Economic Outlook and Trade Policy in Postwar Era
The article argues gold reserves cannot fix prosperity as US manufacturing remains weak and unemployment high. It notes declining foreign trade due to European poverty and explains risks of shifting credit, tariffs, and imports. It suggests limited hope for rapid recovery, but mentions agriculture and railroad use as stabilizing factors.
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Salt Lake Tribune
United States
Washington
Congress
Europe
Stillman spending on Love Nests compared with history
Arthur Brisbane notes Stillman’s 91 million outlay in a short line and 415 000 yearly rent for Love Nests plus 17 600 extra for redecoration. He compares with ancient rulers and Louis XIV’s Versailles, arguing the modern spend lacks historical magnitude. He mocks the idea of public fascination with lavish homes and fashion.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York Times
Stillman
Leeda
Times
Mr. Stillman
Mark Anthony
Louis XIV
Versailles
Gary Park Avenue
Au- Mba
Affidavits and Proofs of Labor for Multiple Mining Claims
A list of recorded annual representations and proofs of labor for numerous mining claims in the Buford and Lynn mining districts with dates in July. Entries name claimants such as Chas W Pratt A L Harper J e Popovich J A Gilbert A R Burg Lynn Big Sta Mining Co Miller Reese Hutchison Inc John Adama and others and note recording dates July 2 to July 9 and a separate deed by Central Pacific Railway Company and United States Trust Company to Williams Yates detailing land in Section 33 Township 30 North Range 52 East for 810 dollars on July 5.
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North Star
Buford
Chas. W. Pratt
Treasury
A. L. Harper
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Bull Dog
Lyne
J. E. Popovich
Alameda
Unknown
J. A. Gilbert
Lynn
A. R. Burg
Black Dog
Min- Am Hope
Great Divide
South Stopt
Holt
Lynn Big Sta Mining Company
Goldendell
Nephi
Goldville
Snow Flake
Detroit
Miller Reese
Williams
Yates
Equalization Boards Gain Extra Time in August Meetings
Carson News reports a Legislatures change shifts final County Board of Equalization meetings to the fourth Monday in August. County Commissioners in Nevada counties notified by the Tax Commission secretary. The delay gives boards two extra weeks to complete equalization and reduces State Board workload. Tax Commission cites lack of funds preventing county investigations this year.
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Carson News
Nevada
Tax Commission
Cason City
England Moves to Postpone Naval Question Talks
London reports the imperial premiers conference agreed to delay naval questions while awaiting views from the United States Great Britain and Japan on a disarmament conference. The move is seen as significant by London papers suggesting a push to limit immediate armament details among the three powers.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Novel contrivance to destroy evidence at Reno hotel
Prohibition officers report a novel mechanical device installed behind a Center street Reno hotel bar that dumped bottles into a cellar bed of quick lime, destroying contents. Gazette notes the device worked, aiding the proprietors in their liberty today.
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Center Street
Reno
Prohibitfim
Auys
Gazette
Night Work At Tuscarora Relocations In 1920 Open
The Tuscarora mining camp saw extensive night activity on June 30 and July 1 as relocators staked claims, after former owners missed assessment work for 1920. Reports say hundreds of claims remained unprotected and open to relocation, with former owners reportedly relocating successfully.
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Tuscarora
Eiko
Revolution of Congress
Tonopah Officers Destroy Large Nevada Still
Under Sheriff Shade and deputies raided a hillside still about 40 miles northwest of Tonopah. The 1000 gallon monthly capacity operation was camouflaged under sagebrush and included five barrels of alcohol buried underground. The plant, valued at about 6000 dollars, burned after officers set it afire. owners had recently received five tons of grain and loads of sugar.
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Tonopah
Shade
Nevada
Blair Junction
Western Pacific Adopts Telephone Dispatch System
The Western Pacific Company will replace telegraph dispatching with a telephone system from Gerlach to Salt Lake City. A copper line is installed from Gerlach to Winnemucca with booths planned at blind sidings and nonstation areas. Completion is expected by August 1, enabling all train dispatching by telephone.
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Winnemucca
Western Pacific Company
Gerlach
Salt Lake City
Cotton autos may run on coal dust fuel
Chicago July 5 Automobiles built from cotton and powered by coal dust are possible says statistician R W Babson He notes gasoline price rises push car costs higher and coal dust experiments have moved past the lab stage A cotton formaldehyde blend is used to create the fuel material to lower production and maintenance costs
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Chicago
R. W. Babson
Statstician
Parole Revoked for Pate Panton i after Clark County arrest
The State Board of Parole revoked the January 1918 parole of Pate Piatoni at the request of Sheriff Sam Gay of Clark County. Gay reports the man was under arrest on a bootlegging charge.
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State Board of Parole
Pate Piantoni
Sherif Sam Gay
Clark County
Gasoline price cut announced by Salt Lake dealers
Salt Lake City July 6 local dealers announced a reduction in gasoline price by two cents per gallon. Prior to the cut it was selling at 20 cents a gallon.
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Salt Lake City
Haretofore
Nevada Mining Output by County in 1920 See Gold Silver Copper Lead
U S Geological Survey data show Bureke County with 25 producing mines in 1920 yielding 3 054 39 fine ounces of gold 84 906 fine ounces of silver 121 029 pounds of copper and 2 487 210 pounds of lead from 8 970 short tons of ore Total Nevada metal value reached 23 879 512 with White Pine leading and Eureka Nye Clark Lincoln Pershing Washoe among counties 473 producers in 12 states up from 421 in 1919.
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Sgures
U. S. Geological Survey
Bureke County
Eureka County
Nye
Clark
Lincoln
Pershing
Washoe County
Nevada
Nevada living costs show drop in June survey
State Labor Commissioner Frank Ingram reports a June decline in living costs in Tonopah and Goldfield from peak 1920 levels. A survey of 42 food items shows a 34.3 percent drop since last year’s peak, with overall costs 10 to 45 percent lower and clothing down 28 percent. Fuels, rents, and general housing rose slightly.
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Frank Ingram
Tonopah
Goldfield
Gazette
Round Mountain Triumph Over Tonopah Club On Fourth
Round Mountain defeated Tonopah Club 3 to 2 in Tonopah with Round Mountain largely composed of Indians. Elko beat Winnemucca 12 to 3 on Sunday and defeated Battle Mountain 16 to 9 on the Fourth. Public notices report Kimberley express station closure approved after no protests. Humboldt River rises, flooding low lands and damaging roads. An Elko aviator injured two others while landing after a jacked up flight. A Las Vegas youth Brambillo attempted suicide thrice, and a prospector’s dynamite accident destroyed his car and caused collapse into a nearby lake.
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Tonopah
Round Mountain
Elko
Winnemucca
Elko Boys
Battle Mountain
Kimberly
White Pine County
Public Service Commission
Humboldt
Winnenucca Ja
Wella
Brambillo
Las Vegas
Croxer
State Wins in Reno Horse Races Meet
State audit shows $11,908.61 state share from $99,896 pari mutuel total at Reno race track for 21 day meet ending last Monday. Biggest day was last Saturday with $63,123 handle. recap notes meet ranked second to July 1939 total of $923,031 and state share $13,104.41.
Three Licensing Boards Organized for Hoisting Engineers
Andy Stinson of the State Mines reports the Carson News that three district boards are formed for hoisting engineers. District No.1 Virgins City includes Stinson as chairman, Frank Kline for engineers, and Phil Keatle for general mechanics. Ely District No.4 lists Alex Baird as chairman, C R Pendlar for engineers, and Charles F Rose for general mechanics. Tonopah District No. ? names Charles Huber as chairman, B H Thomas for engineers, and H A Reid for general mechanics.
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Andy Stinson
State
Carson News
Virggins City
Mr. Stinson
Frank Kline
Phil Keatle
General Mechanics
Ely
Alex Baird
C. R. Pendlar
Charles F. Rose
Elko Rancher Herbert White Missing After Fishing Trip
Herbert J. White, a prominent South Fork Valley rancher of eight years, disappeared after leaving to fish near the South Fork bridge. His party searched the river and nearby areas while police and neighbors joined the frantic hunt, hoping for a safe return. He wore outing clothes and gum boots, carrying a fishing outfit.
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Herbert J. White
South Fork Valley
South Fork
Humboldt River
Elko Independent
White
Smith Creek
John Hawkns
Mound Valley
South Fork Bridge
Griswold Ranch
Lamoille
White Place
Caruso Voice Declared Greatly Impaired in 1920s Report
New York reports the voice of opera star Enrico Caruso in his prime is deemed lost or greatly weakened. Army Intelligence captain Charles Anthony Fulton, returning from duty, notes Caruso in poor health and tearfully says he will sing no more. Italian doctors doubt recovery of his famed falsetto.
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New York
Grand Opera
Marico Caruso
Charles Anthony Fulton
Army Intelligence Service
Iuly
Caruso
Fulton
Bis
Italy
Wireless Telephone 16 Installed At Lake Tahoe
The Record-Courier reports a wireless telephone system installed at Young's Resort, Lake Tahoe, capable of receiving messages from San Francisco. The setup, hurriedly installed last week, communicated with San Francisco and picked up messages from the east despite crude operation.
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Lake Tahoe
Young's
San Francisco
Marysville Fire Destroys City Blocks and Rail Line
Fire swept twelve blocks east of Marysville center and burned four spans of the Southern Pacific trestle. A high wind assisted the blaze which disrupted Sacramento Valley railroad traffic on the east side for days with early losses estimated around 500000 dollars.
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Marysville
Cal
Sacramento Valley
Booze Fighters Sent Home From Tonopah
Two State Police members were shipped to Reno after being found in a Tonopah alley indulging in moonshine. Their comrades deposited them in the county jail where they had a chance to sober up before being sent away.
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Tonopah
Reno
Nevada teacher killed in auto accident narrows the search
Ukiah California July 5 Miss Jean Demaurier a Nevada schoolteacher was killed when her car failed to pass another vehicle driven by Leon Grover Ukiah. Miss Margaret Twombley San Jose State Normal jogged injured and was taken to Langland Hospital after the crash into a 50 foot ravine. Grover left the scene, a Riverside hospital afterward. An inquest is pending as coroner investigates.
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Ukiah
Cal
Jean Demaurier
Atcher
Metropolis
Nevada
Ming Margaret Twombley
San Jose
Langland Hospital
Potter Valley
Demaurier
Leon Grover
Grover
Miss Demaurier
Miss Twombley
Riverside
Misa
Twombley
Autoiste
Tonopah Mills Resume Operations At Reduced Capacity
Belmont Company mill in Tonopah returns to work on a fifty percent schedule after a two month mine strike. Tonopah Extension mill also operates reduced hours. combined, 270 workers return to duty. No disturbances reported since State Police arrival. authorities stay prepared. Also noted: a ship from Queenstown brought 156 young women aiming to be film typists. Washington reports a sugar based synthetic intoxicant beverage developed in Cuba, likely not violating Volstead Act.
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Belmont Company
Wirgest
Tonopah
Belmont
Mda
Gazette
Nye County
Ellis Island
Mner
Queenstown
Washington
Cuba
Mining Halt in Grass Valley After Wage Dispute
Operators of the Em ore North Star and Idaho-Maryland mines and the Mine Workers Protective League fail to agree on a new wage scale. The result is a near shutdown of mining in Grass Valley with about 700 men idle, though the mines are kept unwatered.
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Emore
North Star
Idaho-Maryland
Grass Valley
Mine Workers’ Protective League
Accidental Death at Industrial School
Dacur Roscorta, a student at the Industrial School in Elko, died Tuesday after a sand pit cave-in buried him. He lived only a short time after rescue. A second boy buried under gravel was not seriously injured.
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Dacur Roscorta
Elko
Teeth Yanked Without Pain In California Shanty
A tourist visits a California roadside dental shanty advertising painless tooth extractions. The dentist consents to pull his molar while an armed assistant watches, resulting in a startling and unsafe scene.
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California
Sue
Grasshoppers Threaten Crops and Rail Line in Nevada
A Nevada farmer reports grasshopper swarms damaging hay and pasture while extending into the valley. A Nevada Central Railroad engineer describes sand and grasshopper interference along the track over several miles. The scene outlines agricultural and transport disruptions amid a nationwide automobile buyer survey highlighting service and endurance as priorities.
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Nevada Central Railroad
Mr. Litster
Fred Uren
County Commissioners OK Payroll and Indigent Fund Bills
The board approved a list of salaries and expenses for county staff and indents. Payments include wages for Downey Burdick Shultes Taylor Hawkins and others, roadwork bills, supplies, and indigent allowances. Additional items cover telegrams, water works, printing, and auto hire as part of the regular county accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey
A. Burdick
W. J. Shultes
W. &. Taylor
W. Hawkins
B.C. Johnson
Re. J. Reid
Telegram Eather & Flavin
John Padort
Work Overland Bracket Co
Trader Orb Eureka Water
R. Reynolds
Fees
Kelley
Eberts
John Keeles
M. Geronimo
Willian Sank P. Sant
Antone Zanino
M. Gregg
M. Howard Eugene Rife
Chas
Lundgreen Indian Jake
Squaw Peggie Ae Billa
Eureka
Tumbergahadt
Jamen Buckskin
B. Damele
Gilbert Nostroaa
Js Kauts
C. W. Grima
James Jury
F. McBride
Hooper
Eureka Sentinel
M. Mahoney
Draying and General Jobbing Bid by Marco Venturina
Marco Venturina announces purchase of the draying and general jobbing business. He offers hauling by team and on tracks at reasonable rates serving local Almont Pastoring area customers.
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Marco Venturina
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