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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
5
Eureka District items detail visits and travel across Nevada including Eureka Elko Reno and Carson City. Lawyers and officials attend to licenses and court matters while mining interests and stock developments are reported. Local school trustees renew appointments and prepare for the new school year amid community news.
G C Whitmore reports that his son Ed has received his commission as Second Lieutenant and will be assigned to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana.
Teletyped war update reports unofficial German casualties exceeding 200000, including about 50000 by American forces. French and American troops press forward in open order, attempting to trap the Crown Prince’s army while submarine sinks for Allied forces Justicia and Carpathia. Also notes Michael P Murphy pioneer of Nevada, long resident of Eureka, dies at 60 after a life in mining and public service. funeral held in Eureka with burial beside late wife.
Documents of record show Charles H. Gorman and Lottie A. Gorman deed No 9 in Block 71 Eureka to Mrs A Borgna for $10 with improvements. Recorded July 24 1918. Also a Certificate of Location of the Sunrise Mine in Cortez mining district by Harry J Ivester recorded July 24.
A group of twenty two planned a trip to Skelton. Rain, flood and mud slowed the journey as autos were pulled from water and tires mended. The party reached Eureka again tired but safe, with stories of rough roads and a baseball win near miss. Sagehen reports note plentiful sagehens and full bags this season.
A party was tendered to Sergeant Willie Zadow by friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kohler in Grass Valley. The soldier on furlough from Camp Fremont California enjoyed a large gathering with many Nevada guests, dancing, games, and music.
Mr and Mrs Harry Robbins hosted a Wednesday evening gathering for Mrs C Horn with guests including Mrs Horn, Mrs H M Schneider, Mrs Sarah Skillman, Mrs D E Nontrosa, Mrs A C Harris, Mr Keefe and Mr Fitzgerald. The group enjoyed Five Hundred, shared jokes and stories, then partook in a refined luncheon. After a bright moonlit sendoff guests departed satisfied and ready for sleep.
The Eureka High and District school boards received a telegram from Charles Priest principal elect announcing his acceptance of a commission in the United States Army and his resignation. The boards regret the loss, plan to fill the position, and wish him luck in his new role.
Eureka County district schools will be taught next year by named local teachers including Ruby Hill Miss Mabel Keihm Italian Creek Miss Elsie Hooper Cottonwood Mrs C E Morse Birch Miss Maud Harris Diamond Valley Miss Bernice Moore Isaac s Miss Charlotte Laird Prospect Miss Maud Porch Miss Winifred Smith at Strawberry White Pine County The hay harvest is underway with most residents contributing to the war effort Despite lower than normal yield a larger tonnage is being cut Angelo Depaoli Italian Creek loses work stock to a lightning storm two and a half miles from his ranch Tony his son finds the cattle dead on a Spanish Canyon trail indicating lightning strike damage
Death occurred Friday July 19 in Eureka. Antonio Ferro, an elderly Italian native, had suffered declines after the loss of his daughter and wife years earlier. He had shown diminishing ambition, periods of unsettlement, and an inability to fully care for himself before rapidly failing in recent days. He was 168 years of age.
Ore shipments to Utah smelters announced, rail deliveries include five cars from the Eureka-Holly line, nine cars from the Richmond-Eureka route, and four cars from C. F. Muir at Hamilton.
The War Industries Board pulp and paper section instructs all daily and weekly newspapers to stop returning unsold copies, drop free promotion copies, limit official and checking copies, halt free advertiser copies, end pressuring newsdealers, stop buybacks, cease salaries to secure returns, and discontinue free exchanges effective July 15, 1918. The goal is to conserve paper amid material shortages.
Federal Food Administration notice warns Nevadan residents to report any person holding more than 30 days of sugar, defined as three pounds per person, to W. H. Russell at Eureka by August 1, 1918. Also lists post office staff, hotel job offer for dining room girls at Europs Hotel with wages of 30 per month plus room and board.
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