Graduation announced for Gladys Hicks at Elko High School
Elko residents received notes announcing former student Gladys Hicks graduation from Elko High School. Exam schedule lists Latin II English 1 Bookkeeping I Bookkeeping II Wednesday morning. Arithmetic Geometry I English IV Stenography I Wednesday afternoon. U S History Civics History II Typewriting I Thursday morning. Algebra I Physics Stenography II Thursday afternoon. Latin I English III Friday morning. Full commencement program referenced elsewhere in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hicks
Elko High School
U.S
Location and Deed Notices From Various Mines and Lands
Location Certificates for numerous mines in multiple districts were recorded between May 27 and June 1, including Dar win and Snow flake in unknown districts, Zora and Rachel in Lynn, North Star Extension and Grand View in Safford, and Contact in Cortez. W H Smith transfers property in Newark Valley Nevada with full waters and farm implements. Also Tax Commission hearing on Dunphy estate taxes contested by the 151,000 acres across Elko Lander Eureka counties.
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Darwin
Unknown
J. W. Ebert
R. Z. Marold
Frank Marold
Snowflake
Burlington
Ohio
Great Northern
Goldville
Mulatto
Marguerita
Lynn Mining
William E. Barney
Lynn
Pedro Orbe
North Star
Copper Blossom
Grand View
Safford
J.W. Ebert
C. W. Pratt
Cortez
L. W. McGarry
W. H. Smith
Kate P. Smith
Newark Valley
White Pine County
Nevada
Eureka
Tax Commission
Carson News
Dunphy
Elko
Lander
Board of Assessors
Hamilton Mines Add Three More Ore Trucks to Eureka Route
Three more ore trucks started hauling from Hamilton to Eureka this week, bringing total active trucks to four. The two ton and five ton trucks are believed to operate from the Bamberger mines, with readers invited to subscribe for Sustine1 at $3 per year.
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Hamilton
Eureka
Bamberger
Political jockeying and labor strife ripple through this week
Chicago presidential nomination splits focus between Roosevelt and Hughes with the Old Guard resisting Roosevelt. California and Nevada delegates ride three Pullman trains to Chicago. San Francisco longshoremen strike ties up shipping from British Columbia to San Diego and disrupts fruit movement. Local rail work, new water tank at Mt. Hope, and three weekly trains continued. Palisade unloads 60 horses en route to Bullion for ore hauling, totaling 160 with plans to reach 200. In Elko, J M Taber and co defendants face closed hearing over Ella Connell murder case. a courthouse scuffle prompts officers to intervene.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Hughes
Old Guard
California
Nevada
Palisade
San Francisco
British Columbia
San Diego
Mt. Hope
Garden Pass Summit
Raine
Elko
J. M. Taber
H. A. McMurtrey
H. A. Castle
M. B. Connell
Ella Connell
Justice of the Peace
J. L. Clark
Tuscarora
Curter
Carey van Fleet
Saunders
Partition Dunphy Estate Heirs Agree On Appraiser Report
Heirs and lawyers in the Dunphy estate reached a peaceful settlement after agreeing to the appraisers report with minor changes. The $2 million plus holdings include 150000 acres across Elko Eureka and Lander counties and about 8000 head of stock near Beowawe, giving each of four heirs an equal share.
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Dunphy
Elko Free Press
Taber
District Court
Elko
Eureka
Lander
Beowawe
Brandeis Confirmed to Supreme Court Seat
The Senate confirmed Louis D Brandeis of Boston to the Supreme Court by 47 to 22 for the late Joseph R Lamar's vacancy. Newlands opposed, unique as the first Jewish justice, with other party leaders voting to confirm after a bitter confirmation fight. President Wilson stood behind Brandeis throughout the process.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Senate
Brandeis
Newlands
Senator Newlands
Wilson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Culberson
Thomas Short Pioneer Rancher Of Ruby Valley
Thomas Short one of Ruby Hill mine discoverers and a fifth owner, now in Elko on a business trip. In 1872 he settled in Ruby after amassing a quarter of a million dollars and starting thoroughbred cattle raising. His herds have long been famed as among the best in the United States, winning many first prizes at stock shows.
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Elko Independent
Thomas Short
Richmond
Ruby Hill
Ruby Valley
Elko
United States
Four Men Die in Virginia City Mine Fire
Four miners from Gold Hill Thomas McDonald Felice Gasale Eurico Segale and M Battaglia perished Tuesday in a blaze at the 1400 foot level of the Belcher workings Yellow Jacket Crown Point properties in Virginia City. Fire started when fuse blocks blew in the compressor house. Rescue attempts by a helmet brigade failed as smoke flame and gas trapped the men. The Yellow Jacket company previously suffered a 1911 blaze at the 1700 foot level with lower levels flooded causing about 100000 dollars loss.
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Thomas McDonald
Felice Gasale
Eurico Segale
M. Battaglia
Gold Hill
Belcher
Yellow Jacket Crown Point Belcher
Virginia City
Yellow Jacket Company
Miner Dies While Prospecting Near Las Vegas
Nicholas Clemens aged 68 died at John W. Tuck ranch eight miles from Las Vegas around 1 30 am Thursday from heart trouble. He had come from Los Angeles with partner Lew H. Ford to locate mining claims when the fatal episode occurred.
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Nicholas Clemens
John W. Tuck
Las Vegas
Mr. Clemens
Los Angeles
Lew H. Ford
Death of Henry K. Mitchell Pioneer and Politician
Reno Gazette reports the death of Henry K. Mitchell in Reno at 82. A New York native and long time Eureka resident, he was a Nevada Democratic leader in the 1860s and a former Congressional candidate who invested in mining and coal ventures and left substantial mining interests.
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Eureka
Reno
Henry K. Mitchell
Nevada
Mitchell
Congress
D. R. Ashley
Ashley
New York
Marynville
Cal
Lodge of Masons
H. K. Mitchell
Pancake Mountain
Hamilton
Prospect Mountain
Nevada buys blooded stock for prison dairy herd
Nevada purchased five pure bred and 37 high grade Holstein cows plus six heifer calves for 6130. They were moved to the Carson prison farm to form a nucleus dairy herd to profit the state and supply cattle at low cost. Prof Regan notes selection focused on dairy merit over appearance and cites official records for four of the five pure breds.
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Carson
Nevada
W. M. Regan
Department of Dairying
University
Washington Agricultural College
Holstein-Friesian Association
Man Wins Suffragette Slogan in Chicago Parade
A 28 year old Spaniard Ramiro Maynes wins the prize for best slogan to be used in the suffrage parade on June 7 with the line Give a Woman a Man's Chance. He is married to an American woman. Twenty five minor prizes go to other contestants.
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Chicago
Ramiro Maynes
Coyote Hunters in West Report Top Efficiency by Alta De Long
In a 150 hunter program across Northern California and Nevada, Alta De Long posted the best average with 20 coyotes killed in 16 days near Amos Nevada. Nash in California led with 23 kills in 21 days.
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California
Nevada
Alta de Long
Amos
Nash
First Nevada Enterprise to End Publication on June 1
Old Comstock era newspaper history recalls the Virginia Enterprise ceasing print after merging with the Virginia Chronicle on June 1. Founded in Genoa in 1858, it moved to Carson City then Virginia City, flourishing until 1893 and revived briefly after suspension. Noted writers included Mark Twain and Dan de Quill.
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Virginia City
Gold Hill
Mark Twain
Dan de Quill
Harry Michels
Virginia Enterprise
Virginia Chronicle
Enterprise
West
Nevada
Genoa
Alfred James
W. L. Jurnegan
Carson City
Comstock
C. C. Goodwin
Joe Goodman
Woman killed at state hospital by falling dumb waiter
Honora Leonard an elderly inmate of the state hospital for mental diseases was instantly killed Monday when a dumb waiter from the basement dropped on her head. She had lived at the institution for 33 years after being committed from Storey County in 1883.
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Insane Asylum
Honora Leonard
State Hospital For
Storey County
Mosby the Confederate Raiders Leader Dies in Washington
Colonel John S Mosby long famed as a Confederate raider died in Washington at age 82 after a long illness. Physicians attributed his death to old age and said he remained conscious and aware of his surroundings until shortly before death.
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Washington
John 5. Mosby
Virginia
Mosby
Death of Noted Railway Builder James J. Hill
James J. Hill, the renowned railroad builder and Northwest figure, died at his Summit Avenue home in St Paul at 9:30 this morning from an infection linked to bowel trouble after a relapse late yesterday. His death ends a career as a leading capitalist and railroad developer.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Northwest
Summit Avenue
Hill
Teachers Examination Set for Eureka County in June 1916
The semi annual Teachers Examination for Eureka County will be held at the school building or another place designated by the Deputy Superintendent in Eureka beginning June 14, 1916 at 9 o'clock a.m. and continuing four days. Signed Jon Edwards Bray Secretary State Board of Education. Advt.
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Eureka County
Eureka
Jon Epwards Bray
State Board of Education
Advt
Notice To Stockmen On Smith Range Salt and Salt Peter
Notice states Wm H Smith has distributed salt and salt petre for the Smith stock along the Smith range east of the Diamond range from Fairy Dell to the Summit between Albert May's and the Smith ranch. Boundary lines marked by red flags and stakes. Strawberry Nevada May 29 1916.
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Wm. H. Smith
Smith
Smith Range
Diamond Range of Mountains
Fairy Dell
Albert May
Smith Ranch
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