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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1910
Page
4
A U S Department irrigation bulletin advises on watering potatoes planted after May. Watering should be limited and timed by plant need to avoid soil compaction and cool soil. Alternate furrows, use feeder ditches, and begin cultivation soon after irrigation. Do not irrigate after August 10 to allow 60 days of dry ripening.
A 19th century note describes beets as highly valuable crops for food and feed, highlighting red garden varieties and sugar beets. It reports on producing edible flour from dried sugar beets and notes Belgium using dried beet meal in puddings and pastry, with about 65 percent sugar and cost savings versus extraction.
A 1900 mining summary notes total US mineral output worth 2 billion dollars and 20 copper properties paying over 20 million in dividends, with some exceeding their capitalization. Gold properties produced over 16 million in 1900 and 189 million since incorporation, with many paying back more than capitalization. Copper, silver, and lead prices are expected higher this year and January dividends set a record. Chicago’s Tunnel System carries freight beneath the city, aiding routes to terminals and business districts. tunnels support electric locomotives, relieve congestion, and enable rapid debris removal from building sites. Mining location blanks offered for sale.
A new method of agricultural education uses boys and girls clubs to run contests in corn growing bread making and gardening. The U S Department of Agriculture notes 385 clubs in 28 states with about 144000 members led by state or local authorities and teachers. A new bulletin explains organizing contests and provides free access via Congress members or the Agriculture Secretary in Washington.
The Chicago Board of Education will offer evening housekeeping courses at 23 schools to teach budgeting, cooking, and home management for women earning up to 25 dollars a week. Superintendent Ella Flagg Young argues better household skills could curb rising divorces and promote happiness at home.
A Louisville Herald quote recounts Thomas Edison’s patient work on storage batteries, noting over 1000 experiments across three years without the desired result. A visitor asked if the efforts were wasted, and Edison replied that he now knows 9000 things not to do.
Peter Lauritzen of Preston arrived in Ely on Wednesday and reports extensive damage to county roads and bridges in White River country from high water. Most small bridges and culverts washed away, roads impassable for loaded teams. A new bridge at Preston is being erected while others are gone, costing White Pine County a considerable sum to repair.
A garbled set of figures and notes covers global commodities and natural resources. It mentions zinc? clove and gold. silver output, forest experiments in the western United States, caribou migrations in Alaska, and a brief note on Public Occurrences a Boston paper from 1690, noting authorities forbade listing lines in Boston.
The article explains basic diamond testing methods for laypersons. By placing a needle hole in cardboard and viewing through the stone, a genuine diamond shows one refraction while a fake yields two. It notes acids do not affect real diamonds, while hydrofluoric acid can corrode glass but not a genuine diamond.
A city man asks the ranch to take his family this summer. He writes that his three boys are well behaved. Mary replies that mosquitoes never bother them and that they will be paid per horse.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a manufacturer explains there is no sand in sandpaper. Broken bottles are powdered into several grades and coated with hot glue before glass powder is spread over sheets. A wooden roller finishes the surface.
Newton Drory, once a Walls Drury resident, wins the Carnot debating medal at the annual contest between the University of California and Stanford University. Drory, a sophomore at UC, far from the event, competes as rivalry heats the prize. The contest honors extemporaneous speaking with the subject announced shortly before each round.
The annual stockholders meeting for the Ruby HU Tunnel and Mining Company will be held at the company office in P. H. Hjuly Perniture Store, Eureka Nevada, on Monday March 21 1910 at 2 o clock p.m. to elect a Board of Trustees for the coming year and act on other business.
John McKernan offers notary services at Ruby Hilavenue Eureka Nevada. Conveyancing and land patent work attended to including pansing business matters.
The Board of Eureka County Nevada invites bids for a frame building at the center of the new Addition No 1 in Buckhorn Town. Bids must be filed with the Clerk by the specified date and time. Bidders must post a bond of sufficient amount and enter a contract to complete the work within the allotted period after approval. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The public is informed that no debts or obligations contracted by Sim Landon of George Luttrell are the responsibility of the purchasers. We have bought all interest in the Northern Kalnon Buckburn and have assumed no debts on account.
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