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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
1
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Virginia City plans Fourth of July carnival while a new post office opens at Ryndon with L A O Orstad as postmaster. Elko mourns Rev J M Donaldson, Reno gains new paper prospects as Cornell and Bryan brothers announce Reno Evening Record. Bureaucratic politicking surfaces in Carson City as Assembly Bill 157 drawls accusations of patronage. Major mining shifts and productivity headlines report Daly mine wage cuts and Copper Queen mine output trends.
A Salt Lake Tribune report says the government will enforce the law banning fences on public land. Secretary Hitchcock will start operations, aiming to raze all unlawful fences, beginning in Nebraska, with a Land Department agent to aid prosecutions. The piece notes political shifts and local audit disputes tied to an election case, plus a consumer anecdote praising New Discovery for Consumption as a cough and lung remedy.
Mrs Herman Oelrich, daughter of the late Colonel Fair, has swore two conflicting affidavits to tax authorities in New York and San Francisco. Aimed at exposing tax dodging by the so called smart set, the case may lead to perjury penalties and a wider drive to adjust these tax matters.
The season's General Appropriation bill raises salaries for several officials by 600 dollars and raises clerks in the land office by 400. State printing office support up 14 500, bookbinding up 500, new materials 2 500, roof repair 250. Asylum and state prison funding up, capItol grounds costs reduced, and university support increases by 9 500. Legislative ballad lighting/repair declines by 100.
In Tonopah rumors contrast the Mizpah mine’s bonanza ore with several outside mines facing limited production. Some say surface results are poor while others laud possible high grade quartz. The Blatt Bulletin notes town gloom and a choice between prospects amid dull business and idle men. Electric Bitters promoted as a tonic for nervous strain and general weakness.
In Oakland March 10 Rev Luther D Mahone of Thirty fourth Methodist Church warned young ladies why they do not wed. He cited lingering proposals, divorce culture, and societal pressure, condemning promiscuity and excess modern freedoms while lamenting the rise of bachelor girls and the view of marriage as a mere civil contract. He contrasted Western states with sacred marriage, noting saloon crowds and independent behavior among women. The piece also references Carnegie paying Venezuela debts and taxing moguls Morgan and Rockefeller.
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