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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1903
Page
1
An attempt at an old Eureka Sentinel notice references a Postal class matter and monthly carrier rates, noting entry at the Eureka Post Office. The legible fragments indicate a period style public notice about mail service and rates with the town name Eureka.
Reno Wheelmen admit ladies. a lodge of Ancient Order of Hibernians formed in Reno. Tax levy in Reno 2 dollars per hundred. Careon Weekly changes hands with T. King buying the paper. Angels Camp becomes a new mining district. Corbett, a long-time Comstock resident, dies in Virginia City. Tonopah bullion now reported as 5 million rather than 15 million. A bill defining duties of United States meredale noted by The Appeal. Ormady County lowers tax rate to 1.80 per hundred valuation. Dexter Mining Co at Cuscarora to get a new superintendent from Montana. Reno Barbers' Union charter revoked. tensions rise among barbers. Bishop Kitaker in better health after trip to the caunt. Kennedy reports wild times in Humboldt. town is a lively mining camp with no officers. A cooperative store planned at Denio with 15 thousand stock. freight link to Winnemucca. Ward Considine at Nevada penitentiary blamed for favors. disputes with guard Russell over rumors.
Fragmented OCR note set includes tips for prospectors and remedies. Mentions a night burro remedy, mine financing quip, wedge fraction warning, Dr Kings New Life Pills, Tonopal Mineral Union custody of governor sign, and Pain Balm by H M Schneiders. Multiple names and places implied. reads like miscellaneous local tips and ads.
The California Nevada Mining Company faces scrutiny in Humboldt county as the Reno Gazette and Silver State report a stock jobbing fraud. The mill is described as a taxed old relic, dividends likely funded by new stock sales, not mine profits, signaling a risky pure speculation harming Nevada investments.
James Campbell, longtime Elko County sheriff in Nevada, was examined by a lunacy commission and committed to Stockton Asylum for the Insane after head injuries from a dynamite blast last fall. His condition worsened after surgery, with constant care needed and fear he will die or blow away.
A review of congressional appropriations shows totals for the session ending March 4 at 753 484 018 dollars against 800 624 496 for the prior session, with the entire Congress totaling 1 555 108 514 dollars. Contemporaneous anecdotal notes include a Boston child’s witty reply about curls and a Ohio family’s success story using Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and related remedies.
A collection of editorial excerpts reports Washoe County commissioners approving a 20 percent property tax rise. It notes potential hardship for six watchowners and cites opinions from Winnemucca Silver State Reno Gazette and Virginia Enterprise on Nevada U.S. Senate prospects and the Newlands Sharon interests. The piece also discusses Orphans Home leadership sobriety and the Carson Reno dispute over university funding and proposed state buildings.
Nevada has chosen the affirmative in the Utah Nevada debate to be held May 30 in Reno. The final resolution asks municipalities to own and operate telephones lighting plants and street railways. Noted Utah debaters Howelle and Carlson will not compete due to dissatisfaction with the question and past treatment.
A new Nevada bill by Assemblyman McCourt makes it a crime for common carriers to move goods beyond their shipment point with penalties from two thousand to ten thousand dollars for corporations and two to ten years imprisonment for employees. The measure, if enacted, carries strict terms and long penalties to curb beyond-destination freight.
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