Eureka Inel News Highlights From Eureka March 14 1915
Local arrivals include Angus McGillivray visiting from Attention to Mrs H L Thompson from National Nevada and Mrs Andrew Crofut visiting from Diamond Valley. Empire saloon to operate August Hintze absent in California. Silver climbs to 52 1 2 cents and lead up five cents per 100 pounds. Nevada Legislature adjourns March 18 with 162 new bills filed Friday. Weather mild with snowmelts improving road conditions around Eureka. Bishop George O Hunting to arrive March 19 to lead Episcopal services. details in next issue. Sheriff Mahoney deeds Farmers Mining Co property to Nick Ratto after sale. Eureka Nevada Railway upgrading water supply at Garden Pass well. Newark summit remains blocked by snow, Simonsen mail carrier may have reached Newark summit. Lobster Club Band rehearsing for St Patrick’s Day ball March 17 at Opera House with reduced-rate train from Palisade.
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Angus McGillivray
Sentinel
Thompson
National
Nevada
Mable K. Young
Andrew Crofut
Diamond Valley
Eureka
J. , Johnson
Martin Mahoney
Newark Valley
Empire
Hintze
California
George O. Hunting
Episcopal Church of Nevada
Episcopal Church
Nick Ratto
Farmers Mining Company
Eureka- Nevada Railway
Garden Pass
Palisade
Newark Summit
Pinte
Simonsen
Newark
Lobster Club
Opera’ House
Elko Nevada March 9 15 to the wife of Otte Simonsen
A brief social notice from Elko Nevada records a marriage on March 9 15 to the wife of Otte Simonsen. The item notes the couple and the locale, reflecting a local society update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nevada
Otte Simonsen
Sue
Wedekind Rites Held For 83 Year Old Reno Resident
In Reno Nevada on March 3 1915 Helene F Wedekind aged 83 years two months and twenty days widow of the late George H Wedekind native of Germany passed away. Survived by Jatin La of California Harry G of Kurcha Nevada Louis G and Mee Elizabeth Laden of Reno and Mrs Lilian Stickline of Berkeley Cal funeral services were held at Reno on Wednesday afternoon Rev Samuel Uneworth officiating with interment at Mt View cemetery.
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Reno
Newada
Helene F. Wedekind
Jatin la
California
Harry G
Kurcha
Nevada
Louis G
Reno, Mee
Elizabeth Laden
Lilian Stick Lne
Berkeley
Cal
George H. Welekind
Germany
Samuel Uneworth
Mt. ‘View Cemetery
Ed Clifford Recovers Health Returns Home to Stone Cabin
Ed Clifford of Stone Cabin, after extended health treatment in Reno, has recovered and gone back to his home early this week with his wife and children. The line about selling steel saws in a jail is not tied to a clear fact and is omitted.
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Ed Clifford
Stone Cabin
Reno
Death of Joseph Franchi in Eureka County
Joseph Franchi an elderly Eureka resident died at his Prospect home on March 7 after pneumonia developed February 24. He came from Italy over 40 years ago and worked in hotels then mining. Survived by widow two sons Tony and Angelo a step daughter Mia two stepsons Guido and John Cardinalli four sisters and one brother in Italy. Funeral was held at Mrs John Depaoli's home in Eureka with burial at Catholic cemetery.
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Joseph Franchi
Prospect
Eureka County
Mr. Franchi
Eureka
Italy
Tony
Angelo
Mia
John Depaoli
Guido
John Cardinalli
N. P. Morgan
J. B. McNaughton
Annie Lucey
Jesus
Death of Mrs. B McQuillan at Tonopah
Mrs. B McQuillan a prominent Nevadan died in Tonopah after a brief pneumonia illness. She spent much of her life in Nevada including Virginia towns, lived ten years in Tonopah, and was mother to Jim and Jack McQuillan and Mrs Dan Robb and Mrs William Douglass. Kate A Baftice of this city was a niece. Telegrams say she will be buried in Tonopah.
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Southern Silver Camp
Kate A. Baftice
McQuillan
Tonopah
Taxpayers Only Vote Rule Proposed in Carson Bill
A bill from the Church IL delegation in Carson limits voting in special elections on bond issues or other new revenue measures to qualified electors who are taxpayers within the relevant county city or school district. Only taxpayers listed on the last assessment roll before the election may vote.
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Church
Carson
Nevada
Information Wanted on Father John H Dexter Leadville Nevada
Mrs Goldie Nollmeyer of Tacoma Washington seeks information from the County Board of Commissioners about her father John H Dexter. He mined at Leadville Colorado and was last heard from as heading to Nevada. She requests any information be sent to R 4 Box 122 Tacoma. Prospect School District trustees bought a new clock and heater, improving the schoolroom and surrounding building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Nollmeyer
Tacoma
Washington
Board of Commissioners
John H. Dexter
Leadville
Colorado
Nevada
Prospect
Nevada bill proposes Bullion Railway franchise
A bill by Senator Hesson would grant a 50 year franchise to J McConnaghhy R W Hesson and J A McBride to build a narrow or broad gauge railway from Moleen to Bullion in Elko County. The plan may include another railroad in case the legislation passes.
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Bullion
Eastern
Nevada
Senator Hesson
Ill
J. McConnaghy
R. W. Hesson
J. A. McBride
Moleen
Elko County
Nevada Geologic History and Ancient Fossils
A compact survey of Nevada geology traces rock formation from surface processes and ancient lava flows to intrusions and uplift. It covers oceanic ancient rocks near the Colorado Canyon, limestone and quartzite belts in the Humboldt range, and fossils from corals to trilobites, noting vast sediment thickness and early marine life before land vertebrates.
Geological history outlines California's ancient volcanic and glacial epochs
The article describes a long geologic sequence in California from a 40-foot Mountaine formation to episodes of mountain building, volcanic activity, mineral deposition, and lava flows. It notes lava alteration, fossil remains, glacier formation in the north, and a large late lake that formed about 6000 years ago, shaping the present mountains and valleys.
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University of California
Nevada
Yoring
Ae Mount Lassen
Tees
Mountaine Sud
Oregon Line
Hawthorne
Honey Creek
Golonds
Pyramid
Humboldt Valley
Teachers Pension Tabled in Senate Action
Carson City March 8 The Senate tabled bill 8 B 188 which would have created a teachers pension system this year The plan would require teachers to pay 12 yearly and grant a 500 retiring allowance A five mill mileage tax was proposed to start the land going Senator Huskey opposed the bill on expense concerns Senator Chapin urged higher tax yields with 5 mills per hundred potentially raising 6750 to 10000 annually If valuation reached 200 million the tax might be 8 mills producing about 8000 Senator Hoakey voted to table the measure in the end
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Carson City
Senate
Huskey
Chapin
Hoakey
Metal Market Quotations Shade Upward in New York
The latest metal quotations list silver at 52 cents per ounce in New York and lead at 3.95 dollars per 100 pounds. Prices reflect market activity in the port city with no immediate shortages reported.
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New York
Aw York
Fire at Frank Carr cottage in Tonopah causes blaze
The Tonopah Bonanza reports a serious fire Friday evening at the Frank Carr cottage occupied by Joseph Ford and family. The blaze started when a curtain caught fire from a candle.
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Tonopah
Bonanza
Frank Carr
Joseph Ford
Card of Thanks for Mags Franchi Family Expression
The Franchi and DePaots families thank all who offered kindness and aid during the illness and passing of Mags.
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Mags
Joseph Franchi
Joust Depaots
Gratitude for Floral Offerings in San Francisco Funeral
Granville A Fletcher expresses thanks to Iphigenia Chapter No 8 Order Eastern Star Eureka and Eureka Temple No 15 Pythian Sisters for their beautiful floral offerings sent with love and sympathy for his beloved wife funeral arrangements in San Francisco.
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Iphigenia Chapter
Eastern Star
Eureka
San Francisco
Granville A, Fletcher
Fighting For Freedom In Hironymous Habeas Case
Wesley Hironymous, charged with cattle stealing at Yerington, fights for freedom via habeas corpus. Mason Valley News reports Platt and Sanford secured a writ returnable today in the supreme court, arguing prior jeopardy for the same offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hironymous
Yeringston
Mason Valley
Platt & Sanford
Supreme Court
Hironymous
Senate votes to abolish deputy superintendents
A Senate bill to abolish deputy state superintendents of public instruction and make county district attorneys ex officio superintendents of schools passed the chamber 10 to 7 with one abstention. Senator Thatcher led the motion, while Senators Chapin Elliot Keddie Kendall LaIeur Lemaire Bealsan opposed. Chapin warned against enlarging state expense and suggested a cheaper reform.
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Senate
Assembly
Booster Thatcher
Thatcher
Chapin
Elliot
Keddie
Kendall
Lae
Lemaire
Beaalan
Committee On Education
Death of John R. Kittrell outlined in Carson Appeal
Obituary notes ex Attorney General John R. Kittrell died in Fresno California on March 1. He was Nevada’s 1874 Attorney General from White Pine County a Southern Democrat with strong integrity and loyalty to Nevada and North Carolina. The piece also mentions a Douglas County visit by legislators to Minden and a peaceful settlement over the Genoa to Minden county seat move with Minden to gain the county seat and Gardnerville to keep the high school.
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Carson
John R. Kittrell
Fresno
Cal
Kittrell
Nevada
Commonwealth
White Pine County
North Carolina
Douglas County
Minden
Carson Valley
Business Club of
Genoa
Gardnerville
Mining figure Frank Paul tours Nevada district prospects
Frank Paul formerly of Ely arrived from Berkeley California this week to inspect district mines for a potential return to mining. Mrs. Fred McElroy of Carlin Nevada died after months of illness at 25. Surviving husband and three children. C E Wedertz of Lyon County reported 4 sheep killed by a poisonous weed causing kidney congestion near Hinds Springs.
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Nevada
Austin
Fred McElroy
Carlin
C. E. Wedertz
Lyon County
Hinds
For Sale Duck Plymouth Rock Also Pigeons and Belgian Hares
Classified notice offers top stock including ducks Plymouth Rock pigeons and Belgian hares. Contact Mus K E James for prices and setting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
K. E. James
German Chancellor to set peace terms in Reichstag
London dispatch reports Dr Von Bethman Hollweg will declare Germanys peace terms in the Reichstag today. The statement outlines what Berlin is willing to concede to end the war.
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von Bethman-Hollweg
Reichstag
Boys
Paris
London
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Indians in the Public Schools Move in Nevada
Superintendent Morisoff of the Stewart Indian School and Walter B. Van Emmon urged Douglas County officials to admit Indian children to public schools. They argued mixed Indian and white work and playmates among children would prevent harm and ease integration.
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Stewart Indian School
Douglas County
Nevada
Morisoff
Walter B. van Emmon
Board of County Commissioners
Genoa
van Emmon
Excursion To Eureka With Low Round Trip Fares
Palisade, Blackburn and intermediate points offer a round trip to Eureka from March 17 to 18. Departure from Palisade at 8 p m arrives Eureka at 1 p m. return leaves Eureka at 10 a m and reaches Palisade at 4 p m. Fares are 2 50, tickets non transfer able, with Lobster Club Band hosting the Annual Grand Ball on March 17.
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Palisade
Blackburn
Points Intermediate
Eureka
Lobster Club
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B. McQuillan
Igh
Paalmint
Colorado River
Silver Peak
Nevede
Bare
Thia
Novads
Humboldt Mountains
Mina
Hambolde
John A. Kittrell
Johns’ Station
Mabel K. Young
Eureka-Nevada Railway
Eureka Vs. Palisade, Bates
Blackburn Andj
BR. Reynoups
Eureka Opera House
B. A. Bray
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