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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
3
Eureka County residents return from Elko Virginia City and Tonopah trips. World’s Fair visitors can find the SentinelOn file in the Nevada building. Local business openings, mining moves, teaching notices, and a baccalaureate sermon are summarized with multiple residents and firms named.
Ernest Trento fifteen year old son of S Trento faced a preliminary hearing in Eureka Justice Court before Judge L W Cromer. Vincent Torre testified against Trento who admitted entering Torre s valley home six miles north of Eureka on May 30 taking 20 to settle a past dispute. He found keys and a trunk, took 20 and a few cigars, claiming Torre had previously stolen a colt from him and he sought compensation. Trento was bound over to appear before the next Grand Jury and released on $1000 bail.
Frank Romano of Diamond Valley lost control of a horse and a colt hitched to a heavy spring wagon on North Main street. The pair bolted past the Eureka Cash Store, up Bull Street, and into Ed McCormick's corral on South Main. Wheels rolled free as the horses tangled the lines, one injured with bruises and scratches, the wagon broken and the front axle snapped.
A Friday night gathering at the Eureka Opera House honored Miss Margaret Shuktes of Cortez. The event featured vocal solos by Ning Whitmore Nellie Reid Kate Swick Amy Ford Adams Johnson and W H Russell with Prof Rice's Orchestra providing dance music until dawn. Miss Imogen Irwin of Duckwater was thrown from a horse but sustained a minor head wound and recovered. Wool clipping at Cottonwood and sheep shearing operations for Eureka Live Stock Company are described as part of regional activity. Rescue Hose Company elected six-month officers including President W J Hooper and Secretary E Whitmore.
Rev. J. E. Johnston will preach at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. with no Normal Lesson and Sabbath School at 12:15 p.m. An evening Children's Day service is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Children s Day will be observed at the Eureka Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening at 7:30. The programme includes a choral mass, recitations, songs, mime, and readings by local children led by Miss Nellie Reid and Miss Kate Swick, with organist Mia Burdick. Admission is free with a liberal offering suggested.
Eureka learns of June 12 1904 death of Dennis La Grave at College Place Walla Walla County Washington. Telegram to his daughter Mrs J A Grainger says he was very ill before death from heart disease. Survived by wife three daughters and a son.
Eureka County Nevada reports county school moneys apportioned totaling 8741.79 per county treasurer. Alumni meeting at Miss Roby McCharles’s Spring street home on Saturday June 18 to organize a class association and plan a June 27 banquet after July 1 commencement. Also notes on bankruptcy trustee election for Tybe Mining and Reduction Co and lunar observations predicting a cross-shaped moon feature visible June 27. Also Osceola mining visit and a beer advertisement for Red White and Blue beer at Brown Hotel bar.
County Commissioners repair Silver Street filling the north side from the San Francisco brewery to the bridge to prevent flooding into the big ditch during heavy rains. The Spring Street ditch bridge is being repaired and the Main street walk to St James Episcopal Church improved. Bay State mine work resumes with 10 men at Newark property and room for more. An Eureka visit by Mr and Mrs Wilson and Miss Potts precedes a World’s Fair trip, and Lou Sharp moves cattle and horses from Tom Short ranch to Ruby Valley with 800 cattle and 60 horses at Maryland Wells.
A school entertainment will be given on Ruby Hill this Friday evening at 7 30 oclock Ruby Hill time. All are cordially invited to attend. The World's Fare reduced rate from Elko to St Louis and return is now 50 80 dollars.
A surge of intoxicated Indians in Eureka over the weekend disrupted Spring street. Mrs. A Tenvoord fired a revolver at a trespasser, scaring him away. At the Richmond works camp a brawl led Sheriff Burdick to arrest Pinto Creek George Sooner and Pedro. Sooner and Pedro paid fines. Pinto Creek George returned to jail for 12 days with sentence work.
A Nevada edition of Prospector's Companion is offered for 25 cents. The 62 page booklet covers prospecting for lodes and placers, tempering tools, field assay by acids, medical advice, geology, rocks and minerals, a mining glossary, forms and more. Address W HL Chapman 72 South First West Street Salt Lake City Utah to order.
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