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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
3
Local residents in Bureks County are invited to a July 3 dance at Bureks Opera House with music and refreshments. Numerous town figures visit, travel, or plan stays in Reno Tonopah and Ely, while regional schools and mining communities prepare schedules and events.
Presbyterisa Church lection sets Fourth of July lunch and refreshments at the Wiszell building. Prof E E Winfrey to Santa Cruz Cal for advanced commercial course. Mr and Mrs M McGarry and Mrs Gertrude Hagar plan July Fourth at Tonopah with Leonard. Family trip with Grace Crowfoot and Baxter of Colorado. James A Satdaker and A P Bovier in White Pine on mining business depart for home. W L Davis visits Ely on business after selling White Pine News. Miss Ruby McCharles honored by pupils with silver badge for school year end. Miss Aone S Johnson joins Queen Virginia I for Comstock carnival reign. visiting relatives in western state after University graduation.
Thirteen graduates received diplomas at the Eureka Opera House as Orvis King awarded the diplomas and delivered a literary address. Principal W J Butler praised the class and wished each student welfare. Names include Swick McUarry Reid Hildebrandt Whitmore Succetti Young Whitmore Walker Kind Rebagliatti Moyle Bray.
Hamilton man Mike Ahern was bound over at the preliminary hearing to await Grand Jury action for an alleged attempt to murder William Matson at Six Mile Holes yesterday. The dispute stemmed from a debt and a missing horse. Ahern claimed Matson owed money and took the horse. A confrontation ended with Ahern firing a rifle. Matson knocked the gun aside as the trigger snapped. The gun’s magazine held eight forty four calibre cartridges and Ahern is released on $1,000 bond.
The closing day of school kept Willie Zadow from his 10th birthday party, but the event was postponed and held Wednesday at the Zadow residence on Alice Hill. About forty-five young friends attended with ice cream, cake, sandwiches, and other treats.
A meeting of citizens will be held at the Court House this Friday evening at 7 30 to organize observance activities for the Fourth of July in Eureka.
A Eureka reader voices frustration over a hog nuisance disrupting homes gardens and streets. The letter argues officers fail to abate the problem and suggests a lawful remedy, noting harm to taxpayers and community order.
This record summarizes an old statute noting restrictions on wine ownership and usage within the state. It declares unlawful acts by owners or custodians of wine to allow others to roam as free commoners and imposes damages equal to twice the value of any property damaged by such wine related trespass. It states that all damages actions proceed in courts with proper jurisdiction.
The Eureka School picnic at Raine's Ranch near Palisade drew about three hundred attendees on a sunny Saturday. Five cars carried participants from Eureke and Pal, with the Eureke Band providing lively entertainment. Games races and a hearty outdoor luncheon capped the day as the train returned and a bonfire lit the welcome home scene at W. J. Tonkin's store on M street.
About twenty little folks unable to attend the E and P excursion last Saturday were invited to Mrs A E Porch's yard on Spring Street. Amusements and eatables were provided and the children enjoyed themselves under the trees.
Preaching at 11 p.m. Sunday Sabbath School at 2:15 p.m. Children's Day Exercises at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend these services conducted by J. E. Jollyson, Minister in Charge.
An accident at the Lane ranch on the B and F near Mineral Hill left Paul Lane unconscious after a horse lassoing mishap and head strike. Doctors hope for recovery as authorities report he remains unconscious Friday morning. Lane, owner of the ranch, is a well known local figure and his family had left for the East for the summer.
Thomas McGovern a Reno figure aged fifty eight after a long illness from stomach cancer. Canadian born native of Toronto he came to Nevada early to mine and later held Reno office posts including clerk roles and nightwatch at the state asylum. He served two terms as Cone teki and belonged to Storey No 3 Ancient Order United Work and the Hibernians, leaving a wife and three children.
Children’s Day will be observed at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening at 7 30 with a program of choral pieces recitations and readings led by Rev J E Johnston and a roll of honor for the months ending June 19 in both grammar and primary departments. The event features solos recitations and choir songs by the Little Folks and Eleanor Johnston among others. A Sabbath School offering for missionary work is planned followed by benediction. Also listed are ore shipments and mining locations for Eureka and Palisade rail service for the week ending June 20 1903.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at St Paul discusses general assessment tax reform. Young members under 46 bear less burden, while those over 45 face heavier increases. A Consulting Actuary post was created with M M Dawson of New York City elected to fill it. Life insurance ad follows.
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