakers to study that taxation system.
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Reno Gazette
Washoe County
Carson News
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
Nevada
Seven day mail service stands in Tomepeh
State items note Tomepeh now has seven day mail service. Nye county tax levy fixed at 63.80 per 100. George Richardson and Miss May Allen wed in Silver City last Sunday. Edison touts battery improvements for vehicle propulsion. First $50,000 installment paid by Murphy Carieux mine buyers at Bull Run Elko county. Farrington and Mack form law partnership with Reno office in Ryland block. Keystone Company near Searchlight netting $10,000 monthly gold with Hunting ton crusher.
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Nye
George Richardson
May Allen
Silver City
Edison
Murphy-Carieux
Bull Rus
Elko County
Keystone Company
Search‘light
Lincoln County
Nevada school fund tops U S in per capita wealth
The Ogden Standard notes Nevada holds the largest state school fund with 1 672 000 in the treasury, delivering about 40 per capita and far surpassing national per capita wealth. It attributes gains to bullion taxes and school land sales directed to education, while bonds hold much of the funds.
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Nevada
Ogden Standard
Commonwealth
United States
Virginia City
Austin
Eureka
Hamilton
Twenty-first Session Opens with Full Capitol Attendance
The Twenty-first Nevada legislative session begins in Carson City with full attendance. Fusion caucus resolved. Senate Bill No. 1 earmarks 40000 for session expenses. Officials named include President Pro Tem Charles Greene and a long list of clerks and aides from multiple counties. Journal correction requested for clerk Miss Kate McElroy of Washoe. Assembly leadership and committee plans noted, with Speaker aiming to name standing committees Thursday.
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Carson City
Atteches
Fusion
Senate
Charles Greene
White Pine County
C. H. McIntosh
Humboldt County
E. T. George
Lander County
W. F. Virgin
Douglas County
Maggie Jack
Elko County
Kate Swick
Eureka County
Dora Aaroe
Esmeralda County
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Storey County
King Ryan
Washoe County
D. Abel
Humbold County
John Robb
John Leehy
Porter—August Benning
Ed Hummel
Nye County
Lizzie Morgan
Kate Mettley
Kate McElroy
George Keith
Ormsby County
Richard Gallagher
J. A. Daly
Churchill County
Latta
Chas. Tranter
Washoe
Assembly
Former Mayor Abram Hewitt Dies After Long Public Service
Abram S. Hewitt, former Mayor of New York and long-time U.S. representative, died January 18 in his 1st year. He held nearly 1 million dollars in Montana investments. Paris correspondent M. De Blowitt of the London Times is also reported dead. Born in 1832, he covered European affairs from London. The River Thames froze over in London on January 16, a rare winter event. Reno Nevada records Rev B Huddleston dying January 17, 1903 from consumption at age 45, native of California.
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Bonanza
Reno
C. H. Sproule
Elko Free Press
Fort Yuma
Arizona
Sproule
Abram
Hewitt
New York
Congress
Montana
M. de Blowitt
Paris
The
London Times
Nevada
B. ¥. Huiddleson
California
Angel Bit Half of the Open In Chicago News
The fragmentary item presents a dialogue where a mother asks what her son is thinking and he jokes about an angel biting the other half of something open, reflecting a whimsical or garbled Chicago newspaper style. The brief text preserves the odd phrasing without clear context.
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House of Representatives
Cochran
Missouri
United States
Great Britain
Canada
England
Tommy
Chicago News
Tonopah Described As Remote Desert Jewel
A Danbamian prose poem on Tonopah in the Mining and Scientific Press portrays the town as a rare jewel amid harsh desert surroundings. It notes its isolation from commerce routes and a viewer’s mirage like impression, with a remark about church patronage in Tonopah and a line about switching to electric power for De Lamar mine and mill plants in Lincoln County.
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Tonopah
Mining and Scientific
Preas
Commercce
Tonopals
de Lamar
Lincoln County
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Chlori Saccetti
A. B. Waller
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Tonofah
Schneider Drug Store
Department of Pharmacy and Chemistry
University O California
H. M. Schneider & Co
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H. Kind
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Gunt Powder Companies
Leade
Sol Tipple
Eureka, Nevada
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Lindley & Company
Japan
Cround
Eureka, Raby Hill
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Neva
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