Treasury orders more silver coins to be minted
Philadelphia July 15. Orders to speed up coinage of silver dollars to replace part of the $300,000,000 sold as bullion to England have been received at the Philadelphia mint. Fifty thousand coins are to be coined daily and shipped to Washington for deposit in the treasury vaults. Silver certificates will be issued against them. The mint holds about 45,000,000 ounces of silver bullion.
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Alfalfa embargo may be extended this year
An extension of the alfalfa embargo may be issued by the California agricultural quarantine board to Pershing Lyon and Churchill counties this year. Dr Edward Record Nevada quarantine officer will travel to Sacramento to discuss the matter with state officials. Weevil spread continues in Washoe and Storey Ormsby and White Pine counties with little hay on hand. Fernley remains unaffected for now. The spring haying is active in Truckee meadows and statewide, with the first crop expected to be heavy.
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Humboldt County
Wisconsin
Boyle
Henry Albert
State Board of Health
Alice Thompson
Harvey McAdams
Elko County
Fallon
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Detroit
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Charley Miller
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Edward Record
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Fernley
Washoe
Storey
Ormaby
White Pine
Lyon
Charehill
Record
Storey, Ormsby
Truckee Meadows
Filling Station Gossip From Mount Morris
Motorists traveling from Chicago through Mount Morris swap quick chatter at the filling station. A Cadillac driver asks for distance to Chicago then orders gas and oil, followed by a Buick with similar questions and requests. A silver car arrives, the driver asks the distance, and requests water and a bottle of 3 in 1, humorously expressing impatience before resuming travel.
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Mount Morris
Chicago
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Germany pays 50 million gold marks indemnity installment
Paris reports Germany completed the fifty million gold marks indemnity payment due today to the Allied Reparations Commission. Germany warned the payment could worsen its finances, but French representatives insisted on settlement. The amount, about 12.6 million dollars, was paid in gold through the Reichsbank.
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Germany
Reichsbank
Beat Him to It A Horse Medicine Practical Joke
A veterinary surgeon instructs a farmer to administer medicine by blowing powder down a horse’s throat via a gas pipe. The farmer rushes into the vet’s office in distress, crying that he is dying, but the vet reveals the horse blew first in a humorous twist. The anecdote, attributed to Forbes Magazine, highlights a rustic joke about veterinary mischief and practical ignorance.
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Veterinary
Forbes Magazine
Henderson Wins Libel Judgment Against Reno Journal
Former Senator Henderson sued the Reno Journal for 150000 damages claiming libel during the two year old campaign. A Federal court jury in Carson City awarded him 9000 plus costs, likely totaling about 15000, with the Journal expected to appeal to the higher court.
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Henderson
Reno Journal
Carson City
Journal
Reward Offered for Gray Horse Missing from Stables
Ten dollars reward will be paid at Frank Lewis stables for the return of a gray horse branded EE on the left hip. The horse has its mane cut off, was bobbled, and carried a hail.
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Frank Lewis’ Stables
Diverse 1921 News Snippets Highlight Tech and Culture
A collage of brief items covers innovations such as a battery powered clock that runs a year without winding, aluminum films cheaper and longer lasting than cellulose, and a plane tuner by telephone linking Wabash and South Bend. It notes tourism to Yellowstone, early radio orders, practical feats like a 500 foot bridge built in thirteen hours, and a humane bullfight in Los Angeles. Also cited are prize winners for literature, journalism, and poetry, plus a statistic on women physicians in New York City.
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America
Yellowstone National Park
Wisconsin
United States
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Willamette River
Oregon City
Oregon
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Indiana
South Bend
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Florida
Georgia
Buenos Aires
Hetch Hetchy
California
Booth Tarkington
Columbia University
Alice Adams
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Kirke L. Simpson
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Water Dept
F. O. B. Eureka
W. H. Russell
Eureka
Schneider Drug Store
MRS. H. M. Schneider & CO
Berlin
New York City
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First National Bank
Mucca, Nevada
Geo. Wingfield
J. Sheehan
W. H. Doyle
L. Tobin
A. D. Dean
J. G. Moore
W. H. Moffat William Stock
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G. B. Stall
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W. L. Merithew
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J. B. Biale
Giant Powder Co
Eureka Hotel
Main and
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Edward Herrera
Eureka, Nevade
R. C. Kelley
J. B. Rebaleati
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Elko, Nevada
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