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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1916
Page
3
Eureka residents and visitors appear in a roundup of short notes. Travel by auto to Elko and Reno occurs, others announce campaigns for U S Senate and Congress. The August 8 primary election details are published by County Clerk R McCharles.
August Hintze died in San Francisco on July 6 at age 78 or 79. A German immigrant, he became a long time Nevada resident, widowed wife cared for by him for 19 years, and he was active in Eureka lodges Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters. His funeral was held at the Knights of Pythias hall with interment beside his wife. He leaves brother J E Hintze and two nieces in New York and Brooklyn.
Elizabeth Brewer James was granted a divorce from Royal Blakely James in district court on July 12 for failure to provide. The court also allowed her to resume her maiden name Elizabeth Brewer.
The Brown Hotel in Eureka hosted the wedding of Miss Pearl Morrison and Mr James Griffin in a Wednesday forenoon ceremony led by Judge Peter Breen. Attendants included Miss Florence Morrison and W L McIntyre of Carlin. The couple, now residing in Carlin, plan a supper reception on arrival and begin a new life together after a home has been prepared there.
The Western Pacific railway escaped receivership at midnight on July 13. C M Levy was elected president and general manager and has retained the full board of the former officers.
Eureka County Nevada holds a Sunday August 1916 primary to elect Republican Democratic and Socialist delegates to state conventions and county conventions. Polling places include Eureka Precinct 1 Masonic Hall Ruby Hill 2 Miners Union Hall Garrison 3 M J Houghs Beowawe 4 Branch County Sail Palisade 5 Branch County Jail Mineral Hill 6 Union Mining Office Alpha 7 Peter Carletti Prospect 8 School Buckhorn 9 Branch County. Polls open 8 p m to 6 p m ward day. Delegates apportioned by precinct: Eureka 7 2, Ruby Hill 1 1, Garrison 1 1, Beowawe 1 1, Palisade 1 2 1, Mineral Hill 1 1, Alpha 1 1, Prospect 1, Buckhorn 2 1 1. Certification by County Clerk BR McCHARLES Burska Nevada July 14 1916.
The July 5 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners approved last minutes and audited the treasury. A resignation from A Fraser over hydrant duties was accepted. Alpha School District was established for Townships 24 and 25 North, Range 51 East. Retail liquor licenses were granted to several Eureka Palisade and Beowane entities after Sheriff questions. Berolo warned about future disorderly conduct.
At Eureka Temple No 15 Pythian Sisters meeting on July 3 1916 officers for the coming term were installed by Past Chief Grace Anderson The list includes Most Excellent Chief Etta Bogan tina Excellent Senior Jennie Ro mano Excellent Junior Anna Laird Manager Effie Eather Mistress of Records and Correspondence Grace Anderson Mistress of Finance Bolletta Hill Protector Annie Smith Guard Dora Hildebrand
This week ore shipments left Eureka by train bound for Salt Lake. Four cars came from the California mine on Prospect mountain. Three cars from the Distinction mine on Prospect mountain. Two cars of spells by the Richmond Eureka Mining Company. Three cars from Hamilton by C F Muir.
J Harris of Eureka received word Wednesday of his wife Emma Harris dying in San Francisco after a relapse of a chronic condition. A Nevada native, she was married in 1902 to W J Harris of Eureka and leaves two stepdaughters and her mother Mary Farnham. The family had moved to California a year earlier and plan a Sacramento funeral with interment beside her father.
C A Gardner Past Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Nevada arrived by auto from Elko Wednesday and met Beatific Lodge No 7 in Eureka that evening. He delivered an instructive address on Pythianism and lodge work. A large turnout attended and a banquet followed.
Paul Raymond Wright and A. W. Harcourt of Carson, Sarah Smother-Stegg of Eureka, T. Fagin of Tonopah, and Clarence Sadler of Carson City passed the bar examination before the Supreme Court last week and are now entitled to practice in Nevada courts.
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