Eureka Saturday and Fourth of July notes from 1915
Eureka residents report a busy week with teaching appointments, travels, and local events. Notable items include George Dees elected to teach the next term, the Pastorino estate selling two ranches, hay-cutting activity, a Berkeley death of Mrs Wheeler, a wind and dust storm after the holiday, and a fatal Fourth of July firecracker accident injuring horses and a wagoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dees
Eureka
Antelope
N. P. Morgan
San Francisco
Frank Pastorino
Pastorino
Martin Etchemendy
Claude Ford
Berkeley
California
Eureka's Three Day Celebration Shines in 4th of July Festivities
Eureka held a three day celebration from Friday to Sunday July 2 to 4 with a large turnout and parade showcasing floats from Lobster Club Band and Rescue Hose Company. Baseball wins, buckhorn races, a crowded opera house play Bank Cashier, and a July 4 clay pigeon shoot capped the holiday with community pride and renown local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Ladies’ Parade Committee
Opera House
Lobster Club
Main
Clark
A. P. Tenwoord
Mary Fine
Pearl Morrison
Rescue Hose Company
Violet Rebaleati
Dorothy Romano
Lois Taylor
Nob Hill Fire Company
Jean Davis
Orril] Fletcher
Ethel Kautz
Annie Pratt
Loretta Reynolds
Vera Zadow
Angelo Florio, Jr
Yula Reynolds
Velma Reynolds
Stella Minoletti
Rosalie Davis
Pam
Nevada
Betsy Ross
Della Rattazzi
Nevada Johnson
Lizzie Kitchen
Alice Lovell
George
Martha Washington
Tony Depaoli
Elsie Hooper
Tommy Pastorino
Andrew Palma
Columbia
Ada McBride
Robbie Davis
Johnnie Pratt
Freddie Zadow
Liberty
Land of the Free
Horn
Focewne Rosty Rosers
Gtein
W Menne
Ahd Ray Wasp
Main Street
John Venturino
Strip
Charles Nostrosa
Tipperary
John Sustanovich
Joe Tognoni
Ed Halstead
H. Williams
Buckhorn
A. Palma
Pearl McNaughton
Bank
Eureka Baseball Club
Eureka Opera House
E. F. Whitmore
C. M. Dull
Nostrosa
McNaaghton
INU
Johnny
Harry Hagar
Ruby Valley
Elko County
J. B. McNaughton
Eureka Garage Plant Adds Welding and Decarbonizing Outfit
Eureka Garage and Supply Company announces a new Oxygen Amplifying welding and decarbonizing unit. It offers to remove carbon from engine cylinders without tearing down the motor and can repair castings crank cases cylinders and farm machinery parts. It highlights difficult welding jobs and general castings work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Garage and Supply Company
Eureka County Board Sets 1915 Liquor Licenses and Warden
The Eureka County Board of Commissioners met on July 6 with officials present and approved minutes. It authorized peace officers to shoot dogs running at large after July 17, appointed A P Tenvoord and F A Fulkerson as game wardens, insured the courthouse for 20000, and granted liquor licenses to multiple applicants in Eureka Palisade and Beowawe for the July 1 to September 30 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Otis Fulton
Edwar Sadler
Eureka County
A. P. Tenvoord
Eureka
F. A. Fulkerson
Beowawe
Road changes reroute Lincoln Highway to smoother path
Drivers from Hamilton to Eureka faced rough flats with holes and high centers as traffic increased. Dan Morrison and companions redirected a 20 mile stretch from the Fourteen Mile House to the Six Mile House, replacing the old road with a new route and posting Lincoln Highway signs to explain the change. Sand and dust pushed autos to use Cariboo hill into Eureka, though Ruby Hill avenue is slick when wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Eureka
Dan Morrison
Ed Whitmore
Angelo Frank
Pete Mernaldo
Fourteen Mile House
Six Mile House
Regis Flat
Austin
Cariboo Hill
Ruby Hill Avenue
K P Officers Installed at Beatific Lodge No 7
Beatific Lodge No 7 of the K of P installed its officers for the coming term at a July 6 meeting. District Deputy Grand Chancellor J Biale presided, naming George A Flavin as Chancellor Commander Fred Eather as Vice Chancellor Will Flavin as Prelate Will J Swick as Master of Work D E Nostrosa as Keeper of Record and Seal William F Zadow as Master of Finance August Hintze as Master of Exchequer Antone Romano as Inner Guard and Victor Venturino as Outer Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatific Lodge No. 7
K. of P
J. B. Biale
George A. Flavin
Fred Eather
Will Flavin
Will J. Swick
D. E. Nostrosa
William F. Zadow
August Hintze
Antone Romano
Victor Venturino
Buckhorn Club Thanks Eureka for Warm Visit on Fourth
The Buckhorn Baseball Club manager L E Ward asks the SENTINEL to convey appreciation to the Eureka team and residents for cordial hospitality and the good time during their visit on the Fourth. A ring of trunk keys was lost in Eureka this week and the finder should leave the keys at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Ward
Buckhorn Baseball Club
The
Sentinel
Eureka Ball Team
Eureka
Serious Accident At Buckhorn Involving James McHugh
James McHugh, recently hired by Buckhorn Mines Company, suffered a serious July 4 accident at Buckhorn when his left foot was run over by an electric engine and ore cars. He was transported to the Eureka County Hospital after initial examination suggested possible amputation. doctors indicated severe crush and flesh injury but McHugh hopes to save his foot. The 39 year old California native was taken from Buckhorn to Eureka for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McHugh
Buckhorn
Buckhorn Mines Company
Sentinel
McHugh
Eureka
Justice of the Peace
C. C. van Laningham
Chick Thomas
G. M. Roberts
Roberta
California
Land and mining notices from Nevada and Arizona district records
Documents of record list patent deeds and location notices in Nevada and Arizona from 1915 and 1916. Included are land patents to Paul Pedrick and Harry G Hinckley, mineral location notices for Velma Phenix Stillwater and Tiger mines, and a Eureka town lot deed between Granville A Fletcher and Amelia M Fletcher involving blocks 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. of America
Paul Pedrick
State of Nevada
Harry G. Hinckley
Phenix
Stillwater
Mt. Hope
E.G. C. Affranchino
Joe Tamietti
Tiger
Safford
N. Hawkins
Frank Cook
Granville A. Fletcher
Amelia M. Fletcher
Eureka
Little Girl Injured by Mare on Italian Creek Ranch
Five year old Alva Tognoni, daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio Tognoni, was seriously injured Friday last when kicked on the left collar bone by a work mare while near a mare's colt. She turned pale and lost consciousness for about 45 minutes before being rushed four miles to town. she is now recovering with no serious consequences anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva
Antonio Tognoni
Italian Creek
Thatcher Party Visits Ely Mining Trade Delegation
Senator L. R. Thatcher of Eureka County with Mrs Calhoun Miss Vera Calhoun and Mr H C Meats and wife of Elko arrived in Ely by auto for mining business. Thatcher says his property ships a carload of high grade lead-silver ore daily to market, highlighting Ely district as new to the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher
Ely Ely
L. R. Thatcher
Eureka County
B. Calhoun
Vera Calhoun
H.C. Meats
Elko
Ely
Indian Fandango at Eureka Fourth of July
A large Eureka delegation joined a traditional Indian fandango near the Richmond flag dumps south of town, with dances continuing from Sunday evening until Monday morning. Many locals visited the camp, witnessing the event for the first time amid a busy holiday travel period along the continental route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Richmond
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