Powell Keller Open New Optical Store in Stockton
Notes of Former Residents report Powell and Keller opened an optical store March 1 on South San Joaquin Street Stockton offering complete eye care and repairs. Clay H Powell, Eurekan brother of Dr. Barton J Powell and Dr. Dewey J Powell, and their Eureka lineage are noted. Former Eureka teacher Sarah Im Obersteg is now a practicing attorney in Caliente Nevada.
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Stockton
Calif
Clay H. Powell
Ben P. Keller
Powell & Keller
San Joaquin Street
Barton J. Powell
Dewey J. Powell
Sarah Im Obersteg
Eureka
Caliente
Lincoln County
Nevada
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre This Weekend
John Emerson stars in The Flying Torpedo at Eureka Theatre on Sunday March 16 as a detective fiction author foiling international crooks trying to steal a vital invention during an invasion scare. Also two reels of Her Nature Dance. On Friday March 21 Lillian Gish stars in Daphne and the Pirate depicting love and intrigue in 17th century Louisiana. One reel of A Dog's Own Tale shown.
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Eureka Theatre
John Emerson
Lillian Gish
Daphne
Louisiana
Green Forest
France
America
Honor Roll Honorees Reflect Month's Perfect Attendance
The February 28 honor roll lists pupils from first through eighth grade who had no absences or tardies and met attendance, scholarship, and conduct standards. Notable names include Norma Estella, Lois Kelley, Violet Rebaleat, Frances Bremenkampf, and Herman Bremenkampf. In a Nevada Supreme Court ruling, the district court's decision banning near beer production was upheld, labeling it a hard blow to the wet industry.
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Norma Estella
Goldie Hoop
Margaret Laird
Mabel Moore
Thomas Pastorino
Annie Pratt
Herman Bremenkampf
Nolan Reynolds
Nevada Supreme Court
Ducker
Coleman
Sanders
District Court of the Second Judicial District
Nevada
Ouija boards seen as silly and overhyped advice
A Salt Lake Hearth reader letter mocks the Ouija board as a cheap, ineffective gadget. The writer compares it to the 60 year old planchette spiritualist tool, notes the rise of Ouija boards, and questions their value in spring markets.
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Salt Lake
Hogg
Ford Promises New Auto for 250 to 350 Dollars
Henry Ford announces a plan to create a vast new company to produce cheaper cars priced between 250 and 350 dollars. The operation will be run by a separate organization from Ford Motor Company, with a steel plant planned for Los Angeles and waterpower site searches under way. Ford travels from California to Detroit as the venture unfolds.
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Motor Magnet
Los Angeles
Henry Ford
Detroit Auto
Altadena
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Detroit
California
Prices to fall on basic commodities within 60 to 90 days
Washington March 11 The price of most basic goods including food is expected to drop within 60 or 90 days as steel, brick and cement, fuel, lumber, food and textiles submit postwar price schedules. George Peck, chairman of the industrial board of commerce department, says these prices will hold until normal supply and demand resume. Subscribers for Sentive1 at 3 per year.
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Washington
George Peck
Industrial Board of Commerce Department
State Smelter Awakens Interest in Nevada Bill
Carson News reports growing attention to the Nevada State Smelter bill introduced by Senator Hesson. The committee on mines and mining and the judiciary awaits a favorable report, with letters and press clippings urging passage. Public concern centers on the smelter trust and relief for small shippers as plans for a state plant advance.
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Carson News
Nevada
Hesson
Elko
Smelter Trust
Committee
Mines and Mining
Judiciary
Senate
Wilsons Return and League of Nations Debate
President Wilson leaves for Paris amid Senate resistance to the league constitution and talk of a possible referendum. Republican and Democratic senators debate amendments while Hitchcock and Knox draft changes. With Congress adjourned, leaders anticipate an extra session by May as rail, loan, and wheat measures loom.
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Edward W. Pickard
Wilson
France
Senate
League of Nations
Congress
Paris
New York
League
Elect
Hitchcock
Knox
Borah
Lodge, Knox
Sixty-fifth Congress
Sherman
la Follette
Railroad Administration
Licely
America
Washington
Wild Indian Jack Released From Nye County Jail
Ivor Jack known as the Wild Indian is freed after six months plus seven days in Nye County Jail. District Attorney Harry Atkinson cites insufficient evidence linking him to the August 15 1917 Hicks station murder of Mrs. Charles Williams and dismisses prosecution. Willie Jack serves a life sentence in the state penitentiary. The release promises taxpayer savings and marks a quiet conclusion to the case.
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Tonopah
Ivor Jack
Charles Williams
Willie Jack
State Penitentiary
Harry Atkinson
Larry E. Glass
Jack
Nye County
Hicks
Nevada Wool Growers Form New Association in Reno
The Nevada Wool Growers Association organized this week in Reno with 50 members plans active work to advance the wool industry in Nevada. It will cooperate with the National Wool Growers Association and the Nevada Live Stock Association. The group may reach at least 300 members, with C. H. Duborg elected president S. H. Wheeler first vice president Frank Hoy second vice president John Etchebarren treasurer and John G. Taylor William Dressler C. W. Griswold named to the board of directors. Offices will be in Reno. The first act set a uniform wage scale for sheep shearing of 12 12 cents per head and board, matching Utah and Idaho.
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Reno
Nevada
Wool Growers’ Association
National
Nevada Live Stock Association
C. H. Duborg
S. H. Wheeler
Utah
Idaho
War Cripples Will Number 100000 Present
Estimates by military authorities place Americans disabled in the war at 100000. Of this total about 80000 may return to old occupations while others require retraining. The vocational training board asks national help to aid soldiers in gaining independence. Governor Boyle offers 2000 reward for arrest conviction or killing of the murderers of William Taylor and E T Hancock and Maude Douglass in Clark County. Police suspect an Indian named Queho is the killer.
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Board of Vocational Training
Boyle
William Taylor
E. T. Hancock
Mra. Maude Douglass
Clark County
Queho
Notice to Creditors in Hansen estate 1919
Notice to creditors in the matter of Peter Hansen's estate filed March 18 1919 the court appOinted Will and Testament executor. Creditors must file claims with vouchers and statutory affidavit with the Clerk within three months from first publication dated March 13 1919. First publication March 15 1919 last publication April 5 1919.
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Peter Hansen
Bolette C. Haul
WN. P. Morgan Atterne
Executrix
Laat
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