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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1906
Page
1
The German emperor praises military display while joking with a large soldier named Johann Andree about the polar explorer Andree. The exchange reveals humor over a captain’s misinterpreted remark as the emperor coins a wry tale about the explorer never returning.
New bust of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland by a Dutch sculptor is shown with a photo. The piece praises the young queen’s poise and will, noting her accession under her mother’s regency after King William II’s death and her marriage to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg in 1000. Ellen Terry’s early stage fame is also referenced in a garbled aside.
The piece details plans for the February wedding of Miss Eleanor Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth. It notes public fascination, outlines the wedding in the Blue Room with Bishop Henry V. Satterlee officiating, a brief journey abroad, and their future residence at 18th and I streets in Washington. It compares public sentiment to earlier White House marriages and cites Longworth’s Ohio lineage and status.
Engineer Stevens, head of Panama Canal construction, testified Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals about labor conditions in the Isthmus. He urged repeal of acts enforcing Eight Hour and Chinese Exclusion laws in the Canal Zone to ensure a timely, economical build. Meanwhile a Baltimore-like cascade of ads floods the edition promising cures for consumption and offering mining blanks from the Sentinel office.
Trial of Jay J. Miller, charged with perjury, exposes a nationwide scheme to defraud cattle shippers at Kansas City stock yards. Miller denies knowledge while A J Judy admits awareness and participation. Weighmasters and traders allegedly used underweights at purchase and overweights at sale, with profits shared among indicted men including Carl Wrightmire.
Indy testified that he paid money to Charles Wiggens and Bruce Wrackel dorffer for improper cattle weights at the yard, enabling him to profit from the weighed cattle.
Governor Pardee of California commuted the 1898 life sentence of George Barker for a San Francisco robbery after P. F. Gorman confessed in Nevada State Prison that he alone committed the crime. Gorman, one of four men hanged in Carson for murder, claimed responsibility before his death, leading to Barker's release though not a pardon. Barker, a British subject, drew interest from the British Consul in San Francisco. Perfect as a beverage or medicine is T. W. Harper Whiskey. Sold by Eureka Cash Store. Subscribe for the Sentinel.
W M Wolfe professor of theology at Brigham Young College Logan renounces Mormon faith refuses tithes and ends ties with the college He cites a Mexico trip showing polygamy in Mormon settlements in Mexico and Arizona claims Woodruff manifesto is a sham He is a New York-born son of a Presbyterian clergyman and former newspaperman who moved to Utah a decade ago to join Mormonism
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a modern medicine for blood and system cleansing. It promises relief from stomach troubles and other ailments and notes availability at Schneider drug store for 25 cents with a guarantee.
Eighty volumes bearing signatures of American women urging the expulsion of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah have been sent to Washington. The National League of Women’s Organizations mobilized support across states to demand action by the Senate. Senator Harrows of Michigan will present the protest, with each Senator forwarding state signatures.
Violet Pierson arrived from Death Eiko County after a snowstorm trapped a stagecoach for three days. Despite a hand wound and fatigue, Pierson urged driver Sevith onward, aiding the rescue of both in a harsh Nevada storm. The Free Press notes her courage and calls her a true Nevadan heroine.
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