Eureka and Ruby Hill influenza and mining notes
The Eureka and Ruby Hill influenza situation lingers with no new Eureka cases and no recoveries among tracked patients on the Hill. Notable items include A E Kimball arriving from Ruby, Velma Reynolds and Kitty Lynn securing Nevada Legislature posts, a child’s funeral from Hylton Elko County, Peter Evans arriving at Fort Douglas for possible treatment, and mining activity at the Phoenix and Rye Patch areas with prospects of artesian flow and reduced lead prices prompting readjustment in base metal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Ruby Hill
A. E. Kimball
Kuby
Isadore Sara
Eureka Live Stock Counny
Roberts Creek
Eureka County
Nevadagislature
Carson
Mies Velmaeynolds
Assembly
Kitty Lynn
Mineral Hill
Senate
Reynolds
John Evans
Peter Evans
Fort Douglas
Saltike City
New York
J. W. Ahlers
Diamond Valley
Handley Bros
Rye Patch
Iice
Ablers
W. A. Barnes
eka-Holly Mining Company
San Francisco
Barnes
Once a Week Mail Service Goes Into Effect
Eureka receives one weekly mail from Palisade with five days mail on the train. Postmaster Hoegh is praised for fast handling. Local residents petition Congress and the Postal Department for six day service, arguing $1800 to $3600 yearly rate disputes with the railway. An extra train is planned for a temporary service to improve mail delivery between Palisade and Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Palisade
Hoegh
The
Sentinel
Postal Department
Norer
Congress
Burleson
Senator Henderson
Washington
A. Moore
Nevada
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre Sunday Night
The Eureka Theatre will show The Stainless Barrier a five reel photo play on Sunday evening January 26 with Betsy Shelton risking perjury to save her brother and protect his tale that he killed to guard her honor plus two reels of comedy A Pawn broker's Heart. Henry Wedekind plans development work on Black Point mining claims for the rest of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Theatre
Betsy Shelton
Henry Wedekind
Black Point
Legislature in Session in Carson City Nevada
The Nevada Legislature convened in Carson City at noon for its twenty-ninth session lasting sixty days. Republicans named Chapin as Senate president pro tem and filled major Senate posts while a Democratic Assembly Speaker vote deadlock was resolved in favor of Chandler. Governor Boyle delivered a 12,000 word opening message outlining topics from war, defense, education, taxation, health, and roads to federal law and the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Carson City
Senate
N. H. Chapin
White Pine
R. A. Mackay
Ormsby
Verne Rickey
Elko
Edna Short
Washoe
Edith Burt
Lander
William Johnson
Nye
Alex Wise
Page
Vernon Lovett
Porter
A. W. Clark
Assembly
House
Chandler
Fitzgerald
J. H. Causten
Humboldt
John Dunn
Esmeralda
R. L. Dent
John. Humphrey
Nell Lucey
Irene Parker
Edith Toyn
Phil Gayer
Lincoln
Julia Nevins
Storey
Velma Reynolds
Eureka
Lucy Gale
Douglas
Mildred Bray
Thelman Wright
Thomas McCabe
Ed Malley, Jr
Dick Savage, Jr
Jerry Coleman
Boyle
State Council of Defense
Are You Doing Your Part for the Red Cross War Relief
A WWI era appeal urges charity for dying and starving people in the near east. It notes pledges, made to November 1918, ended, but endorses the national relief drive run by a parallel committee. A transport from New York brings supplies as accounts describe hungry babies and mothers. Eureka County’s drive lags five hundred under quota, with donors including the Presbyterian Sunday School in Bureka contributing ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Near East
Act of Congress
Tust
Mercy
Kindness
New York
Eureka County
United War Fund
Presbyterian Sunday School
Buereka
Mrs J Lawton Butler Dies After Short Illness
Mrs John Lawton Butler died at Berkeley Saturday afternoon after a brief influenza illness. She was 86 years old, born in Nye County, and lived with relatives in Hot Creek. She leaves two children, Louise 16 and Lawton 14, and was sister of the late Joseph Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawton Butler
Berkeley
Victor Barnett
Hot Creek
Nye County
Marie Williams
Eureka
Buttler
Sophia Williams
Joseph Williams
Louise
Lawton
Nevada Legislature Adopts National Prohibition Amendment
The document urges wider authority for health officials and calls for banning slot machines and race-track gambling. It envisions consolidations of commissions, reclamation and road programs aligned with the Interior and Agriculture Departments, and elastic legislation to fit federal contingencies. It notes advances tied to yet-unspecified federal proposals and predicts the nation’s industrial state and near-term course, while both Nevada houses ratify the national prohibition amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior and of Agriculture
Nevada
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Fant
William Robinson
Hylton
Elko Conn
John Simi
Business Motors
H. Dakin
Wedesday
Pheix
Orbes Estate
Charlee B. Henderson
Sexton
Eighth Division of Railway
J. E. Sexton
J. F. Roserts
Roberts
Eureka-Palisade
Assembly of Twenty-ninth
J. Lawton Butler
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