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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
3
A 1910s home economy guide explains simple tests to distinguish linen from cotton and silk. It covers fiber appearance, weaving, tearing ends, feel, transparency with glycerin, and laundering outcomes. It also notes mercerized cotton as a linen substitute and describes burn, weighting, and lye tests for silk and fabric mixtures.
Washington Post reports Walter P. Harris of Havana envisions Western Hemisphere’s top gambling center in Cuba if Monte Carlo closes. Havana already hosts thriving gambling life with the Casino de la Playa drawing wealthy patrons. surveys consider sites for palaces to lure the sport crowd away from Monte Carlo as fortunes shift overnight.
A thirsty unnamed stranger asks a policeman for a drink in the city. The officer points to police headquarters and explains that place is about the only one in town where you cannot get a drink, ending with a quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
An advertisement promotes careful handling of accounts with four percent annual interest on savings. It invites readers to view deposit rules, offers safety deposit boxes from 93.00 yearly, and notes drafts sold worldwide at low rates. It also markets fire and life insurance, Travelers checks, and ship tickets on Cunard Line.
A collage of witty lines and political jests from various papers cites bequests on taxes wars and leadership. Jests reference Hoover Harding the cabinet and court opinions with satirical takes on real estate earthquakes and opinion leaders.
The firm plans sales of between five and six hundred typewriter tables to second hand dealers and the firing of hundreds of office staff. Neither equipment nor workers will be replaced. Newspapers wonder how the business will run without stenographers and bookkeepers as executives speculate on changes, with Henry as a possible key figure.
A rising rum producer introduces powdered lemon juice as pure juice reduced to a soluble powder using a spray method. Originators, a major powdered milk firm, plan a California factory to manufacture the product and note the method also works with orange juice.
Rene Defour, a French researcher, claims to have mastered tidal energy by building twin breakwaters and a central canal with an adjustable dam. Water fills one arm then the other as tides rise and fall, powering a shore plant. He plans giant coastal canals and high voltage links to supply Paris and eastern railways.
New York reports the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry adopted resolutions to curb production of films deemed indecent or immoral. It threatens expulsion and prosecution of offenders for scenes emphasizing sex appeal, drunkenness, gambling, narcotics, or explicit demonstrations.
The Europa Cafe is now under the management of Mrs. K Morse. Henceforth first class meals will be served.
French and Royal Bread available twice weekly with fresh home made bread ice cream fresh cakes cookies doughnuts and snails from Elko every Saturday plus candy cigars cigarettes and soft drinks offered at the bakery and confectionery.
Juneau March 6 Pulp produced at a Peel River mill reached Juneau and was sent to California to be made into paper. W P Lass secretary of the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company said the plant would produce 20 tons daily with a high grade product. Officials say pulp will boost Alaska's growing industries alongside fisheries and minerals.
The New Orleans Automobile Dealers Association opens clearing houses for car mechanics repair men and chauffeurs to improve service without extra cost. All workmen are registered and their records for at least two years prior are investigated.
Notice commences Tuesday November 16 passenger trains leave Palisade at 7 10 a m and depart at 2 54 p m arriving in San Francisco at 10 80 a m next morning. An extras train runs from Eureka on Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays carrying mail and express but no coach and no passengers. J B Sexton
J. E. Sexton states the Nevada Transportation Company will run a daily train to Eureka except Sunday if the public supports it by ceasing Parcels Post use. If not, service will revert to tri weekly and a new fight with the Post Office Department is planned to establish a stage line. He notes his pay fell below 100 dollars monthly from about 7000 yearly, urging express adoption to sustain six day service.
Nevada Transportation Co issues Bulletin No 2 under The Railroad Act of 1920 warning rail carriers must not deliver freight at destination until all tariff charges are paid starting July 1 1920. General Manager J E Sexton urges strict adherence and enforcement.
The Nevada Transportation Company gives notice that beginning January 1, 1920 demurrage on all cars it over three time will be charged.
Unlawful for any slaughterhouse keeper or cattle seller to buy cattle for slaughter without showing the hide and recording brand marks purchaser name and date. Peddlers and meat sellers must carry the hide of each animal and show it on request. Violations carry a fine of 50 to 500 dollars or up to 250 days imprisonment.
Notice of lands in the Toiyabe National Forest Nevada about 77.60 acres to be opened for settlement and entry under homestead laws on May 6, 1921 at Eiko land office. Claims by prior settlers persist with preferences, with Dame Bruce signing as Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office on February 9, 1922.
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