Water Os Luxury List Prompts 60 Percent Rate Rise
The Goldfield Water Company will hike rates by 60 percent starting July 1 claiming insufficient funds for current expenses and needed improvements. The circular warns against water waste and selling water to noncustomers, while residents fear sparking competition from a new supplier though scarcity and cost deter new plants. County officials consider hydrants but fear high costs outweigh property value threatened by fires.
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Goldfield Water Company
Goldfield
Esmeralda County
No Secret About It Bucklen Arnica Salve Works Fast
Testimonial from D L Gregory of Hope Texas praising Bucklen Arnica Salve for cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes boils and more. He notes rapid healing and eye use with the product priced at 25 cents at Schneider Drug Store.
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Bucklen
O. K
D. L. Gregory
Hope
Texas
Schneider
New Cure All Promises Death to Drug Trade
Dr G S Browning of Sioux City Iowa claims a new anti toxin theory will destroy disease bacteria by using serum from patients rather than animals. He says this cure all will treat every known illness, including consumption and rheumatism, by applying nature's own remedy. He asserts each serum targets a specific disease arising from the blood and could end the need for medicines.
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G. 5. Browning
Sioux City
Iowa
Dr. Browning
Browning
Grand Chapter officers elected at Carson City convocation
The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons elected officers at the Thirty-second Annual Convocation in Carson City. New officers include George Gillson as Grand High Priest and A L Fulstone as Deputy Grand High Priest with other named leaders. The Reno Council passed a new gambling ordinance raising quarterly licenses to 100 dollars and allowing 24 hour operation except Sundays. Citizens League opposes the measure and seeks a prohibitive ordinance with a $450 quarterly license tax.
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Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
Carson City
George Gillson
A. L. Fulstone
G. D. Oliver
W. L. Cox
George A. Morgan
N. Noteware
L. A. Lemaire
P. B. Ellis
Fred Grob
Grand Royal Arch
C. H. Kelly
Vail
C. Uniacke
R. 5. Meacham
Adolph Jacobs
Reno Council
Citizens’ League
San Francisco School Vacation Policy Draws Critics
The San Francisco Board of Education sets a six week summer break starting June 0 to aid poor children who can earn money by fruit picking and canning. Officials say about 2500 girls may receive $75,000 in support under the plan, reflecting a broader effort to use vacation time for income. A separate ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a bowel and stomach remedy at 25 cents.
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Hanna Killey
Nevada City
Cal
Thomas Scadden
Josiah Simms
Congregational Church
Kulley
Scadden
San Francisco
Board of Education
Dr King
New Life
Schneider Drug Store
Pahranagat Valley Ranch to be Formed with 5000 Acres
The Caliente Progress reports plans to file articles of incorporation for a new ranch company to take over a large stretch of the Pehranagat Valley in Lincoln County. J. P. Gardner and Frank L. Gardner of Salt Lake own the property, formerly Eiseman ranch, with 5000 acres and additional state lands. The Gardner brothers have planted 250 acres to alfalfa, 600 fruit trees, and a nursery of English walnut trees, with 700 head of stock and 200 hogs on site. Steady work supports 15 men and ample water remains for irrigation.
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Caliente Progress
Pehranagat Valley
Caliente
DeLamar
Lincoln County
J. P. Gardner
Frank L. Gardner
Salt Lake
Eiseman
Gardner Brothers
Gardner
Rushing Work on New Railroad toward Death Valley
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railway is 40 miles from Las Vegas on the Clark road, rushing westward toward Death Valley with large work crews. Engineers expect steel soon. operations to begin in Fall. A main line heads toward Death Valley with a Bullfrog branch and plans to reach Tonopah and Goldfield next year. The track will be standard gauge using 60 pound steel.
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Tonopah & Tidewater
Las Vegas
Clark Road
Bolfrog
Death Valley
Bullfrog
Tonopah
Goldfield
Exposition Grounds Grow With Portland Event
The Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland Oregon spans 406 acres costing 7 million dollars. Exhibits are valued at 25 million dollars, highlighting the event's scale and investment.
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Portland
Oregon
Electric Bitters Restored Kidney Patient to Health
A Cherokee Louisiana man, C. F. Collier, suffered severe kidney disease causing backache, headache, and depression. He credits Electric Bitters with complete recovery and urges others with weak kidneys, liver, or stomach to try the tonic, priced 50 cents and guaranteed by Mra. H. M. Schneider & Co.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Mra. H. M. Schneider & Co
Passenger Freight Rates for Eureka Ely and Hamilton
Carrying U S Mail and passengers leaves Eureka on train arrival, not later than 2 30 p m. leaves Ely at 10 30 a m. Thirty pounds baggage allowed per passenger with freight rates on excess. Eureka to Ely fare 1000 one way, 180 round trip. Eureka to Hamilton 600 one way, 900 round trip. Palisado to Ely 1600. Fares must be paid in advance. G J Whitmore, Agent.
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Eureka
Ely
Hamilton
Palisado
Tests to Determine Ores and Gold Silver Clues
Simple procedures test ore for precious metals. Roasting and grinding refine samples, then nitric acid and lens examination reveal yellow gold, pure gold malleability, and silver’s bright whiteness. Copper shows a blue flame. galena differs from black zinc by powder color.
Largest Texas wool clip sold to Boston firms
The spring wool clip from Poncho country weighing 1,125,000 pounds and the state’s largest shot wool sale last week went to two Boston companies. Prices reportedly range 20 to 22 cents per pound, up about 6 1 2 cents from last year and the highest since 1893.
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Texas
Dying of Famine Torments Parallel Consumption
The piece likens consumption to dying slowly and notes a patient from Cearfons Maryland who cured after trying many remedies, praising Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds throat bronchitis and pneumonia prevention. Schneider's drug store offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial bottle.
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Wm. Myers
Cearfons
Schneider's
Sierra tunnels project to begin work within a month
South Pacific Company official says a central for Sierra tunnels has been let. Erickson & Co. wins the contract with over 25 million dollars for five tunnels. Main tunnel will be five miles long starting near Donner Lake and ending at Blue Canyon on the American River. Surveys finished, five tunnel system reduces grade by about 2000 feet, saves 82 miles of snowsheds and 40 miles of extra track. Electric haulage to avoid dangerous gases. Also note Marmaduke discusses American millionaires buying English properties and heiresses’ marriages.
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The
South Pacific Complny
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Donner Lake
Erickson & Co
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Blue Canyon
American River
State to Lower Tax Rate Amid Bullion Revenue Boom
Reports say bullion tax receipts will swell state finances this year with plans to cut the overall tax rate next year. Bullion agent J H Nevin tours the western part of the state as officials inspect revenue regulations and access to records remains contested. Train insanity cases near Reno spike, attributed to Sierra high altitude affecting travelers from California. Health notes warn parents of summer bowel disorders in children and urge prompt care.
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J. H. Nevin
Nevada
Wervin
Movin
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R. L. Douglass
Moritz Scheeline
George F. Turrittin
P. L. Flanigan
Henry Anderson
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