Young Reno lawyer McCarran faces loan theft trial
Patrick A McCarran Jr a Reno lawyer and Washoe County representative in 1903 is charged in U S court with stealing government telephone poles and with perjury He allegedly admitted taking 40 poles while testifying in Carson and now faces two felony counts after a grand jury true bill U S Attorney Summerfield says the perjury allegation alleges he lied to exonerate his father Patrick A McCarran Sr a noted sheepman previously benefited from his son s defense during the Carson trial
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Patrickh A. McCarran Jr
Reno
Washoe County
Nevada
United States
Patrick A. McCqnrran Jr
Nomination contenders brew in early 1900s party forecasts
The piece surveys Republican hopefuls led by Fairbanks and Taft Roosevelt heirs, with La Follette opposing corporate power, Foraker and Beveridge ambition, and Roosevelt possibly pressed back if war looms in 1908. Democrats under Bryan gain prestige, while Chicago mayor Dunne and Cleveland mayor Johnson push for government ownership.
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Fairbanks
Towa State Universty
Hanna-machine-corporation
Taftiv Roosevelt
la Follette
Joe Cannon
Foraker
Beveridge
Roosevelt
Bryan
Dunne
Chicago
Johnson
Cleveland
Diamond Care and Cough Remedy Alert
The Diamond Care from Furia claims a new diamond care for consumption. W T McGee of Vanleer Tenn promotes Th King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, alleging four decades of cough relief. Druggist slogans tout instant relief and a guaranteed cure with prices 50c and 1.00, trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furia
W. T. McGee
Vanleer
Tenn
Rockefellers Life Ending in Tragedy Dispatch From Cleveland
A July dispatch from Cleveland portrays John D Rockefeller as morose and isolated at Forest Hill Ohio. Surrounded by wealth and power, he now fixates on his press clipping bureau and public opinion, reading every condemnatory word with growing fascination and vexation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockfeller
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
Tarbell
Postal contracts and rail profits spark rate regulation idea
A Everybody's Magazine passage questions government payments to railroads for mail transport and compares current rates to those of 25 years prior. It argues for postal deficit reduction through cutting rail profits on contracts and suggests scrutiny of express companies' rates versus 1880 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Express Companion
Everybody's Magazine
How to Escape Blackmailers in Pasadena
The piece condemns the New York society papers and urges avoiding skeletons in the closet as the best safeguard against blackmailers, noting no language is too strong to denounce them.
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Pasadena
Cal
Society Papers
New York City
Bent Her Double By Typhoid Heroine
Mrs Annie Hunter of Pittsburg Pennsylvania recalls four weeks of illness with typhoid and kidney trouble. She describes being bent double and needing to support herself on her knees. Electric Bitters restored her health and strength enabling normal walking. Sold by Mee H M Schneider Co. druggists for 50 cents.
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Annie Hunter
Pittsburg
H. M. Schneider & Co
Death of Sam Sillyman at Copper Flat shaft
Samuel Sillyman died at Ely in White Pine County on July 18 after eight days of injuries from an accident at Copper Flat. The tender was crushed between the skip and shaft timbers while filling the skip, leaving a father, a brother, and four sisters to mourn. Coroner's inquest found death by crushing but could not determine responsibility.
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Samuel Sillyman
Ely
White Pine County
Eureka
Copper Flat
Sillyman
Ward
W. M. Shaw~ler
Nevada Con, Copper Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Indian Girl Accused in Infant's Burn Death
A report from Carson describes a horrific crime as an Indian girl at a local Indian school allegedly gave birth and burned her infant alive to hide shame. Passers by heard cries as flames engulfed the child, which was found dead at the scene.
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Carson Thaa
Virginia Enterprise
Tonopah Goldfield Ore Shipment Totals 1989 Tons
The Miner reports week ending July 91 Tonopah Railroad ore shipments totaling 1989 tons with 94 tons sourced from Goldfield.
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Tonopah
State Library Building Site Vote At Carson
At a meeting of the State Capitol Commissioners in Carson a motion to place the State Library Building outside the Capitol grounds was defeated. Governor Sparks Lieutenant Governor Alien and Controller Davis voted for. State Treasurer Ryan and Secretary of State Douglass voted against. Meiers Douglass and Ryan opposed the outside site as not in line with the law and suggested delaying funding. The board adjourned to August 19 to consider the Carson site submission.
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Ryan
Douglas
State Capitol
Carson
State Library
Davis
Sparks
Alien
Douglass
Meiers, Douglass
Capitol
Nevada
Mewers
Messrs
Donglaga
New Tehuantepec Route Aims to Cut Freight Time
The Tehuantepec National Railroad near completion will connect Salina Cruz on the Pacific with Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf, 180 miles away. Harbor facilities and wharfage are due in nine to twelve months. The American-Hawaiian Steamship Co plans linking Pacific and Atlantic routes using seven current ships and two new ones, aiming for 25 days door to door versus 30 to 49 by existing Panama or U S rail routes. A July 21 San Francisco bout saw Jimmy Britt beat Kid Sullivan in a 20 round decision, Sullivan outpointed from the start. A Carson to Sacramento auto run covered 186 miles in nine hours by H A Lemmon and Dr Goode.
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Tehuantepec National Railroad
Salina Croz
Pacific
Coatzacoalcos
Gulf of Mexico
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
San Francisco
Hawaii
New York
Straits of Magellan
Tehuantepe
Jimmy Britt
Kid Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Sullivan
Carson
Sacramento
H. A. Lemmon
Dr. Goode
Extra Session of Congress Called by Roosevelt
Oyster Bay N Y July 23 President Roosevelt will call an extraordinary session of Congress to begin November 11. He postponed the earlier date after finishing his trip to the South due to many inquiries from members. The message will emphasize railroad legislation reforms Panama reconsideration and tariff issues. It is also expected to outline measures to counter the organized boycott by the Chinese against American trade in retaliation for the Exclusion Act now in force.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama
Goldfield limits government to a local council by county board
Goldfield will test a unique government by a town council or board of governors chosen by residents to pass local matters. The County Commissioners will endorse and enact their decisions into law, creating a nonlegal but functional city council. W S Elliott Joseph Smith A A Frey C B Stanley and C F Berard elected to the board. A report says a steamship paper will soon start at Silver Bow Nye County, 120 miles south of Eureka. Dr King s New Life Pills offer relief for headache dizziness and constipation at Schneider drug store.
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Goldfield
Esmeralda
W. 8. Elliott
Joseph Smith
A. A. Frey
C. B. Stanley
C. F. Berard
Board of Commissioners
Silver Bow
Nye County
Eureka
San Francisco
Equitable Investigation Ordered by New York Legislature
New York State Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution to investigate life insurance practices in the state focusing on the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Fifty thousand dollars is appropriated for the probe, with Senate investigators named. Governor Higgins urges action and warns the state cannot allow supervision subjects to be complicit. Valuable stallion injured by barbed wire near Merklenburg stallion imported from Germany entangled during field exercise, risking loss of prized Thoroughbred progeny.
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New York State
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Senate
Higgins
Equitable Life
Governor Sparks
Germany
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed for Lip Sore
Concord Kentucky man B F Leek says a 20 year lip sore finally healed after trying many remedies, crediting Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He reports relief from the painful sore used on burns cuts and wounds. Sold for 25 cents at Schneider drug store.
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B. F. Leek
Concord
Bucklea
Schneider Drug Store
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