The Gureka Sentinel Saturday Publication Notes
The Gureka Sentinel is published every Saturday by B. A. Seililman, serving local readers with weekly updates and community notices from the town and surrounding area.
19 Jul 1902
Page 1
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
1
The Gureka Sentinel is published every Saturday by B. A. Seililman, serving local readers with weekly updates and community notices from the town and surrounding area.
A July 19 1902 editorial condemns chronic office seekers as ignorant untrustworthy and selfish. It argues parties should elect good men and curb self serving bosses. The piece asserts Nevada must improve its public integrity to attract capital and grow, inviting honest citizens and independent papers to join in reform before November.
Two Nevada papers share identical editorials calling for governor and state officer qualifications. They clash on candidates, accusing machine politicians of warped judgment, while supporting Sadler and the Fusion ticket. Republican papers back the fusion effort to defeat the Democratic slate.
The SentiNel highlights James G. Sweeney of Carnon as a strong attorney general candidate. A former Nevada Assembly member and Judiciary Committee chair, he played a key role in the mine taxation amendment. He is praised for energy, sobriety, and affability, with potential to draw votes. Also reports Board of Pardons session at Carton granting Lila Scott and Dennis Doyle pardons, while Patrick Crowley’s pardon request is denied.
The piece praises Representative Francie G. Newlands of Nevada for leading the irrigation bill through Congress, arguing it serves the people of the inter-mountain states by storing flood waters for arid lands, expanding settlement and wealth. It lauds his dedication and campaign to educate lawmakers, calling the act the most beneficent in fifty years and a credit to Newlands and allied lawmakers.
Virginis Report notes Eureka principal appointments W J Butler of Texas and D Williams of Denver as vice principal. Calls for compulsory use of local talent and self-funded salaries if districts ignore home talent. Reno Journal cites four and a half million dollars on deposit, tax avoidance concerns, Washoe County tax roll of six million, high Nevada tax rate, and investor caution. Obituary: Mabel Lindney Purdy, Dublin native, died July 13, 1902 in Eureka Nevada.
A Reno letter from July 11 1902 muses on street fair splendor and seafaring crowds earning $6 000 from the midway. It threads royalty, farmers daughters, Nevada politicians, and looming elections with notes on Newlands Stewart Jones and Mansey.
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